Quilting Tutorials — Tutorial

Modern Quilted Christmas Stockings I have a serious obsession with Christmas stockings. Every couple of years, I decide I need to make new ones from some adorable pattern I found online. Luckily, with this years creation, I think I can finally say I have the perfect stockings for my dream house. I decided that I wanted to create wholecloth quilted stockings. What better way to highlight and play with free motion quilting than to eliminate the patterns in the fabric and piecing and just quilt my desired picture! As soon as I had the thought, I was so excited to...

Free Motion Quilting for Beginners Last week we made our Floppy quilt, a super easy quilt pattern perfect for the beginner quilter. We included a tutorial to teach you how to make your first quilt top. This week, we are ready to quilt your first quilt. There are different ways to finish your quilts. You can use a walking foot or regular foot and simply sew straight lines across the top. You can also hand quilt it, tie it, or send it off to someone else. However, if you want to explore the world of free motion quilting, this week we...

Free Halloween Mug Rug Quilt Pattern This week we want to share a treat with you! We have created a mug rug featuring 3 adorable pumpkins, perfect for all your fall treats. This mug rug is a foundation paper piece tutorial that is perfect to use up your scraps of fabric. It goes together so quick and easy, you’ll want to whip up one for everyone you know. To make the mug rug you will need: 3 small scraps of different oranges 1 small scrap of green Background fabric scraps for piecing the pumpkins 1 – 1 1/2 x 6...

How to Quilt Negative Space We LOVE modern quilts, but with modern quilts often comes lots of negative space. While this can create a very stunning design, it can also create a headache when trying to decide how to quilt it. It doesn’t have to be that way though! When I’m deciding what to quilt in the negative space of a design, I don’t approach it any differently than I do the rest of the quilt. It’s a large open area, but with a few simple methods, it’s easy to break it down and make the process go smoother and...

We are so excited that it is finally our day for Mister Domestic’s Catch and Release Project party! There have been so many amazing projects so far; it has been such an amazing group of creators to work with. If you haven’t checked them all out yet make sure you do! When we first saw the fabric, we immediately knew we needed to do one of our kid quilts to feature it. We love being outside in the mountains and at the lake and jumped at the opportunity to design a quilt based around that theme. Buy the Pattern The...