Quilting Tutorials — Tutorial

How to Accurately Attach Quilt Borders When we first started quilting, we’d finish a top, sew the border strips together, line it up along the edge of the quilt and add it. After it was sewn on, we’d trim it off to match. This was quick and easy, BUT, we noticed that most of our quilts had extra fabric and waves. The corners were never quite square. We assumed it was just the way that fabric stretches and pulls with no thought of the way we did the borders being an issue. I simply dealt with it during the quilting...

Applique Canvas Bag Tutorial It is warming up, the sun is shining, and soon Farmer’s Markets will be opening. This week we are sharing a fun and easy tutorial for a simple applique canvas bag.  Whether you are toting around vegetables, books, or a beach towel and sunscreen, this bag is the perfect size for all your summer activities.  For the free template, head to the subscriber library. Not a subscriber yet? Sign up below.   If you’ve never made a bag before, a canvas tote bag is the perfect beginner project. We have step by step instructions on how to...

How to Resize a Quilt Block Every once in a while, we fall in love with a block and want to be able to make it in all sorts of different sizes! This week, we are breaking down the steps you’ll need to take in order to resize blocks up, down, or sideways. Okay, maybe not sideways. The first thing to keep in mind, is we do not want to change the size of the 1/4″ seam. When dealing with square and rectangle pieces, before you change the size, subtract 1/2″ for the 1/4″ seam on both sides. Then we...

Online Quilting Bee Block 4 We are now on Block 4! If you missed block 3, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 3 For more information, you can head to the main Quilt Along webpage and it will outline all the details. Scroll down below the video for fabric requirements. This month, we are learning one of our absolute favorite blocks, Half Square Triangles. HST’s can easily be used to make an entire quilt top. There are endless ways to lay them out and create a unique quilt top.  If you want more information on how to construct half...

Now that your quilt top is done, you are almost ready to snuggle up under it. Before you can do that though, we need to quilt it! What makes a quilt a quilt is fabric and batting all put together in three layers. Right now the top layer is done, so we are ready to add the other pieces.   Backing and Batting Requirements When quilting a quilt, you want your backing and batting to be a few inches bigger than your quilt top. This will make sure you don’t run off an edge. For this quilt, you’ll want 1...