Quilting Tutorials

Essential Quilting Rulers for Beginners It can be very overwhelming (and expensive!) trying to figure out exactly what you need to buy to begin quilting. When you start looking at rulers, there are hundreds of different ones to choose from. While I would love to be able to buy them all, budget and storage space don’t allow it. So, as a beginner, what exactly do you need to get started? This week we are sharing our basic recommendations and giving tips on what we look for in quilting rulers.   What Quilting Rulers do I need? Many years ago, our...

Online Quilting Bee Block 11 Only two more blocks to go! If you missed block 10, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 10 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. We are working on strip piecing this week. We love to use strip piecing to help speed up the process and also help with the accuracy in our blocks. When you sew the strips together first and then cut them, you won’t need to worry about the ends lining...

The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt We were recently approached about reviewing a new children’s book featuring a quilt. Since we love children’s books as much as we love quilts, we were thrilled to check it out. The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt by Riel Nason and Illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler is an endearing tale all about a little ghost that is made from a quilt instead of a sheet like his family and friends. He isn’t as agile or fast and is often made fun of. He simply wants to be like everyone else and doesn’t like...

With Bee Block 10 finished, it’s now time to share ideas on quilting it! I have lots of fun shapes and elements to show this week that fit in these common quilt blocks.   Quilt Block Design 1 With this quilting design, I first started by creating the curved shape of the drunkard’s path in the opposite direction along each edge, creating a petal shape. On the inside circle, this gave me a fun area to fill. To really make that shape stand out, I first started by echoing it, then put a spiral design to fill the inside. Around...

How to Nest Seams in your Quilt Blocks One of the biggest trials in quilting is getting all your seams to line up and your quilt block to lay flat. One might not think that the way you sew your seams together would make a big difference, but it can! This week we are sharing tips on nesting your seams and how it can help your piecing improve.   Ironing the Seams It’s all in the ironing. Nesting seams isn’t complicated or complex, but it does take a little extra time and planning. It’s totally worth it though! When we...