Quilting Tutorials

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...

Can you believe it? We made it to the final block and what a year it has been! We’ve enjoyed sewing along with you all year and thank you for joining in! Don’t worry, these posts aren’t going anywhere, so if you need time to catch up, you can easily do so. If you missed block 11, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 11 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. The final quilt block explores foundation paper piecing....

Much of our year has been working on the biggest project we’ve done to date. When we decided we were going to self publish a book, we had no idea it would be like birthing a baby. It’s been 100% worth it though and we have learned so much! We have appreciated all the love and support for this project and are so excited to announce our first book tour! We have an amazing line up of quilters that have been sewing up blocks from our I Spy book to share with you. There are so many cute blocks and...

Missy is really good at coming up with ideas that involve less than common quilting materials. Fortunately, they usually turn out amazing! This weeks project is one of those concoctions and is so fun to make. We’ve seen a lot of fun projects involving vinyl. There are so many options with this versatile material. We are going to use it to make an adorable quilting snow globe, complete with snow!   Snow Globe Mini Instructions Fabric Requirements Scraps: 2 greens 2 reds White Brown Yellow 15″ square vinyl 20″ square each Background Batting Backing 1/4 yard Fusible Web Optional: Snowflake...