Quilting Tutorials

Online Quilting Bee Block 5 Can you believe we are almost halfway done? If you missed block 4, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 4 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 moving on to applique. Missy absolutely LOVES applique and uses it in so many ways. She really is the applique queen and we have two other tutorials all about raw edge applique if you want more help on the topic. Applique with Fusible...

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...

Citrus Grove Quilt Pattern Citrus Grove is our newest quilt pattern released last week! This is a fun and easy scrap friendly quilt pattern. It is perfect for the confident beginner quilter ready to tackle curves. The size of the quilt blocks is great for getting comfortable with curves without being too small and finicky. Fabric Selection: This quilt came almost entirely from our scrap bin. Each citrus blossom is made from 2 different prints of the same color, one dark and one light. You could also use large and small prints to help set off the different shapes. The leaves...

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 Quilt Half Square Triangles In our never-ending quest to answer the age old questions “how do I quilt it?” we are back with more ideas for block 4 from our free Online Quilting Bee. This month we focused on half square triangles. These nifty blocks can be put together in so many ways, which also leaves countless ways to quilt them. When deciding how to quilt the block, you can treat each triangle as it’s own element, or ignore the seam lines and focus on the shapes they create.   Quilting Plan 1 In this first idea, we...