Related topics/ essential pre-reading: Fabric requirements- the A little Bedazzling Pre-washing your fabrics, making a practice version and how to draft a pocket pattern So how do we actually make a quilt coat? First off, a few disclaimers :-) : The tutorials assume we are using a
This simple diy rag quilt tutorial will teach you how to make one in no time! Rag quilts are fun to make and are great gifts!
Double Pinwheel & Peeping Cats Quilt Blocks. Free Pattern and Tutorial
An easy to follow step by step tutorial on making simple beginner quilts. These quilt projects can be made on any sewing machine or sewn by hand.
A simple DIY quilted play mat tutorial! Transform the Fishing Net quilt pattern into a toddler play mat for cars.
A Common Dishwashing Liquid Can Remove Migrating Dye! Have you ever finished a quilt only to have it bleed in the wash? While the first impulse is to panic, don’t worry. Dawn dishwashing liquid can usually remove the migrated dye. One year while putting her holiday decorations away Julie Cefalu from The Crafty Quilter discovered …
Great gift ideas for retreats and quilting friends. Browse through this round-up of fun ideas to give your quilting friends (or yourself)!
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Use your scrap fabric to make this free quilted sleep mask! Step by step instructions for a beginner-friendly tutorial.
Free large hexagon quilt pattern & template. Make a simple hexagon quilt with no Y seams with our tutorial. Uses half hexagon quilt pieces.
A free quilted Christmas stocking pattern right in time for the holidays! Sew a simple, modern stocking with this step by step tutorial.
When I was in Houston in 2016 my special exhibit was right across the aisle from the beautiful Millefiori exhibit with all the beautiful English paper pieced quilts inspired by Willyne Hammerstein and I became fascinated with English paper piecing. I did a few pieces out of fancy silks but then I began to wonder how
JOIN THE GHOST QUILT SEWALONG NOW I am so excited for the Ghost Quilt Sewalong to start. This will be our second sewalong for The Modern Holiday Quilt Collection. All of the patterns included in our collection are beginner friendly and block based. They are pretty quick sews so the pace of this sewalong will be faster
Last week I showed you the start of a little piece inspired by an article I read in Quilting Arts Magazine. Some colour had been added at that point........then after lots and lots of stitching, even more colour was applied. I decided it might be fun to incorporate this week's CPP word, #217 "Pen".........so I took out a black Micron pen and doodled on the piece. I have been discussing the idea of a collaborative effort, using crows as subject matter with a friend and fellow quilter, she challenged me to do a "Crow"Flake.....I do love a challenge! this is what it looked like before it was unfolded Linking to Nina-Maries Off the Wall Fridays
A couple of months ago I posted on Instagram that my 9 year old son loves bats, and asked me to make him a bat quilt after seeing the blocks for my table runners. At the time I didn't want to make the bat quilt...but 200+ people told me to suck it up and make...Read More
Pixel (or pixelated) quilts are popping up everywhere in the quilting world lately … and they are AMAZING! Save those scraps because these are the perfect projects for them. Let me show you the wonderful, free pixel quilt tutorials out there by creative designers! This pixel heart quilt is a classic and designed by Amy […]
In "TOAD-SPO - October inspired color palette for your next quilt," we capture the essence of autumn as a quilt-making season. The article introduces the Intertwined Quilt pattern, which showcases a rich and inviting color scheme of deep purples, vibrant yellows, and warm oranges, evoking the cozy ambiance of fall. The piece delves into fabric selection, color organization, and gradient effects, offering insights into the creative process.
Easy quilting stitch techniques to help you through the quilt process. Let's explore the technique and share a few tips to get your needle moving.
Learn how to make a puff quilt. Sew a bubble quilt with this puff quilt tutorial and pattern! Easy tutorial for a colorful quilt
A Common Dishwashing Liquid Can Remove Migrating Dye! Have you ever finished a quilt only to have it bleed in the wash? While the first impulse is to panic, don’t worry. Dawn dishwashing liquid can usually remove the migrated dye. One year while putting her holiday decorations away Julie Cefalu from The Crafty Quilter discovered …
Welcome back to Top Ten Tuesday! This week is a favorite of all quilters, FREE quilt patterns! The holidays are coming up fast, add in birthdays, baby gifts or a thoughtful charity quilt, we all n…
A quiltmaker’s quilt often tells a story, and maybe they can even predict the weather too!
This Easy DIY Rag Strip Quilt is a great gift to give to a new bundle of joy. It can come together in one afternoon, it's so easy.
Find the perfect spooky and seasonal quilt with this list of 10 free Halloween quilt patterns. Great for beginner and experienced quilters!
You’ve got quilts floating down your hallway too, a few days after Halloween? Noice! You guys…hi!! It’s been a minute, or two. In fact, I don’t think I’ve posted since last year. Whaaat?! Sorry to leave you hanging! I shared some details on Instagram about where I disappeared to. But in a nutshell: In February […]
Join us as we learn how to make picture quilts with expert fiber artist Wendy Butler Berns whose method is simple, fast, and oh-sew fun!
If you're looking to learn how to make a t-shirt quilt easy, you've come to the right place. We'll guide you through the process of how to make a t-shirt quilt DIY for beginners. Or, let us make your quilt for you - you won't regret letting us take the wheel!
10 Fabric Jelly Roll Projects to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing I love jelly rolls - both the food and the fabric varieties, but in this case I'm referring to the fabric version. Jelly rolls were created by a company called Moda. Other companies create them too, but you will find that they won't call them jelly rolls since that name belongs to Moda. Either way, jelly rolls are simply strips of pre-cut 2½' x 42' bits of fabric and you usually get around 40 strips in the pack. Pre-cut means that you don't have to sit there slicing up
I'm so excited to share that the NEW Upscale Plaid quilt pattern is now available! Believe it or not, this design was born out of the quest to create the perfect holiday coaster. Yep, you read that right, haha. Last year, Elizabeth (our fearless Creative Project Manager) and I were brainstorming ideas for a plaid coaster and we landed on an idea that we just HAD to turn into a full size quilt. Over the last few months, we've been tweaking, fine tuning and perfecting the scale and pattern until we created what you see today. Friends, I present to you the newest Lo & Behold pattern, Upscale Plaid! There are so many things to talk about with this quilt. It's difficult to know where to start! How about the sizes, shall we? QUILT SIZES There are seven (you read that right) SEVEN sizes in the Upscale Plaid quilt pattern. Coaster, which is really more of a mug-rug sizes (6.5
I'll be making a cat quilt for my daughter. This is a very easy block to make and you can see each step on the Missouri Star Quilt tutorial https://www.missouriquiltco.com/land/tutorials/pins-paws-cat-quilt/index.html Your cats can be any color but please use either a white on white low volume background or a light blue or light blue low volume background. Cats can be facing either way. I have posted pictures below of my blocks. A block will consist of two cats. Finished block size is 9 1/2" square for one cat and when stitched together they are 9 1/2" x 18 1/2". It took me approximately 15 minutes for each block, including cutting time. It's a very easy block to make. The video at Missouri Star is very complete and I've also added my instructions here to make one cat: Begin with a 10 x 10" block of print fabric. Cut that in half so you have 2 - 5" x 10" rectangles. From the first rectangle, trim 1/2" off the end making the block 5" x 9 1/2". Set this rectangle aside. With the second print rectangle, cut 3" off the end. Now you have a 3 x 5" piece which is the cat's head, set aside. Next, cut a 2 1/2" piece from the end of the second print rectangle so that you have a 2 1/2" x 5" piece. Cut this piece in half and you have 2 - 2 1/2" squares which will be the cat's ears. From your background fabric cut a 5" wide strip. The pieces you will need to cut from this strip are: 1 - 2 1/2" square (tail), 1 - 5" square (piece above the back and tail), 1 - 2 1/2" x 5" for the ear area. Iron your 2 1/2" blocks in half on the diagonal. Follow the Missouri Star video for placement or the pictures I have posted below. I will be on vacation the last week in May, so if I receive your block during that time and you don't hear from me you will know why. I'll post what I've received as soon as I return from vacation.
Today, I would have been greeting Laura and Charlotte, just a couple of my students, to my Flutter class at the Garden of Quilts event but as you are aware, there are no classes, lectures, demos or trunk shows this year (above picture taken at LAST year's Garden of Quilts event). Flutter is such a fun, happy and lively design that we patterned with Hidden Shoofly as part of our TWO Designs in ONE Pattern concept!! Do you want to know why? If you look closely at the Flutter block, you'll see the Hidden Shoofly block right in the center! Its the simple ADDITION of Quick Angled Rectangles to the top, bottom and sides of the Hidden Shoofly block that creates the Flutter block! Do you see it now? Pretty neat, huh?!!! I may not be teaching my Flutter class today but I do have Gem Stone Brights Flutter kits available here! Flutter typically takes a Fat Quarter bundle but we wanted you to experience the FULL color range of the Gem Stones Brights prints. Your kit will consist of 1/3 yard EACH of ALL the Gem Stones Brights prints plus background and binding! As you can see from the Flutter blocks above, the color shifts in tone and in others, the color shifts to a different color all adding to the charm and beauty of Flutter! If bright and white is not your cup of tea, we are also offering Flutter in our original Gem Stone prints on black ground here! Until next week, Happy "Flutter" Quilting! Gerri
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Last year I wrote a ghost pillow tutorial for the BERNINA We All Sew blog and then discovered the adorable book, "The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt" by Riel Nason. This year I decided my nephew needs the book, a matching pillow and quilt. I went through my stash for blues, creams and whites and got to work cutting 2.
Although it may seem like a regular sewing machine is not capable of free-motion quilting, the truth is you can do it on a sewing machine. Using a regular
We have a huge stash of free patterns in our Free Quilt Inspiration archive and we are excited to share them with you. To go to the orig...
I have made some changes to the original Tilda pattern. Click the photo and it will become bigger. Olen tehnyt hieman muutoksia siihen alkuperäiseen Tilda-peitteen kaavaan. Klikkaa kuvaa hiiren vas. painikkeella niin se tulee suuremmaksi. The pattern for this Tilda blanket - Houses is in this book: Ohje tähän Tilda-peitteeseen on tässä kirjassa: Tildas Hus Author: Tone Finnanger,Publisher: Cappelen ISBN10: 8202261082 Book
There is a wide variety of T-shirt quilt styles to choose from. We explore and describe 6 major styles to help you determine your perfect quilt style.
9 must know Quilt piecing tips. Quilt techniques to know especially if want to learn how to quilt or want to improve your piecing accuracy.
Easy to follow tutorial to create a beautiful queen sized faux chenille quilt! Use this technique for all the backings of your cozy quilts. Creates a beautiful touch!
