Check out this Half-Square-Triangle tutorial to make this Christmas Wreath and Christmas Tree mini quilt!
Quilting for Beginners - This is by far the easiest quilt you will ever make When you're making your very first quilt it can be a little overwhelming. Those quilt blocks can look quite complicated and knowing which tools are needed can be kind of confusing. Plus, the fancy free motion stitching on the top of the quilt, requires quite a bit of practice to get the hang of. And finally, there’s the binding...now that can be quite tricky when you are just starting out. But what if there was a quilt you could make that was super simple and
Looking for a quilted gift for Christmas? Try making one of these quilted casserole dish-sized hot pads. Free Pattern perfect for gifting!
Easy quilts to make in a day. A lot of beautiful patterns, designs, and quilt ideas for you to make in one day only and the tips to finish it
Here we are again. It's time for our annual Christmas Table Runner tutorial. This year's table runner is another super easy sewing project to make. We are going to use only two pieces of fabric and yet the finished table runner looks impressive. Your family and friends will be very happy to receive one of these table runners as a gift and believe me, they will marvel at your sewing prowess. There are so many gorgeous Christmas fabrics available this year so the choice was quite difficult. We visited our local Spotlight store here in Australia and mixed and matched
I am sharing 10 free Jelly Roll Patterns with you today that are my favorites from around the internet. Beautiful patterns that aren't complicated!
You can learn to quilt on small projects just as easily as on big quilts! Here's a big list of easy, small quilt projects that you can make, that aren't entire quilts.
This beginner friendly quilted postcard tutorial is so fun for the holidays! Sew and send handmade notes to your friends!
If you are looking for scrap fabric Christmas ornament designs, then you really don’t have to look much further than these 25 beautiful ideas. I don’t know about you, but I am alw…
Explore the many free jelly roll quilt patterns as well as other jelly roll projects. These fun precuts reduce cutting and speed up sewing!
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Hi there! I am really excited to share this quilt with you guys today for Christmas in July! This quilt has been in the works for a li...
How to make an EPP Christmas Star decoration using Aurifil 80wt thread.
Learn how to make yoyo quilts (or yo yo quilts) and create a fun yoyo project. Great way to use up those fabric scraps!
Double Pinwheel & Peeping Cats Quilt Blocks. Free Pattern and Tutorial
I saw my friend AnnMarie making stacks of these trees this past month. I decided it would be fun to gather with a few friends and do a tree swap! Here is the blog where you will find the original directions and an easy print out for these trees. But as my friend Susan discovered, sometimes trimming the trees down to the recommended size, was just a bit too small for our liking. So, here's a pictorial to clarify for my swap friends just exactly how to make the trees and the trimming measurements. Start with a TWO 2"x 4-1/4" tree fabrics, cut diagonally as shown with just ONE of tree rectangles then cut the opposite diagonal on the second tree rectangle. Cut TWO background fabrics 2-3/4"x6" then cut one on the diagonal and the other on the opposite diagonal just like the tree rectangles. From all these fabrics, you will render 2 trees. Take the two background fabrics (one from each of the different diagonal cuts) and lay the tree fabrics (again, one from each of the opposite diagonal cuts) right sides together as shown. Pay close attention that the correct edge of the tree fabric is stitched onto the correct edge of the background. Make sure the points of the tree fabric are at the very tip of the background fabric....stitch as shown Press towards the tree fabric i trimmed where the tree top intersects on both sections lining up with the edge of the green tree fabric and trying to keep things as square as possible. Now the center of the tree can be lined up and stitched using the 1/4" seam allowance right sides together even if it looks a bit uneven, i pin where the tree top intersects and the trimming squares the block up press seams open I trimmed this section to 4", leaving as much of the background fabric at the top as i could (almost and inch) Next comes the trunk. The original directions say to cut TWO background pieces 2"x4+" INSTEAD...cut them 2-1/2"x 4". you can always trim down. Sew the brown 7/8" strip between the 2-1/2x4" rectangles and press away from the trunk Subcut into 1" sections to be used for more than 1 trunk if you like. Find the middle of the trunk and line up with the vertical seam on tree and stitch in place Now here's the trimming dimensions for my swap partners..... Trim block to 4-3/8" tall (there should be approximately 7/8" of background above the tip of the tree. And from the seam of the trunk to the bottom of the block there should be approximately 3/4". The width should measure approx. 3-6/8". I lined my ruler at the 1-7/8" mark with the vertical seam and trimmed the side. Then i flipped the block, measured again using the 1-7/8" mark on the vertical seam and trimmed the opposite side. I hope this picture helps. For the open spaces with no trees, cut the background fabric 3-6/8"x4-3/8" (same size as the trimmed tree block) Here is AnnMarie's forest Yes...it looks like Christmas.... but never to early to start!!
In one of my recent YouTube videos , I said that I had made my husband several things for his Christmas stocking this year and enough people asked to see what those ideas are that I went ahead and made another video to tell you what I sewed for my husband this year! Men can be hard to buy for and
Find lots of EASY quilt block tutorials that are perfect for beginners. These blocks might look hard to make, but they're perfect for the new quilter.
Dear Liza, This week, I have learned about a whole new kind of quilting! It has been an adventure in history, geography, and craft. Kawandi quilting is from Western India and Pakistan, but it was b…
Top US Quilting Blog Lella Boutique shares her "Good Tidings" wreath quilt in Christmas Eve fabric. Fat quarter friendly, download PDF here!
Gorgeous Stacy from Freshly Handmade agreed to participate in our Holiday Tutorial series, and we are so glad she did. This banner is so d...
SCRAPS - yes we all have them. In fact it's a given that if you are a quilter you are quickly going to build up a scrap stash. I don't know about you but we aren't like those brave souls who can just toss their fabric scraps in the bin. We keep every tiny little scrap because you never know when you might just need that teeny tiny piece of fabric to fill in a spot. So we have a number of easy projects with full tutorials that will help you to clear up at least some of that scrap
Sewing Patterns and tutorials to make easy but amazingly cute diy Christmas gifts. Sew your own perfect handmade Christmas gifts for family and friends!
When we came across this article of the best machine quilting tips we knew we had to share it with our readers. The tips are detailed and contain links to products that will help you to get the bes…
Here we are again. It's time for our annual Christmas Table Runner tutorial. This year's table runner is another super easy sewing project to make. We are going to use only two pieces of fabric and yet the finished table runner looks impressive. Your family and friends will be very happy to receive one of these table runners as a gift and believe me, they will marvel at your sewing prowess. There are so many gorgeous Christmas fabrics available this year so the choice was quite difficult. We visited our local Spotlight store here in Australia and mixed and matched
Find the perfect christmas gifts to sew in this list of quick and easy sewing projects. They are all free sewing projects for Christmas!
A curated list of small quilting projects that you can start and finish in the same weekend! Great beginner quilt projects to try.
Learn how to sew your first quilt with simple instructions and video tutorial from quilting instructor Melanie Ham. This is for beginners to learn to quilt.
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
You can learn how to make a rag quilt with these step by step video tutorials. For beginning sewists. Perfect first quilting project!
Pinwheel quilt blocks are a fun and easy way to make your next quilting project unique. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create these blocks as well as discuss the following: what is a pinwheel quilt block, how to match points on pinwheel blocks, how to reduce bulk in pinwheel seams and how to press a pinwheel quilt block. Making a pinwheel quilt block is a great way to get started in the world of quilting.
Learn to make a puff quilt with precut fabric with a step by step guide and video tutorial.
I wanted to learn more about Kawandi quilts and the Siddis who make them. So last spring I took a kawandi quilt making workshop.
(Please note that affiliate links have been used in this post.) I started quilting in 2007 / 2008. My sisters bought me a small Singer Promise they found listed as a Black Friday deal from Target o…
Hand quilting is the technique of sewing together the three layers of a quilt (batting between two layers of fabric) in a decorative freehand stitch.
I bought some coloured pencils and nice paper recently and have been busy scribbling some potential quilt ideas. When I shared a few to my instagram stories, this was one of the favourites- so here is a tutorial so you can make one too!
This list of 20 handmade Christmas gifts to start sewing now is sure to give you plenty of ideas to get started on while you have plenty of time.
