Learn how to make a wholecloth quilt with this step-by-step photo tutorial that includes tips for Kantha-style stitching!
Cut a CONTINUOUS strip of BIAS TAPE (from one small square of fabric)....a quick way to cut up some bias tape, without wasting fabric!
Tiny Sewists: Teaching Kids to Sew with easy lessons sewing on fabric
Quilts by Paula Fleischer, political and otherwise
How to sew knit neckband and knit binding - 3 options to finish your knit neckline, including photo tutorial and video tutorial
Great gift ideas for retreats and quilting friends. Browse through this round-up of fun ideas to give your quilting friends (or yourself)!
This super simple tutorial for a patchwork gingham quilt will create a fresh modern quilt that comes together fast! Includes free printable PDF pattern.
Learn about some bad quilting habits that Superior Threads recommends that you quit.
Fifty easy quilt patterns and simple tutorials are perfect for new quilters. Learn how to make a quilt. Free beginner quilt patterns.
Quilting made easy for beginners. Follow our step-by-step guide to learn how to quilt, choose materials, and create your own unique quilts.
Enjoy 20 of (just some of) my favorite modern quilts from QuiltCon 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. All descriptions were written by the makers. Prepare to be inspired!
Learn how to sew buttonholes 3 ways - with a one step stitch on a sewing machine, freehand on a sewing machine, or sewing by hand.
10 free modern quilt patterns that are easy enough for a beginner to create their own quilt! Awesome inspiration and each pattern tutorial is easy to understand and to create the modern quilt of your dreams!
You have to try this. It is so fun! I know it looks complicated. It isn't. It's basically an adaptation of all over spirals (bel...
Mix and Match quilt block patterns and hundreds of projects for the beginner quilter
Maybe the title of today's post should be "don't fear the hexagons in quilting!" Learn how to sew hexagons with a sewing machine.
Sewing piping can add a professional touch to the edges of cushions, bags, quilts and clothing. Learn how to sew piping for beginners.
Learn how to sew a napkin in this simple, DIY cloth napkin tutorial; an easy sewing project for beginners! Customize your table settings and tablescapes. Please note: This post may contain affiliate links, for our full disclosure click HERE. Do you love a pretty table setting but don't have any cloth napkins to adorn it with?
This is both the most exciting and most scary time in any project. You're excited to see your creation come alive but terrified to cut out y
Two Christmases ago hubby bought me Quilt Design Wizard from the same people who give you EQ. Now, I love this software. It's cool that you can put in prints as well as solids, and choose from blocks to set up quilts. There are many quilt blocks in the program to play with and I actually used it to come up with my plan for my Diamond Chains Quilt Along. I have even recently played around with it for setups for my Carpenter Wheels (when I finally finish them!). Well, I just found out that hubby's aunt, who already has me making two quilts for her grandbabies, wants me to make a quilt for her other daughter as well. Keri is a large animal vet in Saskatchewan so when I asked what she might want on her quilt she said, "Australian Shepherds and horses". Um, okay. I did a little researching but I'm having trouble finding fabric with Australian Shepherds on it. So I wondered about paper piecing a dog. That set me to searching for instructions because I have no idea where to even begin creating a paper piecing pattern. I found something better. A program! Have any of you heard of Quilting Assistant? I had not but came across it while looking online. It is free so I downloaded the program and started playing around with it. I will say this; read the manual! It is not difficult but I needed a little walk through to help me understand how it worked. I started with a picture of one of Keri's own dogs. I was able to change it from this... To this! I actually could have muted the colors all the way down to just basic colors instead of "picture" colors more as well. Now, I will say, it prints out all the pieces and you have to put them back together. I'm still trying to figure out if you can print it out as is. Not sure about that yet. After reading the directions I figured out that I could finally put my own block designs in this program. Remember X Marks the Spot? I was so excited because one of the reasons I never did a quilt along for this block was because I couldn't figure out how to draw it out except on graph paper. Now I can even play with the layout and design. This was my original quilt design. But after playing with the program, how cool would this one be? Or this one? Or this one? I changed the colors just to play a bit. I'm very excited about having another option for quilt planning. Just thought I'd share. Check it out!
Download our printable quilt size chart with the dimensions for all the standard quilt sizes. Save for all your future quilt size dilemmas.
At Sew Modern Bags we bring you lots of fabulous sewing patterns each week. However, now and again we come across a training video or photo tutorial that we
Here are 11 tips that you need to know before you start sewing minky fabric! It's the softest fabric and great for beginners! Click to see the tricks!
Washing a quilt can be a stressful process for many quilters because the risk of ruining a quilt that you just spent hours and hours to make is scary! However, washing your quilt doesn’t have to be as scary as we make it out to be. Plus, you can even wash and dry your quilt...
A guide to everything related to double gauze fabric. What double gauze fabric is, how to care for it, what projects you can use it for, and where to buy.
From fabric selection to piecing, our Beginning Quilting Series will guide you through the process step-by-step.
Getting and keeping a 1/4" quilting seam allowance isn't hard. Check out these 5 ways to get the perfect scant 1/4" in your next quilt.
Sewing tricks from professional seamstresses. Your sewing is about to get easier and more efficient. Grab a project to test them out!
Want to hand quilt and don't know where to start? These tips and tricks will give you what you need to be hand quilting in no time!
I now have a video tutorial to walk you through this post! Sewing accurate 1/4" seams will make all the difference in your quilt tops!
No longer are you stuck with boring simple baby quilt kits. Continue reading for 10 modern patchwork quilts you can start this weekend!
