This is adorable! Palak of Make It Handmade shares her Crinkle Quilt at the Moda Bake Shop. The quilt is made of 5 fabric strips and 4 pieced and *ruched fabric strips. Of the project she explains,
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Amy’s four quilts for Sandy effort
Amy of Diary of a Quilter said after experiencing her first winter weather, decided to do something for Hurricane Sandy victims who lost their homes. She made up four quilts in one week, selecting warm flannel fabrics from her stash … Read More ...
Tutorial: Covered zipper pillow backing
A pillow front this pretty deserves a stellar back closure and Amy of Amy Made That! gave it one – a covered zipper. She wrote up a tutorial for how to do it. So, skip the envelope. Go to her … Read More ...
Learn quilt making with a Sampler
This is a must-Pin if you want to learn quilt making. Leila of Sewn by Leila shares links to 36 tutorials for quilt blocks plus an intro to the basics of cutting out fabric and sewing. The early quilt blocks … Read More ...
Quilt nerd talks about values
Rachel of Stitched in Color admits she’s a quilt nerd after writing a post on value types you find in quilt patterns. She accompanies each type (scattered, radiating, rhythmic, illustrative and mixed) with a photo of a quilt incorporating … Read More ...
Quilt binding and a reader’s tip
Tonya of The Crafty Mummy said she tried something new (sewing the binding on both the front and back) and something tried and true (using striped fabric for the binding) on this quilt. One of her readers gave a great … Read More ...
Ta Dah!: Water pitchers mini quilt
AnneMarie of gen X quilters entered this adorable pitcher quilt in the Blogger’s Quilt Festival that kicked off today (Oct 26), at Amy’s Creative Side. Inspired by her real collection of water pitchers, she drafted paper pieced patterns for each … Read More ...
Tutorial: ‘Flying Geese’ doll quilt
Nova of a cuppa and a catch up covers the October edition of the Liberty Scrap Challenge with this tiny doll quilt. She started with mini charm squares of Liberty fabric to create Flying Geese blocks, sewed them into rows … Read More ...
Sock monkey’s quilt is perfect for beginners
This little guy is the very picture of ‘cozy’ tucked under this simple squares quilt. Tova of Professor Pincushion shows readers how to make one (the finished size is 40 x 54 inches) in a video tutorial. If you’ve put … Read More ...
Tutorial: Binding a quilt Wendy’s way
Wendy of Late to Create shares her way of binding a quilt – she combines machine and hand sewing. She tells what type of fabric she normally selects for a great looking binding, plus how to battle hand fatigue when … Read More ...
Tutorial: Spray baste a quilt
Tonya of The Crafty Mummy did a guest post at And Sew We Craft where she shares her method for putting a quilt sandwich together. Learn how to spray baste a quilt, get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Jigsaw puzzle baby quilt
This quilt is not as hard to piece as it seems. Get the know-how at Helping Little Hands, plus see photos of her darling little boy, the lucky recipient of this quilt.
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Tutorial: Machine bind quilted projects {both sides}
Amy of Amy Made That! has learned how to whip through the last phase of her quilt-y projects by machine binding them on both sides. If you’ve always wanted to try this technique, get on over to Amy’s post to … Read More ...
Art figure quilt block
Krista of Spotted Stones made this art school figure quilt block using paper-piecing off a sketch. Nicely done. This and one other block is going to her swap partner. Go HERE to learn more.
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Tutorial: Hexagon coasters by Miss Print
Kaye of Miss Print shares on her blog how to make quilted hexagon (hexie) coasters. She used two techniques that a quilter will find useful, quilt-as-you-go and English paper piecing. Go HERE to get the know-how.
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