Vanessa from Crafty Gemini posted her second block – Amish Diamond – as part of her Video Sampler Quilt Along. She says it’s a good beginner block. Click HERE to get the video tutorial.
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Tutorial: Bind a quilt back-to-front
Rae from Made by Rae did a guest post at Prudent Baby this week showing her method of binding a quilt using the fabric from the back of the quilt sandwich. Rae says this technique works best on smaller quilts. … Read More ...
Technique: Back basting works for Anina
Anina from the twiddletails blog went from discouraged to excited when she found an applique technique that works for her – back basting. Read her full post here. Marjorie at Applique Addict explains how to do it here.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Plus sign quilt
MadeByMeaghan shows how to make a plus sign quilt using a different piecing method than most. Instead of creating each sign with five squares, she uses two squares and a rectangle. Find out why this is an advantage. Go to … Read More ...
Textile Diva starts to applique
McKenna from Textile Diva says she is finally ready to tackle applique. As a long time quilter, she thinks it’s time. She refuses to fuse, instead she has picked up a glue stick. Click HERE to read more.… Read More ...
Video tute: Grab-N-Go potholders
Vanessa from Crafty Gemini shows how to make these adorable quilted Grab-N-Go potholders. She says if you are a wannabe quilter this project is perfect as it will walk you through making a small quilt sandwich. Go to her … Read More ...
Freebie: Sweet Shop pillow pattern
Julianna from Sewing under Rainbow shares how she made this precious patchwork-inspired pillow on her blog. Called Sweet Shop, she created the roof using shapes from the Drunkard’s Path quilt block. Go HERE to get the know-how.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Cussless Drunkard’s Path block
Thanks goes to Heather, a Craft Gossip reader, for sending in this link suggestion to video tutorial, Sew an easy, stress free Drunkard’s Path quilt block. The author cmskallen explains,
… Read More ...A traditional drunkard’s path block is made by sewing
Tutorial: Charm pack placemats
Got Charm? Samelia’s Mum does. She shows how to turn a single charm pack (42 – 5″ squares) into six placemats. Done in fabulous fabric line A Stitch in Color by Malka Dubrawsky for Moda Fabrics. Go to tutorial.… Read More ...
Technique: Let the fabric guide your stitches
This Martha Stewart DIY project is from the aptly named book, Last-Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson. Joelle selects a piece of fabric with motifs of varying sizes (small, medium, large). She then makes a quilt sandwich and … Read More ...
Book: ‘Everyone Can Quilt’ by Kaye Wood
Kaye in her intro to Everyone Can quilt with Kaye Wood
: 100+ Tips, Techniques, Templates & Projects divides quilters into two camps, the pointed and the pointless. According to Amazon, the first sentence of the book is,… Read More ...
Ta Dah!: Robots baby quilt
Spied at Ramona’s Handwork she said she created the theme by fussy cutting some robot fabric she picked up at Hobby Lobby. So cute. Read more about it here.
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‘Twinkle’ art quilt by Malka Dubrawsky
If this quilt created by Malka Dubrawsky from a stitch in dye doesn’t make you want to learn how to dye fabric nothing will. Malka used a bleach resist for the fabric in this art quilt she calls Twinkle. … Read More ...
Artist talks about her swoon-worthy quilt
Deborah from The Blue Hare talks about what went into making her entry in the recent Bloggers’ Quilt Festival. She says she even included a poem in this art quilt. She shows several closeups so you too can swoon over … Read More ...
Tutorial: Create photo collages | quick and free
Becca at Blue Cricket Design shares how she creates a photo collage for her craft tutorials saying,
I love a good clean minimal look that makes following directions simply (sic) and fast!
I would add one thing to her instructions. … Read More ...