Geni from Loose Ends is sharing a Quilting Arts ebook on how to bind an art quilt. It explores 12 different finishes. Go here to download.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Getting perfect 1/4″ seams
Amy from Park City Girl shares her method for getting the often elusive 1/4″ seam allowance preferred in quilting. She demonstrates with both a standard and a 1/4″ sewing machine foot. Get the tutorial.
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Free pattern: Silly Chicken quilt block
Zoey of Perpetually Piecing has some real lively examples of a fun quilt block called Silly Chicken. Go to her blog to check out the block, she has an entire flock. You can make your own silly chicken, for personal … Read More ...
Tip: Tame your bobbins
Karen from Sew Many Ways shares her secret for keeping her loaded-with-thread bobbins wound up. Get the tip.
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Technique: Cutting large pieces of fabric
Have you ever gotten stuck cutting the backing fabric for a large quilt? Liz Johnson from Sew4Home shares the best way to cut large sections of fabric for sewing projects. Her project was curtains for the home, but her technique … Read More ...
Tutorial: Folding fabric
Luverlie from Sew Many Pieces group blog found a fabulous how-to on folding fabric for storage at turningturning blog. Get the tutorial.
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Cow Pony quilt and slideshow
LuAnn Kessi of May Your Bobbin Always Be Full introduces us to Dancer, the photo transfer thread-work star in her slideshow The Cow Pony Quilt 2010. She walks us through each step in the process of creating this wonderful … Read More ...
Technique: Invisible thread applique
Alma from Blackbird Designs blog shares four adjustments she makes to her sewing machine to get the right results with invisible thread machine applique. In this photo she ran her bobbin thread through the bobbin holder to increase the bobbin … Read More ...
Leah heard it from the grapevine
Leah from 365 Days of Free Motion Quilting has done it again. She’s created a wonderful filler design she says was inspired by the song “I heard it from the Grapevine”. Go to her video tutorial to see how she … Read More ...
Video: Quilt binding all on the machine
Judy Laquidara of Patchwork Times shares her method for finishing the binding on a quilt 100% on the sewing machine. This involves sewing the top and bottom of the binding at the same time instead of sewing one side down … Read More ...
Technique: Enlarge pieced blocks
Beth from Quilt Island blog is having fun making the blocks from Teach Yourself Blocks from the Past by Marie Henry. She’s even figured out how to increase the block size given in the book from 6 inches to 8 … Read More ...
Ta Dah!: Fussy cut bird on a chair
I’m a huge fan of modernist fabric designer Laurie Wisbrun of Scarlet Fig. Sue is too, she sent her this photo of a potholder she made using some of her original fabric Birdies on Chairs Red. Sue used a … Read More ...
A book, a tute, and folksy flannel
Gwen Marston’s book Liberated Quiltmaking II will be released in January 2010. You can pre-order at Amazon.
I love Gwen’s wonky star technique. Here are a few places I’ve seen it. The Silly BooDilly gives Gwen a nod in … Read More ...
Tutorial: Sewing borders on quilt tops
Kristin from My Quilter blog is a longarm quilter who says she sees lots of wavy borders in quilt tops given to her to quilt and finish. She shares her method of putting on borders so this will not happen. … Read More ...
Hand-look stitch on sewing machine
Loose Ends is exploring ways to get the hand look of a quilting stitch on her sewing machine. She found a nice example of this at Eugenie.Qs ‘s Gallery Dip-A-Dee Stiching, shown.
The trick she says is to use… Read More ...