Quilting Tips and Tutorials
Here is a selection of projects I’ve done that you may be interested in doing. If you do, I would love it if you shared your project with me. I love seeing how different fabric and quilting choices changes a project!
{Tutorial} Perfectly Joined Binding Strips
A few weeks ago a friend asked me how I join the strips I cut for binding. She was having a problem with her strips lining up. As I was showing her, I thought this info would be useful to some of my readers so I'm sharing it here with you today. This technique is not...
{Tutorial} Scrambled – A Scrap Block
Here is the tutorial I promised you - much sooner than expected! I have named the block Scrambled and I really like this block. I am still cutting pieces to make my quilt bigger and I sew when I have a few minutes here and there. Hopefully I'll have a finish to share...
{Tip} Batting Tape – Have You Tried It?
On Saturday I started to put my quilt top, back and batting together for quilting when oops! The last piece of batting on the bolt wasn't large enough. Drat! I had the whole day to quilt, was in my scrubby clothes, hair in a mess and I DID NOT want to make a trip to...
{Tutorial} Beach Ball Block
This block is made of two each of two different squares – referred to as Square A and Square B. The block finishes at 12" square. CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS Beachball Fabric – White Cut one strip 3-1/2″ W x WOF Subcut to six 3-1/2″ squares Square A – Lapis Blue and...
Fabri-Quilt New Block Blog Hop
Have you guys been checking out all the great tutorials in the Fabri-Quilt New Block Blog Hop? There have been so many great ones; my to-do list has gotten a lot bigger in the last two days! The creativity of all the bloggers is so inspiring to me. So, today is my...
{Tip} Using the VersaTool Ruler in FMQ
Yesterday I talked about the skills/technique classes I took over the weekend, and one of those classes focused on using rulers when quilting. Usually people think of longarmers when talking about rulers, but rulers can be used with sit-down machines (like my HQ Sweet...
{Tutorial} Shoo Fly Block
Okay, here it is! A tutorial for the Shoo Fly block used in my Checkered Past quilt. This is such a fun block to make and easy! It reminds me of the nursery song "Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me".......but I digress. A quilt with nothing but these blocks would be beautiful,...
{Tutorial} Checker Block
I used this block in my Checkered Past quilt and call it a Checker block. There's probably an 'official' name for it in quilt world; this is just what I call it. The block is good to use on its own, with scraps for a scrappy look, or mixed with other blocks in...
{Tutorial} Modern Pinwheel Block
This block is fun to make and uses flying geese to create a funky, modern pinwheel. The directions are for a block that finishes at 8". You will need: 1 - 5-1/4" square Color A (I used Navy Blue) 4 - 2-7/8" squares Color B (I used Red) 4 - 2-1/2"x4-1/2" rectangles...
{Tip} Economy Blocks
Last week (or maybe the week before - time has been flying by) I showed you a couple economy blocks I made from scraps using a tutorial from Red Pepper Quilts. I've had a couple readers ask about how I made the blocks and how I plan on using them, so I thought I would...
