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-Featuring five quilt patterns, throw to twin size. -Most of the pattern are scrap and fat quarter friendly. -All patterns are for all skill levels. -Includes methods and tips for choosing fabrics, finishing a quilt and personal stories.
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Melanie Traylor

Quilt making is the process of thoughtful stitching, design, care, heart, mindfullness and time to create a practical, warm piece of usable art.

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Melanie Traylor
Deciding what to quilt where can sometimes be harder than the actual free-motion quilting. Before I start quilting, I like to sit down with the quilt and make a plan. I look at the different areas of the quilt, think about what I want to emphasize, decide where I want more or less texture, and figure out how the quilting designs can work together before I ever sit down at the machine. In this video, I'm planning the free-motion quilting for my Light in the Dark Mini Quilt, but you can use this same process when you're trying to decide how to quilt any quilt. This video comes from the Light in the Dark Mini Quilt Class inside Quilty Class. In the full class, we take this plan to the sewing machine and work through the free-motion quilting one section at a time, including the foreground, background, and border. TAKE THE LIGHT IN THE DARK MINI QUILT CLASS https://quiltclass.southerncharmquilts.com/courses/light-in-the-dark-mini JOIN QUILTY CLUB Light in the Dark is included with Quilty Club, along with access to the full class library. https://quiltclass.southerncharmquilts.com/bundles/Quilt-Class-Membership If figuring out what to quilt is the part that stops you, I hope seeing how I plan mine gives you a place to start. FMQ RULERS I WILL USE FOR THE QUILTING: • Slim https://meanderandmake.com/creative-grids-machine-quilting-tool-slim/ • Clamshell https://amzn.to/4i0syYR Happy quilting, Melanie ✨ New Here? Start Here: https://southerncharmquilts.com/start-here/ 🧷 Freebies: https://southerncharmquilts.com/free-pattern-library/ 🪡 Free Quilt Alongs: https://southerncharmquilts.com/quilt-alongs/ 🎓 Quilty Class: https://quiltyclass.com/ 🤍 Quilty Club: https://quiltyclub.com
Needle turn appliqué is one of those techniques that can sound a little intimidating until you actually sit down and try it. In this video, I’m showing you how I needle turn appliqué by hand, including how I prepare the shape, turn the raw edge under with my fingers and needle, and stitch it to the background with small appliqué stitches. This is the method I use for the hand appliqué projects in my Book of Many Mini Quilts, and I wanted to create a visual demonstration you could come back to anytime you’re working through one of those patterns. I’m working on one of the mini quilts from the book in this video, so you’ll get to see the technique used on an actual project rather than just a practice piece. FIND MY APPLIQUE PRODUCTS HERE https://meanderandmake.com/quilt-makers-toolkit/applique/ BOOK OF MANY MINI QUILTS The project shown in this video comes from Book of Many Mini Quilts. https://meanderandmake.com/book-of-many-mini-quilts-by-melanie-traylor-wirebound-book/ Whether you’re trying needle turn appliqué for the first time or just want to see how I approach it, I hope this makes the process feel a little more approachable. Happy quilting, Melanie ✨ New Here? Start Here: https://southerncharmquilts.com/start-here/ 🧷 Freebies: https://southerncharmquilts.com/free-pattern-library/ 🪡 Free Quilt Alongs: https://southerncharmquilts.com/quilt-alongs/ 🎓 Quilty Class: https://quiltyclass.com/ 🤍 Quilty Club: https://quiltyclub.com
Hands down my favorite FMQ work I’ve ever done. 🥳 Matchstick quilting is my new favorite thing. https://meanderandmake.com/book-of-many-mini-quilts-by-melanie-traylor-wirebound-book/
Ever finish piecing a quilt block only to realize it’s slightly off? Not enough to take the whole thing apart, but just enough that the next pieces don’t quite line up? That happened to me while making my Light in the Dark Mini Quilt, so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to show you how I handle it. In this video, I’ll show you how I find and match the centers, pin everything into place, and gently ease a small difference across the seam instead of letting all that extra fabric end up at one side. We’ll also talk about why your piecing might be slightly off in the first place, including checking your 1/4" seam allowance and cutting accuracy. This is one of those little quilting skills that comes in handy again and again. And sometimes, you really don’t need to rip everything apart! This lesson came from my Light in the Dark Mini Quilt Class inside Quilty Class. Take the full Light in the Dark Mini Quilt Class: https://quiltclass.southerncharmquilts.com/courses/light-in-the-dark-mini Join Quilty Club for access to Light in the Dark and the full class library: https://quiltclub.com I'm using Happy Home fabrics: https://meanderandmake.com/fabric/collections/happy-home/ ✨ New Here? Start Here: https://southerncharmquilts.com/start-here/ 🧷 Freebies: https://southerncharmquilts.com/free-pattern-library/ 🪡 Free Quilt Alongs: https://southerncharmquilts.com/quilt-alongs/ 🎓 Quilty Class: https://quiltyclass.com/ 🤍 Quilty Club: https://quiltyclub.com
A quiet moment at the sewing machine. 🧵 In this Quiet Quilting Moments video, I’m sewing strip sets together, one seam at a time. No talking, no music, no instructions. Just the natural sounds of fabric, thread, and the sewing machine. Quiet Quilting Moments is a series of simple, repetitive quilting tasks shared just as they happen in my sewing room. Settle in, sew along, or simply enjoy a few peaceful minutes of quilting. ✨ No talking ✨ No music ✨ Natural sewing sounds ✨ Just quilting Supplies Happy Home fabrics https://meanderandmake.com/fabric/collections/happy-home/ For piecing – Juki 2000 https://amzn.to/3hWdluI (affiliate link) Dura snips https://amzn.to/3P2XYOQ (affiliate link) Sewing cabinet - http://shrsl.com/4iu3e (affiliate link)
Ready to try half rectangle triangles? The Light in the Dark Mini Quilt is a 14" x 14" confident beginner project featuring a 9 patch center and half rectangle triangles that create the star points. In the Light in the Dark Mini Quilt Class, I'll walk you through the entire project, including my favorite way to trim HRTs using washi tape and a few Sharpie dots. It's such a simple method and takes so much of the guesswork out of getting those HRTs trimmed correctly. We'll piece the quilt top together step by step, and then we'll move into free motion quilting. I'll show you how I plan the quilting and then break it down into separate lessons for quilting the star, background, and borders. ✨ The Light in the Dark Mini Quilt Class begins August 15. 👉 Join the class: https://quiltclass.southerncharmquilts.com/courses/light-in-the-dark-mini Already a Quilty Club member? This class is included with your membership. Just log in to your dashboard when the class begins. https://quiltclass.southerncharmquilts.com/bundles/Quilt-Class-Membership Happy quilting! Melanie ✨ New Here? Start Here: https://southerncharmquilts.com/start-here/ 🧷 Freebies: https://southerncharmquilts.com/free-pattern-library/ 🪡 Free Quilt Alongs: https://southerncharmquilts.com/quilt-alongs/ 🎓 Quilty Class: https://quiltyclass.com/ 🤍 Quilty Club: https://quiltyclub.com
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