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Basting

Learn how to prepare your quilt for quilting with confidence. These tutorials cover basting methods, tools, and tips to help you create a smooth, secure quilt sandwich that’s ready for quilting.

Quilt Basting Methods for Beginners
Basting | Tutorials

Quilt Basting Methods for Beginners

When it is time to start quilting, a good baste makes all the difference. In this video, I am showing…

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CHRISTMAS FUSSY STAR PILLOW – Part 3/3 | Binding and Finishing With Hand Stitching
Basting | Free Quilt Patterns | Quilted Pillows

CHRISTMAS FUSSY STAR PILLOW – Part 3/3 | Binding and Finishing With Hand Stitching

Welcome to the final part of the Christmas Fussy Star Pillow series! In this step-by-step tutorial, we’ll finish this festive…

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CHRISTMAS FUSSY STAR PILLOW – Part 2/3 | Basting, Backing, and Sewing the Pillow
Basting | Free Quilt Patterns | Quilted Pillows

CHRISTMAS FUSSY STAR PILLOW – Part 2/3 | Basting, Backing, and Sewing the Pillow

Welcome back to the second installment of the Christmas Fussy Star Pillow series–a Christmas pillow tutorial! In this step-by-step tutorial,…

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Free Preview – Wholecloth Quilty Pillows – How to baste a pillow
Basting | Quilted Pillows | Quilty Classes

Free Preview – Wholecloth Quilty Pillows – How to baste a pillow

A little free preview of the Wholecloth Quilty Class is now available. This is the basting lesson. Click the link in my profile if you’d like to view it. #wholeclothquiltypillow

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How to Wall Baste a Quilt
Basting

How to Wall Baste a Quilt

I hope you are well! I’ve been getting some questions about how I wall baste, so I’m popping this video…

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Finishing Your Quilt – Step 1 – Wall Basting – Video Tutorial
Basting | Piecing Demos

Finishing Your Quilt – Step 1 – Wall Basting – Video Tutorial

After you have completed your quilt top there are still three rather large tasks to complete before you have a…

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How To Spray Baste a Quilt on the Wall (video tutorial)
Basting

How To Spray Baste a Quilt on the Wall (video tutorial)

  Hello, everyone! I am so, SO happy you are here!  Today I have a basting tutorial for you and…

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My Happy Home fabric collection is now in stock! My Happy Home fabric collection is now in stock! 

Happy Home is an 18-print collection filled with sweet florals, little houses, checks, and those soft, cheerful colors I love so much.

We have a limited amount of bundles and yardage available now, plus two Happy Home wide backs for finishing your quilts. Find all of it at meanderandmake.com
One of the new lessons up in the Lulu Louise class One of the new lessons up in the Lulu Louise class. We’re planning our FMQ. Come quilt with us! Quiltyclass.com
The Lulu Louise quilt top is finished! 💕 Chapter The Lulu Louise quilt top is finished! 💕

Chapter 4 of the Lulu Louise Quilty Class is all about bringing everything together, and I tried something a little different with this one.

Instead of attaching all of the background pieces to each foreground column individually, I chain pieced them. It definitely required a little extra brainpower to keep everything in the right order 😆, but it made the process feel so much quicker.
Then it was just a matter of sewing all those finished columns together and watching Lulu Louise finally become a quilt top.

And now we get to move on to one of my favorite parts... free motion quilting!

Chapter 4 is available now inside the Lulu Louise Quilty Class. 💕
• Pattern included
• Beginner-friendly
• Completely self-paced
• Quilty Club members already have access
There are 4 of these Balance Background bundles le There are 4 of these Balance Background bundles left over at meanderansmake.com all 1/2 yards, all low volume.
I LOVE my job! 🥰 Chapter 4 of the Lulu Louise quil I LOVE my job! 🥰 Chapter 4 of the Lulu Louise quilt class is now available at quiltyclass.com (pattern comes with). We are FMQing it next!! 👏

I haven’t been journaling much, so I thought I’d just put a few things here…
• 🎶 - currently obsessed with Benson Boone
• 🏃🏽‍♀️- up to 4.75 mi
• 📖- Knave and the Moon
Handful of new bundles at meanderandmake.com Handful of new bundles at meanderandmake.com
Some pics from chapter 3 of Lulu Louise Quilty cla Some pics from chapter 3 of Lulu Louise Quilty class. LOVING making this one in all the new sizes. 🩷 quiltyclass.com

Cabinets from @arrowsewing
Time to cut the strip sets for my Lulu Louise. 🩷 Time to cut the strip sets for my Lulu Louise. 🩷
The Lulu Louise Quilty Class is officially underwa The Lulu Louise Quilty Class is officially underway! 💕

We're beginning with all the little things that make the actual sewing go so much smoother: getting familiar with the quilt, gathering supplies, walking through the pattern, and choosing fabrics.

Lulu Louise is a beginner-friendly quilt made with simple, efficient strip piecing, and there are three sizes to choose from: Crib, Throw, and Bed. The quilt pattern is included with the class, so everything needed to begin is waiting inside.

👉 Want to join us? Start the Lulu Louise Quilty Class here: https://quiltclass.southerncharmquilts.com/courses/lulu-louise-quilt
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