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March 17, 2020 How to Make a Pillow•quilted pillows•sewing finishes•tutorials•video tutorial

How to Turn a Quilt Block into a Pillow – Zig Zag Seam

  Hey lovelies!  We are talking about turning blocks into pillows today.  I’ve got directions and a video below,...
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November 12, 2019 How to: Binding•sewing finishes•Sponsored Posts•Techniques + Tutorials•video tutorial

Gratitude + Something Gold + Video Tutorial for Chunky Stitch Binding

  So many things to say today.  It’s November and November is a month for giving gratitude.  I have so many reasons to be thankful, family, friends, health and home, health of my loved ones.  I could list these bits all day long, but this is a quilting blog and I try hard not to get off topic and ramble.  You are here for quilting, I know.  But I wanted to say that I am thankful for you just showing up here.  I’m grateful that this business has been supporting me and my family for years and I have...

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October 9, 2019 How to: Binding•Quilting Basics•Techniques + Tutorials•tutorials•video tutorial

Ditch Binding – Video Tutorial

  I discussed this quite a bit in my Exploring Binding Methods post last Wednesday.  Forgive me as I repeat myself a little bit on this post, but since this is a tutorial I want you to know all that I know and I don’t want to assume you read last week’s post or make you hop somewhere else if this is the first time you are tuning in. I machine bind like many quilters do, using a method that is in countless Youtube videos.  You can see my “old” method here. I’ve since changed my method with the...

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September 18, 2019 quilt makers toolkit•Techniques + Tutorials•video tutorial

The Quilt Maker’s Toolkit – Diagonal Seam Tape – SKIP Drawing Lines ( Video Tutorial )

Today’s post is a part of a series called The Quilt Maker’s Toolkit, showing and teaching about the products I use while I make my quilts. There are no products in this series that I do not use and use often, though sometimes my opinions may change as I grow and move along in my journey of quilt making. To view all posts in this series click here.     Being excited about this product is an understatement.  I’ve used washi tape for quite some time for the purpose of skipping drawing those lines for triangle points in my...

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August 16, 2019 how to: ruler tutorial•Quilting Basics•ruler tutorial•tutorials•video tutorial

Ruler Tutorial – The Quilt in a Day Half Square Triangle Ruler ( video tutorial )

Today’s post is part of a series of video tutorials showing you how to use some of my favorite rulers. Find more ruler tutorials here.     Today I’m showing you how to use the Quilt in a Day half square triangle ruler. I wish I had my first half square triangle quilt to show you.  What a disaster!  It was one of those chevron quilts, you remember when they were popular, don’t you?  If not, there was a day when chevron was the thing.  I was very new to quilting.  I cut a whole bunch of squares, I...

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August 2, 2019 Finishing Your Quilt•How to: Binding•Techniques + Tutorials•tutorials•video tutorial

Finishing Your Quilt – Step 3 – Machine Binding – Video Tutorial

After you have completed your quilt top there are still three rather large tasks to complete before you have a quilt that’s ready for snuggling: Baste your quilt Free Motion Quilting and trim up Bind your quilt     Today I’m showing you my method for binding my quilts that I’ve used for over ten years.  It’s a machine binding and it’s very fast.  As you know, I’ve been exploring the different methods of binding quilts, this is not part of that exercise.  This is the same old method I always use.  If you are waiting for the post...

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July 26, 2019 Finishing Your Quilt•How to: Quilting•Techniques + Tutorials•tutorials•video tutorial

Finishing Your Quilt – Step 2 – Free Motion Quilting – Video Tutorial

After you have completed your quilt top there are still three rather large tasks to complete before you have a quilt that’s ready for snuggling: Baste your quilt Free Motion Quilting and trim up Bind your quilt This series covers each of these topics using the exact methods I use for my own quilts.     I love free motion quilting.  I get asked often if I quilt all of my own quilts, and yes, most of them I do.  A few here and there end up sent out to friendly longarmers, but the majority I have to do...

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July 19, 2019 Finishing Your Quilt•How to: Basting•Quilting Basics•Techniques + Tutorials•tutorials•video tutorial

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 quilt that’s ready for snuggling: Baste your quilt Free Motion Quilting and trim up Bind your quilt This series covers each of these topics using the exact methods I use for my own quilts.   I’ve been wanting to get this series up here all year long.  Finally, I’m tackling it.  I do have every one of these tutorials in this series on here from years ago, but now they are updated.  Fingers crossed they turn out better than...

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February 8, 2019 how to: quilt blocks•quilt blocks•tutorials•video tutorial

How to Make 2-at-a-time Half Rectangle Triangles for the Bad Girl quilt (video tutorial)

  There are only a handful of tutorials online for the half rectangle triangle, and I tried several.  Some were fussy, some were not consistent enough, and some were definitely just too slow. Here’s what I learned: Everything is some kind of fussy when quilt making. If you don’t see a way that you like, find your own. Ain’t nobody around here about to mess with bias triangles. Today I’m going to show you my method of making HRTs.  It’s not crazy fast, but it does make 2-at-a-time and it is full proof.   Product Spotlight  Free Spirit Fabrics...

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