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July 31, 2020 applique•embroidery•How to Make a Dresden Plate•Techniques + Tutorials•video tutorial

How to Make a Dresden Plate – Using Embroidery for Applique

Today’s post is part of a series called How to Make a Dresden Plate. There are no measurements included...

July 30, 2020 embroidery•video tutorial

Embroidery – Basic Stitches and Skills

Embroidery is not a subject I talk about much on this blog. We are all about our quilts, after all. But there are places for it in quilting too. Like applique! Anthologie is being released next month and this tutorial has been designed with that quilt in mind. There’s a lot of applique and room for hand stitching on Anthologie and so today I’m just going to show you a few basics and some basic stitches that I know that you might find useful when you make Anthologie with me. There’s a quilt along too, by the way,...

July 29, 2020 applique•How to Make a Dresden Plate•quilt makers toolkit•video tutorial

Applique – Perfect Circles with Aluminum Foil

I’m going to show you how to make perfect circle appliques using a method of turned edge applique that uses aluminum foil to help you get the circle perfected. This would be the opposite of raw edge applique. You would choose this method if you are trying to avoid having any raw edges on your work. I’m showing it to you today on a Dresden plate, but keep in mind that you can use this for any circular shape. In fact, it’s the same method I use for the Sweet Spot blocks in Para Para. Looking for other...

July 23, 2020 How to Make a Dresden Plate•how to: ruler tutorial•Techniques + Tutorials•video tutorial

How to Make a Dresden Plate – Making and Topstitching a Dresden Plate

Today’s post is part of a series called How to Make a Dresden Plate. There are no measurements included in these posts, but those should be found in the pattern you are following. Consider this a helpful visual and companion for any of my quilt patterns that feature Dresden plates. Sometimes you just need to see it to understand it. To view all previous posts in this series, click here. If you’ve missed the tutorial on how to cut Dresden blades with a Dresden ruler, you can find that here. In the video tutorial, I talk...

July 22, 2020 How to Make a Dresden Plate•how to: ruler tutorial•Techniques + Tutorials•video tutorial

How to Make a Dresden Plate – Using a Dresden Ruler and Cutting Blades

Today’s post is part of a series called How to Make a Dresden Plate. There are no measurements included in these posts, but those should be found in the pattern you are following. Consider this a helpful visual and companion for any of my quilt patterns that feature Dresden plates. Sometimes you just need to see it to understand it. To view all previous posts in this series, click here. Before I show you how to cut blades, let me introduce you to the ruler. In all the patterns I’ve written using Dresdens, this is my...

June 18, 2020 applique•How to Make a Dresden Plate•quilt makers toolkit•Techniques + Tutorials•video tutorial

Applique – Using Interfacing or Heat n Bond Adhesive

Since these two methods are so very similar, I decided to pop a video tutorial about both of them into the same post. Before we get to that though, let’s talk about each of them and I’ll tell you what I like about each one. Please note that these two methods are for RAW edge applique. Fusible Interfacing – I use Pellon 911 mid-featherweight. Find it in my shop here. The interfacing will fuse to the wrong side of your fabric. It’s a bit thicker than the adhesive, so if I’m appliqueing something light to something dark, I’m...

May 9, 2020 applique•English Paper Piecing•How to Make a Dresden Plate•How To: English Paper Piecing•Techniques + Tutorials•video tutorial

How to Hand Applique

I’m posting this during EPP week, but know that though many use hand applique with their English paper piecing, hand applique can stand all on it’s own. There is no end to all the shapes you can applique. So this tutorial doesn’t only apply to EPP. You can use this method for anything you wish to hand applique that has a finished and ready edge. Supplies for Hand Applique Clover thimble Applique needles Milliners needles Microquilter thread Snips I really love hand applique and I don’t get to do it enough. It’s so...

May 8, 2020 English Paper Piecing•How To: English Paper Piecing•Techniques + Tutorials•video tutorial

English Paper Piecing – How to Make a Hexie Flower

Today’s post is part of a week long series covering all things English paper piecing. This series is in effort to help you along while making the Oh Honey quilt. You’ll find the pattern available here. Visit our EPP shop section here. To view all previous posts in this series, click here. Hexie flowers are probably the most common of English paper piecing, but it doesn’t stop with these little flowers. There are so many incredible blocks, shapes and patterns out in the world. You should really go exploring and have a look around. I particularly like to...

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May 7, 2020 English Paper Piecing•How To: English Paper Piecing•Techniques + Tutorials•video tutorial

English Paper Piecing – How to Whipstitch

Today’s post is part of a week long series covering all things English paper piecing. This series is in effort to help you along while making the Oh Honey quilt. You’ll find the pattern available here. Visit our EPP shop section here. To view all previous posts in this series, click here. We are getting into the nitty gritty now! Time to sew some hexagons together. I’m showing you how to whipstitch today. A few things before we get to the video. My method is not the only way, it’s just mine. There are many other methods you...

May 6, 2020 English Paper Piecing•How To: English Paper Piecing•Techniques + Tutorials•video tutorial

English Paper Piecing – How to Sew Baste

Today’s post is part of a week long series covering all things English paper piecing. This series is in effort to help you along while making the Oh Honey quilt. You’ll find the pattern available here. Visit our EPP shop section here. To view all previous posts in this series, click here. We’re back! And today it’s all about sew basting. There are EPPers that prefer to sew baste and I was in this camp for several years. We’ve got a video tutorial to show you how to get this done. Bonus points because you get to use...

May 5, 2020 English Paper Piecing•How To: English Paper Piecing•Techniques + Tutorials•video tutorial

English Paper Piecing – How to Glue Baste

Today’s post is part of a week long series covering all things English paper piecing. This series is in effort to help you along while making the Oh Honey quilt. You’ll find the pattern available here. Visit our EPP shop section here. To view all previous posts in this series, click here. Hello again! Are you ready to learn how to glue baste? Yay! Let me start this post out by saying that I was s l o w to give glue basting a try. I have sew basted so long and was so used to it and...

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May 4, 2020 English Paper Piecing•How To: English Paper Piecing•video tutorial

English Paper Piecing – What is it + All the Supplies

Today’s post is part of a week long series covering all things English paper piecing. This series is in effort to help you along while making the Oh Honey quilt. You’ll find the pattern available here. Visit our EPP shop section here. To view all previous posts in this series, click here. Late next week, I’m releasing my first English paper piecing pattern called Oh Honey. I talked a bit about it here. Instead of our regular Monday fabric post today, I’ve got a video chat talking about all the supplies that go along with English paper piecing. ...

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April 24, 2020 How to Make a Pillow•quilted pillows•sewing finishes•tutorials•video tutorial

How to Turn a Quilt Block into a Pillow – French Seam

Hey lovelies! I wanted to show you the French seam today. It’s pretty easy and has a lovely finish. Before we jump in…. if you are looking for the free motion quilting tutorial for this particular pillow top I’m working with, you’ll find it here. If you are liking the fabrics: the gold is here and the aqua floral here. Seam Methods Zig Zag Seam – This method is the quickest, and you can use it for any type of pillow and for any reason. Think of it as the go-to method. It’s meant to be similar to...

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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, but first let’s talk about when and what. There will be three of these posts, because there are three methods I use often enough and it’s all about that seam. There is reasoning for each of them though. Seam Methods Zig Zag Seam – This method is the quickest, and you can use it for any type of pillow and for any reason. Think of it as the go-to method. It’s meant to be similar to a serged edge when...

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...

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...

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...

August 16, 2019 how to: ruler tutorial•Quilt Block Building Basics•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...

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...

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...