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Add beautiful shapes and details to your quilts with appliqué. These tutorials cover techniques, tools, and step-by-step demonstrations to help you stitch with confidence.

How to Make a Dresden Plate – Using Embroidery for Applique
applique | Dresden Plates | embroidery

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 in…

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Applique – Perfect Circles with Aluminum Foil
applique | Dresden Plates

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…

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How to make Dresden plate centers with Heat n Bond
applique | Dresden Plates | Notions & Tools | Piecing Demos

How to make Dresden plate centers with Heat n Bond

Watch a video on how to make your dresden plate centers with heat n bond adhesive for a quick raw edge applique.

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How to Hand Applique
applique | Dresden Plates | English Paper Piecing

How to Hand Applique

  In this post, we are chatting about hand applique. I’m posting this during EPP week, but know that though…

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What is Raw Edge Applique? – Dresden Plate Quilt – #6 – Quilt Reveal
applique | Quilt Reveal

What is Raw Edge Applique? – Dresden Plate Quilt – #6 – Quilt Reveal

 There is a lot of words thrown around by quilt makers that might leave an outsider or new quilter scratching…

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The Quilt Maker’s Toolkit – Charlotte’s Fusible Web for Raw Edge Applique – video tutorial
applique | Notions & Tools | work in progress

The Quilt Maker’s Toolkit – Charlotte’s Fusible Web for Raw Edge Applique – video tutorial

Today’s post is a part of a series called The Quilt Maker’s Toolkit, showing and teaching about the products I…

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Hexie Flower Play – Kingfisher Stitch Along
applique | English Paper Piecing

Hexie Flower Play – Kingfisher Stitch Along

 This post is part of the Kingfisher Stitch Along, hosted by Rachel from Stitched in Color and Jodi from Tales…

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The Quilt Maker’s Toolkit – The Bottom Line + MicroQuilter Threads by Superior Threads + King Fisher Stitch-Along + a GIVEAWAY
applique | English Paper Piecing | Notions & Tools | product reviews

The Quilt Maker’s Toolkit – The Bottom Line + MicroQuilter Threads by Superior Threads + King Fisher Stitch-Along + a GIVEAWAY

Today’s post is a part of a series called The Quilt Maker’s Toolkit, showing and teaching about the products I…

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5 methods of Hand Work that will Soothe Your Soul
applique | embroidery | Planning & Prep

5 methods of Hand Work that will Soothe Your Soul

I feel like before my mind realized I needed a slow down, my body already knew. Prior to the end…

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The Most Photogenic Quilt Making – A Dresden Quilt #4 – In Progress
A Dresden Quilt | applique | work in progress

The Most Photogenic Quilt Making – A Dresden Quilt #4 – In Progress

For the past 2+ weeks, I’ve been working on a new Dresden quilt, custom ordered.  I LOOOOOOOVVVVE Dresden quilts, but…

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Heat n Bond Iron on Fusible Interfacing ( Product Review )
applique | Notions & Tools | Piecing Demos | product reviews | work in progress

Heat n Bond Iron on Fusible Interfacing ( Product Review )

Today’s post is a part of a series called The Quilt Maker’s Toolkit, showing and teaching about the products I…

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The Great Corset Challenge from Joy Studio
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The Great Corset Challenge from Joy Studio

I was approached last month to participate in this challenge.  I’m a little out of my element with it, buuuuuuut…

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A few pics of what we are working on in chapter 6 A few pics of what we are working on in chapter 6 of the Swayful Quilty Class. 

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Chapter 5 is here! This is where your quilt really Chapter 5 is here! This is where your quilt really starts to come together. We'll arrange the blocks, create a balanced layout, sew the rows, and watch the woven design appear one seam at a time. If you've been waiting to see the magic happen, this is the chapter for you. 💛

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I might have taken too many pictures but I’m in lo I might have taken too many pictures but I’m in loooovvvvve. 🥰 chapter 5 of Swayful is now up at Quiltyclass.com. Next up 👉🏻 quilting
Chapter 4 of the Swayful Quilty Class is now avail Chapter 4 of the Swayful Quilty Class is now available!

This chapter is all about building the border. We'll snowball the corner units, make the border units, and use a simple batch sewing workflow to keep everything moving quickly and efficiently.

It's a shorter chapter, but by the time you're finished, you'll have every border unit ready for quilt assembly. The quilt is really starting to come together!

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https://southerncharmquilts.com/2026/07/10/swayful-quilty-class-chapter-4-building-the-border/

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Big happy sighs 🥰 Big happy sighs 🥰
The first Swayful blocks are coming together. This The first Swayful blocks are coming together. This is always my favorite part of a new quilt. After all the planning, fabric pulling, and organizing, you finally get to watch the woven knot begin to appear.

In Chapter 3 of the Swayful Quilty Class, we build the block together one unit at a time, and I also share a few of my favorite shortcuts for snowball piecing along with the batch sewing workflow I use to keep everything organized as the quilt grows.

It’s amazing how quickly a stack of individual units starts looking like a quilt.

I can’t wait to see everyone’s blocks!
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