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Planning & Prep

A beautiful quilt starts long before the first seam. Learn how to choose fabrics, organize your project, plan your layout, and prepare for a smoother, more enjoyable quilting experience.

All About Solid Fabrics – A chat
Planning & Prep

All About Solid Fabrics – A chat

A chat about 3 different brands of solid fabrics I have a new chat for you today talking about the…

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Basic Quilt Making Skills – for beginners
Beginner Quilters Start Here | Planning & Prep

Basic Quilt Making Skills – for beginners

Complete Basics If you already have sewn some, then some of what we are learning today you may already know. …

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Quilt Making Terminology – for beginners
Beginner Quilters Start Here | Planning & Prep

Quilt Making Terminology – for beginners

All those words One of the ways in which I was most confused when I first started quilting was all…

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Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine – for beginners
Beginner Quilters Start Here | Planning & Prep

Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine – for beginners

Today we are getting to know your machine. Obviously, this is a bit of a harder lesson to teach due…

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A Beginner’s Guide to Sewing Machines for Quilting
Beginner Quilters Start Here | Planning & Prep | product reviews

A Beginner’s Guide to Sewing Machines for Quilting

Sewing Machines for Quilters Today we are going to talk about sewing machines.  There are SO many!  When starting out…

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English Paper Piecing – What to take with you on roadtrips – Video
English Paper Piecing | Planning & Prep

English Paper Piecing – What to take with you on roadtrips – Video

Bohippian quilt pattern releases tomorrow! I do much of my English Paper Piecing (EPP) work while traveling on long car…

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The Rescue Quilts – How to Clean a Vintage Quilt Top – VIDEO TUTORIAL
Planning & Prep | Rescue + Repairs

The Rescue Quilts – How to Clean a Vintage Quilt Top – VIDEO TUTORIAL

I have been emailed and messaged about this topic over and over. AND FINALLY, I’ve made a little video about…

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Tips for Choosing Fabrics for the Little Miss Sawtooth Quilt
Planning & Prep

Tips for Choosing Fabrics for the Little Miss Sawtooth Quilt

Little Miss Sawtooth Little Miss Sawtooth is hand’s down my most popular pattern. Here’s why I think that is: It’s…

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Tips for Choosing Fabrics for the A Dresden Plate Quilt
A Dresden Quilt | Planning & Prep | work in progress

Tips for Choosing Fabrics for the A Dresden Plate Quilt

A Dresden Quilt A Dresden Quilt is one of my most popular patterns. I’ve made it 9 times! And am…

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Thoughts – Pep talk for New Quilters
Planning & Prep

Thoughts – Pep talk for New Quilters

Little Miss Sawtooth   I show little snippets of my garden on IG here and there, but I think this…

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Thoughts About Quilting
Planning & Prep | Quilting

Thoughts About Quilting

  I think it’s been a bit since I wrote a post that was only about some thoughts, but I…

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Thoughts on Hand Applique + Progress of Para Para Quilt
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Thoughts on Hand Applique + Progress of Para Para Quilt

  If you missed my previous post on Para Para, you can find it here.  I’m back at it and…

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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!

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

Or join us inside Quilty Class:
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Not sure I like these flowers but I do love the pa Not sure I like these flowers but I do love the pairing of straight lines with this one #bookofmanyminiquilts
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!
Today is the final day! Meanderandmake.com Today is the final day! Meanderandmake.com
Here’s a few of the kits we are offering for the M Here’s a few of the kits we are offering for the Must Have Fabrics collection. Availability will end after Thursday for these quilt kits. Find them at meanderandmake.com
🌸 Last Call for Must Have Flowers Thursday is the 🌸 Last Call for Must Have Flowers

Thursday is the final day to pre-order Must Have Flowers.

This cheerful collection is full of delicate, hand-drawn florals and all the happy colors that make summer quilts so much fun to sew. I’m using it right now for the larger Swayful quilt inside the Swayful Quilt Class, and I love seeing those flowers come together block by block.

We currently have:

• Fat quarter bundles
• Half yard bundles
• Yardage
• Quilt kits

After Thursday, the kits and yardage will no longer be available. Bundles will remain only while supplies last.

The collection is expected to arrive by the end of July. Find it at https://meanderandmake.com
Chapter 3 of the Swayful Quilty Class is now avail Chapter 3 of the Swayful Quilty Class is now available!

This is where we finally start sewing. In this chapter, we'll build the Swayful block step by step, learn a few ways to speed up snowball piecing, and finish with my favorite batch sewing workflow for keeping every block organized from start to finish.

Read more on the blog:
https://southerncharmquilts.com/2026/07/06/swayful-quilty-class-chapter-3-block-assembly/

Or join us inside Quilty Class:
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Sunset Serenade is back in stock. https://meandera Sunset Serenade is back in stock. https://meanderandmake.com/fabric/collections/sunset-serenade/
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