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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.

StashWork – Let’s Fold Fabric Together
Planning & Prep | StashWork

StashWork – Let’s Fold Fabric Together

There’s no wrong way to fold fabric. Fold it however you please! But if you want to see how I fold mine, there’s a video here…

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Starch “alternative” Sprays
Planning & Prep

Starch “alternative” Sprays

Hey hey! Today I have a video for you about something I learned very recently about starch and bugs and…

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All About Low Volumes + Scrappy Backgrounds
Piecing Demos | Planning & Prep

All About Low Volumes + Scrappy Backgrounds

Hey hey! Today I have a video for you that is a chat about low volumes and scrappy backgrounds. We’re…

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All About Solid Fabrics – A chat
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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
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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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Trying new things. 🙃 Teaching over at Quilty Class Trying new things. 🙃 Teaching over at Quilty Class has been pushing me, tbh. 
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I did not like the Peace Lily design at all, but the feathered leaf 😍. I’m on the fence about the tiny hook flowers as a filler. I like the tornados, but much prefer my swirls and pebbles over them. 
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I’m getting a new class ready now for a 5-quilt FMQ series. Wish me luck!
Some pics of my latest FMQ project. Very very new- Some pics of my latest FMQ project. Very very new-to-me designs. Loving the texture, but missing the feathers. Last little bit of this class will be available in the next hour or so. 
Pattern: Lulu Louise
Fabric: Happy Home
Sorry about all the bumping of the camera 🙄 It’s a Sorry about all the bumping of the camera 🙄 It’s always a battle. 

This video comes from the Swayful class where we learned how to free motion these swirl flowers. Imma big fan of them. ☺️ Full lessons in the Swayful Quilty class at quiltyclass.com
Another design on this same quilt. This one’s a la Another design on this same quilt. This one’s a larger swirl flower with gloppy petals. Full look coming soon. 

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Omigosh this is my new favorite FMQ design. 👏👏 I’m Omigosh this is my new favorite FMQ design. 👏👏 I’m calling it a feathered leaf 🙃
This is maybe the third or fourth time I’ve quilte This is maybe the third or fourth time I’ve quilted scallops. Never stacked like this though. It was a whole different animal to stitching them in a border. 🦁 Anyway this is one of the lessons in chapter 6 of Lulu. Join us at Quiltyclass.com
Some S-curves. LOVE the look of these because it e Some S-curves. LOVE the look of these because it ends up with a geometric vine look.
Pretty pleased 🤭 Pattern is: Lulu Louise. Fabric i Pretty pleased 🤭 Pattern is: Lulu Louise. Fabric is: Pretty Please. Come learn how to quilt this quilt at quiltyclass.com
A few pics from chapter 5. We FMQed feathers in th A few pics from chapter 5. We FMQed feathers in the foreground and s-curves in the background.
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