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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
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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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This one is called Well Loved. And I love the plai This one is called Well Loved. And I love the plaid effect 🥰 this is another mini from my new book, Book of Many Mini Quilts. It’s also my favorite thing I’ve ever quilted. The book releases Thursday. Find it at https://meanderandmake.com/kits/book-of-many-mini-quilts/
This one is called Inner Bloom. Another mini from This one is called Inner Bloom. Another mini from my new book, Book of Many Mini Quilts. It’s also my favorite thing I’ve ever quilted. The book releases Thursday. Find it at https://meanderandmake.com/kits/book-of-many-mini-quilts/
This one is called Finding the Way. It’s a mini qu This one is called Finding the Way. It’s a mini quilt pattern from my new book, Book of Many Mini Quilts. Releases this Thursday: https://meanderandmake.com/kits/book-of-many-mini-quilts/
My Happy Home fabric collection is now in stock! My Happy Home fabric collection is now in stock! 

Happy Home is an 18-print collection filled with sweet florals, little houses, checks, and those soft, cheerful colors I love so much.

We have a limited amount of bundles and yardage available now, plus two Happy Home wide backs for finishing your quilts. Find all of it at meanderandmake.com
One of the new lessons up in the Lulu Louise class One of the new lessons up in the Lulu Louise class. We’re planning our FMQ. Come quilt with us! Quiltyclass.com
The Lulu Louise quilt top is finished! 💕 Chapter The Lulu Louise quilt top is finished! 💕

Chapter 4 of the Lulu Louise Quilty Class is all about bringing everything together, and I tried something a little different with this one.

Instead of attaching all of the background pieces to each foreground column individually, I chain pieced them. It definitely required a little extra brainpower to keep everything in the right order 😆, but it made the process feel so much quicker.
Then it was just a matter of sewing all those finished columns together and watching Lulu Louise finally become a quilt top.

And now we get to move on to one of my favorite parts... free motion quilting!

Chapter 4 is available now inside the Lulu Louise Quilty Class. 💕
• Pattern included
• Beginner-friendly
• Completely self-paced
• Quilty Club members already have access
There are 4 of these Balance Background bundles le There are 4 of these Balance Background bundles left over at meanderansmake.com all 1/2 yards, all low volume.
I LOVE my job! 🥰 Chapter 4 of the Lulu Louise quil I LOVE my job! 🥰 Chapter 4 of the Lulu Louise quilt class is now available at quiltyclass.com (pattern comes with). We are FMQing it next!! 👏

I haven’t been journaling much, so I thought I’d just put a few things here…
• 🎶 - currently obsessed with Benson Boone
• 🏃🏽‍♀️- up to 4.75 mi
• 📖- Knave and the Moon
Handful of new bundles at meanderandmake.com Handful of new bundles at meanderandmake.com
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