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How to Make Hexie Flowers – Everything you need to know – Video Tutorial
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How to Make Hexie Flowers – Everything you need to know – Video Tutorial

In a few weeks, the Bohippian quilt pattern will release! I thought I’d round up some of my English paper…

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How To Cut Fabric (using a fat quarter diagram) – Video Tutorial
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How To Cut Fabric (using a fat quarter diagram) – Video Tutorial

Today I’m showing you how to cut fabric with a rotary cutter and a ruler, but specifically how to cut…

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Scrappy Quilt Backing Ideas – Video Tutorial
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Scrappy Quilt Backing Ideas – Video Tutorial

The Soulshine quilt pattern releases on February 25, 2022 and there’s something new in it that I will start adding…

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How To Use Instagram AS A QUILTER – Video Tutorial
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How To Use Instagram AS A QUILTER – Video Tutorial

Hello, lovelies! When I had that big giveaway for the sewing machine a few weeks, I was inundated with questions…

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How To Hand Quilt – Video Tutorial
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How To Hand Quilt – Video Tutorial

Hello, lovelies! In the evenings for the last week, I’ve been hand quilting my most recent Good Girl quilt. I…

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2 Methods for making Half Square Triangles (HSTs) – Video Tutorial
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2 Methods for making Half Square Triangles (HSTs) – Video Tutorial

Hello, lovelies! Today I have a tutorial for two different methods of half square triangles! Yah! Those pesky little sweet…

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Two Methods for How to Make Half Rectangle Triangles
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Two Methods for How to Make Half Rectangle Triangles

  I’ve been working on a gazillion half rectangle triangles today. I have a new sampler quilt pattern coming and…

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Half Rectangle Triangles – WITHOUT My Ruler – Video Tutorial
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Half Rectangle Triangles – WITHOUT My Ruler – Video Tutorial

    So last week I posted a brand new and improved video tutorial on how to make half rectangle…

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Half Rectangle Triangles – Explained – Video Tutorial
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Half Rectangle Triangles – Explained – Video Tutorial

Today’s post is part of a series called Quilt Block Building Basics. Consider this a helpful visual and companion for…

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How to Make a Pinwheel Block – Multiple Sizes – free pattern – Video Tutorial
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How to Make a Pinwheel Block – Multiple Sizes – free pattern – Video Tutorial

We are chatting today about the pinwheel block video tutorial. I have a new quilt pattern coming, LaLa Fancy, and…

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Block Building Basics – How to Make 4-at-a-time Flying Geese
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Block Building Basics – How to Make 4-at-a-time Flying Geese

Today’s post is part of a series called Quilt Block Building Basics.  There are no measurements included in these posts,…

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Block Building Basics – How to Snowball Corners
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Block Building Basics – How to Snowball Corners

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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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