Quilting Tutorials — Quilting Supplies

How to Make a Portable Design Wall In our previous house, I had two spaces dedicated to quilting, one for my long arm, and one for my domestic machine. This meant lots of space for a big design wall and to have all my quilting supplies set up all the time. Unfortunately with our recent move, it’s meant downsizing and I don’t have those spaces anymore. I’ve found a need to setup more temporary spaces, but I’m not willing to sacrifice functionality. Enter, the portable design wall! This projects is quick, easy, cheap, and creates a space for me to...

A Wool Pressing Mat – Is it Worth It? The more time we spend quilting, the more gadgets and tools we come across. It’s very tempting to jump on the latest trend, but if you are like us, you don’t have a never ending bank account. With this in mind, we are going to be reviewing and showing you an assortment of quilting tools throughout the year so you can decide what ones are best for you! Any specific tools you want us to test? Send us an email and we’ll look into it. We can’t guarantee we’ll test every...

I LOVE custom quilting quilt tops. Coming up with a quilting plan and seeing it come to life is one of my favorite parts of the process. With that, I often have the need to mark my quilt tops before quilting, so this week I am sharing some of my favorite marking tools with you.   While I have never had issues with any of the tools I shared, ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS do a spot check on the back of the quilt or in a corner before marking your quilt top. I cannot guarantee all of these tools will play nicely with...

Which Thread Should I Use? There are so many choices to make through the quilt making process that often it can become overwhelming. Instead of stashing your projects away for fear of making the wrong choice, we are going to go over some basics of thread, and how to pick the best one for your quilt top.   Thread Weight With needle sizes, and thread sizes, and fabric weaves and thread counts, all those numbers can be confusing! With thread, the basics of weight are: the higher the number, the finer the thread. Not all threads are going to be...

How to Check Your Quarter Inch Seam When working on a quilting project, sometimes things just don’t go as planned. Seams don’t line up correctly or blocks come out the wrong size. When these things happen, it might be as simple of a solution as checking your 1/4 inch seam allowance. This week we’ll talk about how to do that and some ways to correct it.   Check your Seam The first thing to do before making any adjustments to your quarter inch marks is to see if your quarter inch seam is accurate. This is as simple as sewing...