Quilting Tutorials — Tutorial

How to Add a 3D Contrasting Border to Your Quilt Missy loves adding little 3d elements to our quilts. The best part is, they don’t have to be hard! This week we are sharing a quick and easy way to add a little peek a boo border to any quilt, creating a fun pop of color or extra frame around your design.   3D Contrasting Quilt Border This extra quilt border is easy to add to any of your existing quilt patterns. We only need to add one little step and don’t need to worry about altering the existing quilt...

Can you believe it? We made it to the final block and what a year it has been! We’ve enjoyed sewing along with you all year and thank you for joining in! Don’t worry, these posts aren’t going anywhere, so if you need time to catch up, you can easily do so. If you missed block 11, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 11 For more information, you can head to the main Quilt Along webpage and it will outline all the details. Scroll down below the video for fabric requirements. The final quilt block explores foundation paper piecing....

Missy is really good at coming up with ideas that involve less than common quilting materials. Fortunately, they usually turn out amazing! This weeks project is one of those concoctions and is so fun to make. We’ve seen a lot of fun projects involving vinyl. There are so many options with this versatile material. We are going to use it to make an adorable quilting snow globe, complete with snow!   Snow Globe Mini Instructions Fabric Requirements Scraps: 2 greens 2 reds White Brown Yellow 15″ square vinyl 20″ square each Background Batting Backing 1/4 yard Fusible Web Optional: Snowflake...

How to Free Motion Quilt Filled Waves A quilt isn’t finished till it’s quilted! To help aid in this, we are putting together a collection of free motion quilting motifs you can complete on your domestic sewing machine that will help you complete all your tops. We will go over quilting direction, easier to more complex designs, and ruler quilting! Each month of the year we will feature a different quilting motif for you to practice and add to your skill set so that when you are ready to finish a quilt, you’ll have lots of ideas and be confident...

While I don’t love the process of binding a quilt, I love what it symbolizes. The project is nearly complete and ready to be used! This week, we are sharing a little twist on a regular binding. We are using a Flange Binding. You’ll need 2 fabrics and a couple extra steps, but overall the process is about the same as regular quilt binding. We’ll be attaching our binding by machine, but you can hand stitch it as well if you prefer.   What is Flange Binding? Flange Binding is a binding that includes two fabrics, a main fabric and...