Quilting Tutorials

We are back for a second Kids Can Quilt! Series. This time, we are making a rag quilt. Rag quilts are a perfect beginner quilting project, as they are quilted as you go. As soon as you finish sewing the blocks together and add the edging, it’s done! No need to worry about getting a back, layering, or quilting it. You don’t even really have to bind it. The best part of a rag quilt, is after you wash it for the first time, and all your seams get fuzzy. So, read on, grab your supplies, and join us for...

We are back for more quilting ideas! You may be wondering if I’m running out of different ways to quilt blocks, but I can assure you, that will never happen. You may have started to notice that for the most part, I use a core base of quilting ideas for most of my designs, but there are so many different ways to combine them and create an endless list of ideas. I’m hoping this is encouraging to you, especially if you are new to free motion quilting. You don’t have to master everything to be good at it, just master...

We are on a mission to use up our scraps (or at least make it so we need a slightly smaller bin to hold them in). Our second quilt pattern this year helps with that goal! Checkmate is a scrap friendly foundation paper pieced pattern. Like most of our quilts, Checkmate started out completely different. When we originally designed the flowers, they were in a much more static placement. We loved the flowers, but the quilt didn’t quilt pop. After playing around and turning the whole thing on it’s side (quite literally), we ended up with our final quilt. Our...

Walking Foot Quilting for Beginners We are back with more walking foot quilting ideas! This week, we have picked out 3 grid based quilting designs that are perfect for the beginner quilter. If you have never quilted a quilt, or are new to walking foot quilting, choose one of these designs to get your feet wet. After you’ve practiced them, you can add on and alter them to create many different options. First a couple tips to keep in mind for walking foot quilting: It’s a walking foot, don’t try to go too fast. If you do, the fabric won’t...

Online Quilting Bee Block 6 This month marks block 6 and we are halfway through the year! If you missed block 5, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 5 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. This month we are focusing on Bias Edges. If you aren’t familiar with bias edges, you might wonder why we are focusing on them. When you cut fabric on the bias (on a diagonal from the selvage) there is extra stretch in the...