Category: Tips and Tricks
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As promised in my post earlier today, presented below is the large fabric basket tutorial. It comes with a story that I wanted to share with you all. I made quilts for both of my nieces for Christmas. With Lucy’s birthday so close, I wasn’t planning to make her anything. That is until I saw…
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My name is Debbie MacLeod and I live in Island Lake, Alberta, Canada. My blog shares my quilting projects and my website showcases my quilting business. I am excited to be a guest blogger – thanks, Michele, for the opportunity! I have been piecing quilts since 1990, have been machine quilting my own quilts since…
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Timing (or ‘life’) often plays in our decisions. When I received this guest post invitation (Thank You Michele!), I happened to be converting my storage system for my fabric stash & offering Stash-busting pattern ideas as my free Block of the Month on my site Victoriana Quilt Designs. Collecting fabric for a stash and interest…
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On this Valentine’s Day, I’d like to share with you a method that I have found works great for adding borders to a quilt. I used to hate adding borders to my quilt tops. I would tell myself that I didn’t need to do borders; that the top was fine without. But I knew better…
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Greetings Everyone! My name is Ebony Love, and I am the owner & artist of LoveBug Studios. I started my business about 4 years ago, and focus on custom quilts and other items. I really love trying out new techniques, one of which is my topic for today. I have also started blogging recently, which…
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As a new quilter, I have been plugging away with trial and error methods and have spent countless hours with Google by my side as I try to understand the ins and outs of quilting. Whether it be terminology, methods, patterns or even basic how-to’s, I’ve been stumped time and time again. But it turns…
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As I’ve mentioned before, I am enthralled with Kaleidoscope Quilts. Geta from Brasov, Romania was kind enough to send me this link of her Kaleidoscope quilts. She includes tonnes of photos and useful tips and tricks to help you make your own. They are super gorgeous. One of these days I’d love to give this…
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Aren’t these little gems gorgeous? Carla shows you how to make them in her Fabric Inchie Tutorial. What are inchies you ask? Inchies are one inch quilts consisting of 3 primary layers: the backing, the middle layer and the top. They are fast and fun to do! You may also make Double Inchies- 2” x…
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Lynn’s written this great tutorial from on making Inked Quilting Labels. Remember: a quilt isn’t finished until it’s labelled! Please don’t forget this very important piece. Someone, somewhere at some time in the future will be thrilled to know who made your creation, who it was for, why, and when.
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Here are a couple of great videos from Patsy Thompson demonstrating how to machine trapunto. Hope you enjoy them.