Posts tagged: "quilting tutorials"

  1. What is back-basting appliqué? (+ giveaway!)

    Posted by on June 18, 2013

    Have you heard of back-basting appliqué? Many quilters in our office had. They’d heard it made any kind of appliqué easier—not to mention more accurate. They’d heard it was unbelievably simple to do by hand or machine. And they’d heard the technique could change the minds of quilters who had decided, defeatedly, that appliqué techniques [...]

  2. How to hand quilt (+ little quilts to practice on)

    Posted by on June 17, 2013

    Some quilters swear by hand quilting; others shy away from it. But both kinds of quilters never miss the chance to marvel at another quilter’s hand-quilting stitches. Whether they’re big or small, faultless or flawed, accurate and exact or carefree and a bit crazy, there’s something about hand-quilting stitches that give a quilt a comfy, [...]

  3. 4 ways to simplify quilts with triangles

    Posted by on June 3, 2013

    One of the trickiest skills to master in quiltmaking is the good ol’ quilt triangle. You might even say that mastering triangles is the skill that launches quilters beyond beginner status. Quilt patterns with triangles make up the bulk of history’s quilt designs—and until the 1980s when the rotary cutter made its debut, quilts with [...]

  4. How to quilt a quilt—6 quick ideas

    Posted by on April 25, 2013

    You’ve just finished your quilt top—time to tackle the quilting! Some quilters gleefully embrace this essential part of finishing quilts; some hire a machine quilter by rote or drop their quilt top onto the UFO pile to finish…later. Although the words “quilt as desired” and “instant gratification” aren’t typically uttered in the same sentence, there [...]

  5. Quilting with batiks

    Posted by on April 22, 2013

    Picture a blue and white quilt made with traditional star blocks. What kind of fabric is your imaginary quilt made from? Solids? ’30s prints? Civil War reproductions? Or maybe…batiks? That’s the route Cheryl Brown took, and her gorgeous "Winter Stars" quilt demonstrates how pairing traditional blocks with contemporary batik designs can bring new life to [...]

  6. 25 quilt tips from Kim Diehl

    Posted by on April 15, 2013

    If you love Kim Diehl, you know about her warm, inviting designs that use simple quilt techniques to get a spectacularly scrappy look. But what you may not know is that nestled within the pages of Kim Diehl quilt books are homegrown “Pin Points”—little bits of sage advice from this rock star of a quilter. [...]

  7. 9 quilt design-wall ideas

    Posted by on April 9, 2013

    Photo from Creating Your Perfect Quilting Space If you’re designing quilts, auditioning fabrics, or simply want to see how your quilt is coming along, a design wall is a great way to see a completed quilt top begin to emerge. Most of us have used a table or the floor to view the results of [...]

  8. How to design quilt patterns: quilt settings

    Posted by on April 1, 2013

    Do you know how to design quilt patterns? You may think it’s a simple yes or no question, but if you answered no, think again. It’s something many quilters do, once they feel daring enough to jump off the pages of a step-by-step pattern. A quilter with a stack of freshly pieced blocks is much [...]

  9. How to press quilt seams

    Posted by on March 28, 2013

    You’ve rotary cut with precision, you’ve stitched perfect ¼" seams. So when you go to sew your units together, why aren’t things matching up? If you’ve cut and sewn to the best of your ability, the culprit corrupting your quilt blocks just might be…a tumultuous relationship between you and your iron. There’s always been debate [...]

  10. Fabric fusing: the easiest appliqué method?

    Posted by on March 11, 2013

    In January, appliqué master Mimi Dietrich shared her hand-appliqué tips with you. In February, popular author Lori Buhler showed you how to appliqué by machine. This month, we wrap up our appliqué tutorials with a primer on fusible appliqué—arguably the easiest appliqué method around. Fusible appliqué requires two components: fabric and fusible web. So, what [...]