As a longarm quilter I buy batting by the roll which means I inevitably end up with all sorts of strips of batting that aren’t quite big enough for another quilt. For example, for a 60″x60″ quilt, the batting required is approximately 66″x66″. However since the batting is on a roll that is 90″ wide, I end up having a 66″x 24″ strip left over....
For as long as I’ve been blogging, I haven’t ever talked about batting, much less my favorite batting. When I started quilting, I picked up all sorts of different batting from Hancock Fabrics (RIP), Joanns, SR Harris, etc. I didn’t really understand the differences between poly, cotton, wool, etc. I’m not going to go into the specifics of each type today, but I will tell...
As I’m catching up on longarming all of the quilt tops that I made while my machine was in storage, I realized there are quite a few things that I haven’t talked about on the blog about longarming. Prepping your quilt for the longarmer is all detailed on the Longarm Quilting Services page, but for the pantograph, I have the customer select whichever one they...
This month we were given a few fat quarters of Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s new fabric line, Night Fancy, for Freespirit Fabrics and a spool of 50 wt thread. The fabric is super cute and I thought it would be perfect for a zipper pouch! I decided to write this tutorial on how to make a consistent pouch without the problems of the zipper tabs getting...
Welcome to the August stop for the Night Sky Mystery Quilt for the International Association of Quilters! The International Association of Quilters is a community of quilters that was started by Becky Jorgensen of Patchwork Posse. Joining her this year are 12 guest designers that have designed an exclusive pattern for the group and a block in the Mystery Quilt! IAQ details: 1 year from...
Having a pressing board is a million times better than a regular ironing board. A pressing board is firm enough to give your blocks a great press to keep all your blocks nice and flat. I have been using a homemade pressing board for the past few years. When I was doing research on how to make a pressing board, I found a lot of...
Happy Friday! I am trying something different today with a video blog! I was trying to edit my Facebook Live post from Wednesday to make the tutorial for making a design board, but my audio and video was not syncing up. I decided to re-tape the instructions on how to make your own design boards. Enjoy!
I bought my Juki serger at the Original Sewing Expo last November, and I decided that I wanted to make a custom dust cover for the machine. I made the cover without a formal pattern, and I think it turned out pretty well. Here is the following process I used to make my custom serger cover. Please note that sergers come in all different shapes...
We’re at the second to the last block of this amazing QAL! Block 11, North Star, is designed by Kathleen McCormick of Kathleen McMusing. She has made instructions for both paper piecing and Tri-Recs rulers, so make sure to visit her page to download the pattern. If you need help paper piecing, you can find my tutorial here. I started off this block thinking that...
One of my favorite parts of quilting is binding because it’s the last part that is needed to finish off the quilt! I taught myself how to join the ends of my binding because I didn’t like the way the folded or tuck binding looked. I also didn’t realize there was a huge market for all sorts of binding tools, so my method uses nothing...
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