Jennifer Houlden

The placemats have become placemats pretty quickly using the no binding finish yesterday. Did you try it? At this point, they’re a bit boring so I need to do some quilting and add circles for interest. How many of you can draw and cut a perfect circle? I know I …

My little project is definitely coming together. And to think I had such a creative block at the beginning of the week. Yesterday I showed you how easy it can be to sew curves using 4 steps the right way. I’ll use a no binding finish for the placemats which …

My rotary cutter blade is sharp (thanks to the TrueSharp I used yesterday) my fabric is cut into pieces and I’m ready to move onto the curved section of my project today. If you have never sewn curves before after reading this you’ll ask yourself, “Why haven’t I tried this …

There’s nothing worse than a dull blade or one that has nicks in it. We’re all guilty of using a rotary cutter blade longer than we should and then have issues cutting precise clean lines. I must admit I cut other things with my rotary cutters such as paper and …

Quilters often experience difficulties cutting fabric with a rotary cutter and ruler. Often rulers can slip or rotary cutters can wander off course and both of these issues can cause uneven cuts. These uneven cuts mean fabric wastage which just won’t cut it in the quilting world. But now we …