H.A. Kidd sewing notions 3 essential tips for adding borders to a quilt by Jennifer Houlden December 13, 2016 by Jennifer Houlden December 13, 2016 I’ve gathered up my equipment to use in this project and sketched out a design on a piece of paper as well as cut a few pieces of fabric to create the background of the project. Today I’m going to move forward and highlight 3 essential tips for adding borders… FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
Northcott Sewing the Mystic Garden quilt top by Christine Baker July 6, 2016 by Christine Baker July 6, 2016 Putting the pieces together Last night I finished sewing the 24 flying geese units for my Mountain View quilt and I’ve sewn them onto the fabric sections that I cut on Monday. I measured each of these rows and cut the sashing strips accordingly. The quilt will be a bit… FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
Northcott How to use ColorWorks Concepts to make a quilt border by Christine Baker January 8, 2016 by Christine Baker January 8, 2016 Picking an inner border Before adding borders to a quilt it’s important to decide which fabric to use for the first inner border. Initially I thought I would use the white fabric with the colored triangles as the inner border, but after I auditioned it with the quilt center, I… FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
Northcott 3 ways to use fabric panels for quilt blocks and borders by Christine Baker January 7, 2016 by Christine Baker January 7, 2016 So many wonderful panels!! The ColorWorks Concepts line of fabrics has seven amazing panels that coordinate with all of the other prints and ColorWorks solids. The panels are great to use on their own or with the other fabrics. If you need a baby quilt in a hurry, adding a… FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
Northcott Flying geese in quilt blocks, sashing and borders by Christine Baker January 4, 2016 by Christine Baker January 4, 2016 Last week I used my retreat tote when I joined a few of my friends for a day of quilting. It worked great to bring all of my tools and my friends were very impressed with how beautiful the Northcott fabrics were. If you haven’t seen my retreat tote, check… FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail