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…
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…
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…
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…
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…