Today I start exploring one of the stitch techniques on the PFAFF performance icon. In yesterday’s post I gave the fabric requirements and cutting instructions for the modern baby quilt. Today I’ll show the floating stitch technique built into the PFAFF performance icon used in the making of the modern…
Baby quilts are a fun and hopeful project. Let’s make one! This week I invite you to go on an adventure into the stitching land of the PFAFF performance icon. My favorite part happens later in the week, but like any adventure, you have to start at the beginning! I…
Yesterday, I cut and sewed the rail fence blocks and placed them on the design wall so I could see the quilt come to life. The Banyan Classics fabrics make a very striking quilt, don’t you think? I just love the color palette! Whether you finish your quilt yourself on…
As a beginner, you likely won’t have a lot of specialized tools at your disposal, but a 12½” x 12½” square up ruler is one you should invest in right from the start. You’ll use it constantly, as in the following step. Cutting the blocks Yesterday I showed you how…
If making a quilt is new to you, you may wonder about this constant back and forth between stations; cutting, sewing and pressing. I call it the trifecta of quilting. Each is an integral part of constructing a beautiful quilt, one which will hopefully be well-used and well-loved forever. Pressing…