Yesterday, I introduced the colorways for the NEW Banyan Batiks, Banyan Classics Collection. I’m thrilled to start the rail fence quilt with this new batik line. Before cutting into your fabric it’s a good idea to give it a quick press, especially if you’ve chosen to wash it. Ah, to…
I was beyond excited when asked to write about Banyan Batiks NEW Banyan Classics Collection. After all, what quilter doesn’t love the idea of receiving a box of fabric in the mail, right? Christmas came early! Imagine my delight when I saw the beautiful palette of the Banyan Classics Collection…
Yesterday on QUILTsocial I used the Dreamweaver XE to make some of our stitchery into Christmas tags. Today I’m experimenting with two more finishing techniques. Pick one of your embroideries and select a wooden embroidery hoop that is the correct size to frame it. Just lay the hoop on top…
Welcome back. Do you have your supplies collected and your strip sets created? Yesterday I finished off the day calculating the size of squares I wanted for my checkerboard background and sewed the strip sets together to create the checkerboard. Today I’m going to walk you through 5 easy steps…
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…