Northcott The right way to prepare your quilt for a longarm quilter by Christine Baker July 8, 2016 by Christine Baker July 8, 2016 My two quilt tops are all finished and ready for quilting. I happen to be the lucky owner of a Gammill quilting machine, so when I finish piecing my quilts all I have to do to finish them off is to head out to my quilting studio. But not all… FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
Northcott Use striped fabrics effectively in your quilt design by Christine Baker July 7, 2016 by Christine Baker July 7, 2016 Stripes can be very eye catching when used in a quilt, but sometimes you have to use special techniques when incorporating them into a quilt design. Northcott almost always has as awesome stripe in each fabric line. Whether it’s a plain stripe, a border stripe, a wavy stripe or a… 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 3 ways to make Flying Geese blocks by Christine Baker July 5, 2016 by Christine Baker July 5, 2016 Stepping outside the box Nellie and I must REALLY like flying geese, because when I look back at our patterns, I find quite a few that have this block included. When we explain how to make the flying geese units in our quilt patterns, we always use the “sew and… FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
Northcott Using fabric panels in quilt patterns by Christine Baker July 4, 2016 by Christine Baker July 4, 2016 Substituting fabric panels into different patterns This week I’m going to be using Northcott’s new line of fabric called “Mystic Garden”. Although this line doesn’t include a panel, when I looked online to pick my fabrics for this week, one of the fabrics looked like it could be a panel… FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
