Yesterday, we wove together and decorated a sweet woven heart basket for our Laughing Flowers wall quilt. Today, let’s get the background quilted and ready for the flower-filled basket. The background will be a little thicker than the usual quilt so it can support the 3D woven heart basket, let’s…
It’s always so satisfying when you’ve finished a quilt top — like reaching the finish line of a long race. Today, let’s make a quilt sandwich and use some decorative machine stitches then we’ll be ready to quilt Pockets Full of Blessings wall quilt. Press the backing fabrics with lots…
Halloween is just around the corner, only a few more sleeps for those little ones who are counting and they’re going to need something to collect and carry all that candy in. I remember as a kid we used to take a pillowcase to collect the loot in. As the…
Quilting the college bound blanket is underway and inching toward completion. Yesterday, we hemmed the sides of the waffle weave cotton. Today, we’re going to place our elements along the top and bottom of the blanket. This can be complicated, involving sashing and all kinds of proper quilting techniques, but…
Yesterday, we made a 36 inch square quilt and quilted the whole square quilt sandwich with simple straight lines. Today, I’ll show you how a quilt becomes a storage bag. Cut four binding strips, 2 inches by 42 inches. Bind the edges. Press the edges. Lay the quilt in a…