Welcome, Quiltketeers, to another summer of sewing along! In this six week sew along we will cut, sew and assemble nine blocks to make a finished Shining Star throw quilt. You are welcome to make any size you like (even a pillow!
Category Archives: Fabric 101
Shot cotton is a special type of fabric that is soft, luxurious, and beautifully rich in color. If you've held a shot cotton before, you immediately knew it was different from regular quilting fabric. And if you haven't worked with shot cottons before—you're in for a treat!
These 4 tips for quilting with minky or faux fur will help you create a luxuriously soft backing for your next quilt. It's cold in the midwest this time of year and believe it or not, people still have babies in the middle of the winter (wild, huh?)
Not only is Maypole the fastest baby quilt pattern, it's wonderfully versatile and allows you to use all different kinds of fabric other than typical quilting cotton. Have you been curious to try out flannel, double gauze, or maybe even knits?
It’s one thing to hang a child’s beloved artwork on the fridge for all to admire, but how cool would it be to incorporate that artwork into a quilt? In this tutorial, guest blogger Erin Jones of Squirrel and Co. Quilts returns to teach us how to make a quilt using kids’ artwork!
Using knits for the first time is intimidating, but this tutorial will guide you through all of the steps to make your own elegant and simple Bohemian Garden shrug using a combination of machine and hand sewing.
We've talked about knits previously on the blog, so this first section will link to other posts that cover basic knit knowledge and answer any questions you have about purchasing and sewing with knits.
This blog post is a total baby bomb, but this quilt made me do it! How can such a soft and cozy quilt not also include my two-month old baby? Impossible! The New Horizons quilt pattern is now available!
This pattern checks all of the boxes for what I love in a quilt:
- Large pieces: These blocks are big and use large pieces of fabric making it perfect for double gauze and other scrumptious wovens!
Using ice dyed fabrics can add a unique touch to your next quilt. Because of the way ice dyed fabrics are made, no two pieces are the same. And they can be used seamlessly in quilts, mixed with solids, neutrals, or prints.
If you’ve been following along with our fabric organization series, you’ve already learned about quality storage materials and folding your fabrics, and now it’s time to talk about quilt fabric organization!
Before I started working in the quilt industry, I was a museum curator.