Wool pressing mats are everywhere and quilters can’t stop talking about how amazing they are. You’ve decided to...
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The Ultimate Guide to Owning a Seam Ripper
Your best and your worst friend. You know it, you love it, and any time it comes out you want to throw it at the...
The 25 Best Thread Storage Ideas You Can Actually Buy
If you’ve been sewing for any time at all, you are familiar with how quickly the thread drawer starts to get out of...
21 Best Quilting Blogs to Follow in 2021
Sometimes the local quilting store just doesn’t have the kind of quilt patterns you want for your next project. Where is the best place to go to find modern quilt patterns? The internet of course! Check out this list of our 21 favorite quilting blogs to keep up with in 2021.
Stitch Length for Quilting: The Ultimate Guide
Using the right stitch length in different stages of your quilting can help you make a stronger quilt, with prettier quilting, AND make the project go by faster! Continue reading for the best quilting tips on stitch lengths and make your quilting life easier in the process!
7 Best Quilting Classes To Take You From Beginner To Pro
When you are learning how to quilt, it can often be tough to piece together all the quilting tips and tricks you find on the internet. Taking an online quilting class is one of the best and most convenient ways to learn new quilting skills. Continue reading for our 7 favorite classes to go from beginner to pro in no time!
Monkey Wrench Quilt Block Tutorial – 6″, 12″
A monkey wrench quilt block, churn dash, shoo fly, no matter what you call it, this quilt block is not only quick, but easy for the beginner quilter. Continue reading for a full step by step tutorial on this classic block!
How to Sew Curves in Your Quilt Blocks
Do quilter’s go through phases? If they did, sewing curves is definitely on the list. Learning how to sew curves doesn’t have to be hard with the right tools and tricks. Continue reading for a full tutorial as well as common issues you may run into and how to fix them!
Quilter’s Moonshine: DIY Spray Starch Recipe 2 Ways
Your fabric just got delivered to the house, you’re excited to start a new project, you go to start ironing… and you’re out of spray starch. Instead of taking the time to go to the store, make some Quilter’s Moonshine at home and get back to quilting faster! Continue reading for two different recipes using only items in your pantry!
How to Fix Quilting Mistakes and 7 Things You Might Be Doing to Cause Them
Uneven quilt blocks, Rows that refuse to line up, and quilt tops that pucker, it feels like we can never win. Continue reading to see how to fix them after they happen and how to avoid them in the future!
Craftsy Class Review: Borders and Background
Borders and Backgrounds can be two of the worst parts of a quilt to quilt. One makes you quilt the same shape over and over, while the other gives you so many options you can’t possibly decide, but Borders and Backgrounds by Angela Walters will give you all the tools to know exactly how to attack your machine quilting. Continue reading for an in depth Craftsy class review!
The FASTEST Way to Bind a Quilt: Machine Quilt Binding Tutorial
Binding by hand gives a clean stitchless finish, but it can take hours. even DAYS to complete. Machine binding your quilts can have the process done much quicker and even save your fingers from all the hand-stitching! Continue reading and see how machine quilt binding can quickly become your new favorite binding method.