Make a Quilt Articles

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.

WIP Wednesday – Current Status and New Projects!

No matter what quilt you are looking at, there is almost always one thing about it that the original quilter would change. A lesson learned, or a mistake made, but you’d never know! No matter how long you’ve been quilting, you will still makes mistakes and compromises and it never means that you are “bad” at quilting. Everyone makes mistakes, including me! Continue reading to see the current status of my latest projects and how even the quilts you see online are rarely ever perfect.