Quilting How-To Archive
Quilting How-To
It’s an Easy Technique and a Great Timesaver! Half-square triangles are very useful design components and appear in lots of quilts. While they aren’t hard to make, they
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Less Bulk Makes it Perfect for Small Projects! Small quilt projects often look and lay better with a single-fold binding. It’s easy to do, and it uses less
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Perfect for Fussy Cut Motifs! While any fabric, solid or print, can be used for 3D applique, this works especially well for fussy cut motifs. In the examples,
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It’s Not Just for Quilting Apps! Of all the tools available to quilters your phone may be one of the most useful. Keep your cell phone close by
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Preserve Those Memories in a Soft Warm Quilt! Tee shirts make soft and cuddly quilts and are relatively easy to work with. Plus, a quilt is perfect for
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Skip Cutting Little Pieces, Whether Scrappy or Not! Four-patches are found in many quilts and quilt blocks. They probably are used as often as the ever popular nine-patch.
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No More Stubby Thread Tail Whiskers! Topstitching adds a polished, professional look to many pieced and quilted projects. However, stubby clipped thread tails can mar an otherwise neat
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Or Choose Among 5 Other Wall Quilts! A rainbow of muted colors create motion in this eye-catching quilt. Yellow stars seem to swirl against the cool background. Display
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Plus Tips for Large Scale Piecing! Single design quilts, those where a single quilt block has been enlarged to quilt size, are becoming more and more popular. One
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Get Perfect Corners Every Time! Many quilts have piano key borders, as they’re a wonderful finish that ties a quilt together. However, the corners need to be nicely
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It’s So Easy and Produces Beautiful Results! Hand quilting is undeniably a favorite among quilters. We all seem to appreciate the softness it gives to the look and
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That Pop of Color is a Lovely Finish! Add a final decorative touch to your quilt with a flanged binding. That little strip of color can be just
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Perfect for Truly Scrappy Quilts! While there are a number of proven methods for making half-square triangles (HSTs), they all have one thing in common – you end
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