Quilting How-To Archive
Quilt Blocks
These Oversized Blocks Have Many Uses! Do you love Pineapple blocks but dread the idea of paper piecing? While these wonderful blocks are often paper pieced (instructions here),
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Great for Travel and Kids Love Them! Quillows have been around for generations and are super easy to make. What is a quillow? It’s a quilt with a
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This Quick Method Works with Strips of Any Width! While there are a number of ways to make half-square triangles (HSTs), this method may be the easiest and
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It Works Great for Pieces of All Sizes! Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings, well-known quilt and fabric designer, creates beautifully pieced quilts of all sizes. She excels at
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Try This Simple Solution for Polished Results! Narrow quilts with long edges, like table and bed runners, often come out a bit wavy and uneven. Fortunately, there’s an
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No More Misplaced Pieces with This Tip! Have you ever mixed up the pieces of a block while sewing them together? It’s easy to get colors switched or
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Your Phone or Tablet to the Rescue! Have you ever had to sort a variety of fabrics by value and just couldn’t be sure about where some fall
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You’ll Have a Small Quilt to Share When You’re Done! Do you want to improve your free-motion quilting? Skip the piecing and go straight to the quilting by
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A Genius Tip That Saves Fabric and Time! Have you ever wanted to see exactly how the fabrics you’ve chosen look in a block, without having to cut
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These Versatile Cuts Can be Used Many Ways! Packs of 5″ squares are very popular and many quilts have been designed around them. A charm pack includes one
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Give Yours a Modern or Traditional Look! Tumbling Blocks quilts have long been popular because of the three-dimensional effects that can be achieved. They’re stunning whether made from
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Let the Fabric Do the Work for You! Striped fabrics can not only jazz up a quilt, they can also do a lot of the work for you.
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The Cutting Tips Will Work for Any Block Pattern! Nine-patch blocks have long been important building blocks for quilts of many styles. There are several ways they can
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