Home
  1. Uncategorized

Uncategorized478 Videos

Order By:   Views
Raspberry3

I’m on Craftsy

I discovered Craftsy this week. It’s glorious. You can find patterns from independent designers like myself for quilting, knitting, jewelry and more. So naturally I created a shop for my patterns. My goal is to create two pattern books, one of triangles using my method of piecing them all from squares and another one of […]
Stephanie Soebbing
86
0

Block a Day Challenge round up – Week 5

This week in the Block a Day Challenge we gained five new members, finished five quilts – two of which will be donated to charity – and 27 quilt blocks. Congratulations on a productive week. Keep it up and you’ll have a chance to win this month’s prize, “Free-Motion Quilting Made Easy” by Eva A. […]
Stephanie Soebbing
85
5

Don’t get it wet or feed it after midnight

I have a few quilting rules, most of them regulate what I can and cannot attempt to sew after 10 p.m. Paper piecing is at the top of the do not attempt list. The results are similar to getting a Mogwai wet or feeding it after midnight. My sewing abilities turn into the quilting equivalent of […]
Stephanie Soebbing
85
2
Block of the Month

March BOM sneak peak!

I’ve got a sneak peak of the March Block of the Month for you! Next month we’ll go over how to put together the center medallion with some tips and tricks on how to get those points to match up just so. But the main part of the lesson is how to properly measure your […]
Stephanie Soebbing
85
0
More Custom Slipcovers : Easy to Make & Snug Fitting Marge Jones

‘More Custom Slipcovers’ not for beginners

I’m not a novice when it comes to creating slipcovers. I’m working on recovering a patio set, but in that case I just removed the cover, took it apart and used the fabric as a pattern to cut and sew my new slipcover. The techniques in “More Custom Slipcovers: Easy to Make and Snug-Fitting” by Marge […]
Stephanie Soebbing
84
0
rp_Quilts-of-Love-giveaway-1024×508.jpg

Quilts of Love giveaway!

The Quilts of Love series from Abingdon Press features 25 books, each by a different author and written across multiple genres. The two things they have in common are each story has a quilt is woven through each tale, and they are faith-based. Abingdon Press is giving away three of its latest releases. To enter, leave a comment […]
Stephanie Soebbing
84
15
Binding

1,500 inches of binding

Not that long ago I wrote about how the downside of spending so much time on the longarm lately means I now had 700 inches of binding to do by hand. I know there are some who love sewing binding on by hand. I’m not one of them. But I prefer the look to machine […]
Stephanie Soebbing
84
3
Cloth diapers

Diaper sewing marathon – Part one

Me: “I went through 10 yards of Velcro yesterday.” Husband: “That’s a first down.” I had a cloth diaper sewing marathon over the weekend. It was all in preparation for getting as much work done as possible before quilt retreat next weekend so I can get this very essential task done well in advance of […]
Stephanie Soebbing
83
1
CLOSE