Save time quilting by creating, four-patch, nine-patch and even 36-patch units with strip piecing. Learn how in this video tutorial from Quilt Addicts Anonymous.
I got the idea to shoot this video tutorial when I was helping my mom learn to quilt. I was helping her put together a table runner that required her to make several four-patch units that finished four-inches square. The instructions told her to cut dozens of 1 1/2-inch squares, then sew them all back […]
Learn how to use thrift store ties, vinegar and some twist ties to create some fabulous Easter Eggs using the silk dye Easter egg method. This project is fun for all ages, so I shot this tutorial with the help of the Future Quilter, my nearly 4-year-old daughter. At 4, she wasn’t ready to use […]
Note: This post was originally written in March 2016 and was updated in March 2018 to include a video tutorial. In the intervening years my daughter grew old enough to help with the task, so I had her on as a special guest to help me show you all how to silk dye Easter eggs. […]
I may have registered my maple leaf log cabin quilt for my guild’s quilt show in September. Which means I actually have to finish it. The top has been done for a year, but I haven’t quilted it because it is too large for the frame on the longarm I rent time on. There is […]
Today’s video is a little different. I brought in three women, one of whom doesn’t even sew, who have organized a group of volunteers to make 11,000 masks a week to go to healthcare workers in my community. They recognized early on the massive need to make masks to protect our healthcare workers during the […]
Next to sewing, my favorite thing to create is a good upcycled furniture project. So when Stencil Revolution emailed me and said they wanted me to send me a stencil to play with, of course I said yes. Their most popular stencils are the Mandalas and I can see why. The intricate designs make […]
I’ve organized fabric all kinds of ways over the years, but my new favorite for yardage is the comic book storage method, and I show you how to do it in today’s video. Comic book boards are archival quality, which means they won’t damage your fabric if you store it on the boards for a […]
For my king-sized snowball quilt I decided to echo the 2-inch squares than make up the nine patches in the center of the quilt in the border. That meant creating a border with 1,128 2-inch squares, and I didn’t pin a single one. The trick is using strip piecing and strategic pressing to save time […]
There’s nothing more fun that showing off your latest quilt on Facebook or Instagram. And with many quilt guilds meeting virtually during the pandemic, a lot of times a photo is the only way we have to show off what we’re working on to our quilty friends. So I turned the camera on while I […]