I love using Full Line Stencils to create quilting designs that I either can’t freehand or to help create consistently sized and spaced out motifs. We get both in today’s quilting tutorial featuring the Heart Border Stencil from Full Line Stencil. I show you how to plan your border out, mark it and make sure […]
Singularity, our latest Stashin’ with Stephanie quilt design, featured large sections of negative space that were just begging for some fun quilting. I know that negative space can sometimes be intimidating because as a quilter we feel pressure to do something super fancy in it. But I chose echoed swirls to fill the space with […]
This month’s Stashin’ with Stephanie quilt design, Cables, was inspired by my other crafting love … knitting. Since the design resembles a knitted cable pattern, I thought it was only appropriate that I carry the knitting theme through to the quilting as well. I created a 1-inch square “V” stitch to mimic the look of […]
Supplies: Sashing strips and sashing with cornerstones attached. (See how to cut and sew the sashing in the previous post.) T-shirt quilt blocks with fusible interfacing attached to the wrong side of the fabric Sewing machine Iron Applique pressing sheet Previous posts: Fabric requirements Cutting the T-shirts Attaching fusible interfacing Sewing the sashing – Part […]
I had exactly one day to quilt Celestial, our latest Stashin’ with Stephanie quilt. So I needed a quilting design that was both fast, and would do justice to the spectacular diamonds throughout the quilt. I ended up with something I lovingly called the Wavy Line Special. I followed the shape of the diamonds to […]
Our partnership with SIY Sew it Yourself is continuing and we’ve got a brand new FREE pattern to share with you today! The Sew Simple Skirt made is made from fat quarters so it is super fast and inexpensive to make. My version following the sizing instructions as written fits my 9-year-old perfectly. But you can […]
It’s Stashin’ with Stephanie time again! This month’s new fat quarter friendly pattern is inspired by this month’s featured fabric, Delilah by Esther Fallon Lau for Clothworks. Cables was inspired by my love of knitting and fear of knitting cables. The classic stitch pattern look of crossing yarns is created in quilt form through careful […]
We’ve quietly launched our new website, Quilt Addicts Anonymous Academy. This is a new website that contains more than 100 COMMERCIAL FREE quilting and sewing courses. We’re really excited about all the features, including the ability to easily find the patterns you want to learn to make, keep track of your progress, attend live virtual […]