Quilts

Sarah Schraw of Sarah Quilts shows you how easy it can be to design your own sampler quilt in our Spring Sew Along...

Block designs in several senses.

I'm teaching a Free Motion Quilting class starting in April at my LQS, Heartstrings and Heirlooms. I finished up the class sample over the weekend. In the class the students will do larger samples, but I needed a small book of designs to advertise the class. As you can see in the above end view, I used three different types of batting for my sample book - Quilter's Dream 100% Cotton, Hobbs 80/20 (80% cotton and 20% polyester), and a 100% wool. I used a tutorial from a recent Quilting Arts…

The Log Cabin Quilt Block is one of those perfect blocks. Once mastered, you can stop there because it is almost impossible to run out of ways to make unique log cabin quilts. It's ideal for strip piecing and perfectly suited for using up scraps. #freelogcabinquiltpattern #logcabinquiltblock #logcabinquiltlayout #simplelogcabinquiltblock | seasonedhomemaker.com

Alissa Haight Carlton from Handmade by Alissa shares the final block in our year-long Modern Block of the Month series...

Alissa Haight Carlton from Handmade by Alissa shares the final block in our year-long Modern Block of the Month series...

I like to name my free-motion designs, even though I always wonder if I'll choose one that someone else has used, or even one that I've alre...

Machine-quilter Angela Walters shares her secrets for finding fun in finishing your quilts.

Here is a new design I've stitched. People seem drawn to it. It's very simple and gives a nice organic effect. So you start wi...

leManoosh I could imagine hand painting and machine quilting a fabric for using on my chair so that it would look like this.

For the first time ever, I decided to work from a photograph. I selected an arty foliage photo my husband had shot and changed it to a black and white image. For the background fabric I selected 20 squares of various dark prints. I made paper patterns for the leaves, fused fabrics, cut out the leaves and ironed them onto the background. As this process was proceeding, I kept having misgivings about it, but hubby assured me it was fine, so I then sewed the leaves on and when finished, I knew…

I was thinking about what I can do to help all the beginners who are just taking up free-motion quilting right now. I decided to share a design that I often get new quilters trying in their first clas

A beginner quilting blog series that answers all of your basic sewing questions. Have you wondered how to pin so your seams always match? Let me show you!

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Christina Cameli’s newest book, Step-by-Step Texture Quilting, takes you on an adventure in texture as she shows you how to create a wide variety of free-motion and walking-foot designs.She notes: “Quilted textures have a way of drawing you in and making you want to touch the quilt. They bring out the best in the piecing. The play of shadow and light delights even nonquilters, grabbing their attention and inspiring appreciation for the skill involved.”Not sure which design to try first?…