Summer Sparkle Quilt-Along: Part 1
Welcome to Week One of our Summer Sparkle Quilt-Along with Faith Jones! Get ready to select your fabrics and start cutting! … More
Technique: patchwork
DIY Decorative Pillows
If you find your living space needs a little pick-me-up or refreshing, we suggest adding a few personalized throw pillows to brighten your room. Choose from our 12 favorite free decorative pillow tutorials! … More
Quilting Basics: The Importance of a Perfect Quarter Inch Seam
What exactly is a “perfect quarter inch”? How does it differ from a “scant quarter inch”? What can you do to ensure your quarter-inch patchwork seams are exactly 1/4″ wide? We have some super tips from Nina McVeigh for you. … More
How To Make Perfectly Pieced Tiny Squares
Making projects from tiny pieced squares is a hot trend right now, and here is my favorite easy method for sewing perfect rows of tiny squares every time. … More
What is “Wallpaper Piecing”?
Rethink traditional piecing techniques and try wallpaper piecing, a fun quilting technique that’s fast and doable by anyone, even beginners. … More
DIY Log Cabin Patchwork Café Apron
Stay clean and dry in the kitchen with a stylish patchwork café apron, pieced with a modern log cabin design.
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Christmas with Kaye: Book and Ruler Give-Away
If I could only take ten tools to a sewing retreat, at least two of them would be my Nifty Notions Cut for the Cure Rulers, designed by Kaye England. … More
A Silly Halloween Riddle
Check out these adorable Halloween pillows from Betty Stoltenburg, The Sewing Room, Beaverton, OR. They’re BOO-tiful! … More
DIY Geometric Pillow
Zest up your décor with a unique combination of geometry and bold color. … More
Your Mother Should Know: How to Sew Beautiful Zigzags Using Triangles
Do your triangles end up looking more like “volcanos” than “mountains”? Ashley Nickels of Alphabet Summer shows how to sew perfect points every time. … More
Half-Square Triangles with LUKE Haynes
I have been making quilts for 10 years and only in the past few have been learning anything about traditional patterns. I want to show you how I sew half square triangles and the methods [and pitfalls] of how to put them together into just one of the myriad of possible blocks using them. … More
Deconstruct a Shirt with LUKE Haynes
Hey everyone! I want to share with you the way I disassemble a shirt into working yardage. I use this all the time to get material from the clothes I get from myself or from Goodwill. … More
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