Technique: quilting

The Sunrise Quilts

I’ve stitched together a lot of different projects from garments and wearable art to accessories and stuffed toys – but never really gave quilting a try. In fact, if you had asked me a few years ago if I made quilts my answer would have been, “Quilts? Are you crazy, I am not a quilter!” … More

Shots and Stripes

Watch for Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy’s latest book, Shots and Strips, due to be released in late February. The book features quilts made only with woven stripe and “shot” (woven solid) fabrics. All but a couple of quilts, which were hand-pieced or appliqued, were pieced on Liza’s BERNINA sewing machines. … More

Quilting Divas Retreat with Nancy Prince

Nancy Prince is hosting her first-ever quilting retreat in sunny Orlando, Florida, April 30-May 5, 2013. Spend four days thread-painting with Nancy, or bring your own project to work on. Don’t know what thread painting is? Instead of using a paintbrush and paint you’ll used your sewing machine needle (the “brush”) and thread (the “paint”). … More

Not Your Grandmother’s Quilted Jacket

One of WeAllSew’s newest blog experts, Mimi Goodwin of Mimi G Style shows us that pushing your limits and venturing out of your comfort zone can be a beautiful thing! Some leather, pretty prints, a chevron zigzag quilt tutorial and an old Butterick pattern were used to create this stylish update to the quilted jacket. … More

Pieced For The Holidays

Each Friday from now until the end of the year we’re sharing some of our favorite free sewing projects for the holidays – from decorations to deck the halls to quick gifts for loved ones. This week we’re sharing some of our favorite holiday themed quilting projects! … More

“Wool N’ Spools” Needle-Punched Quilt

The fabric for Paula Atwood’s “Wool N’ Spools” creation is reclaimed wool from old skirts, etc. that she took apart and felted in the washer. She cut out the positive/negative shapes and needle-punched them to the woolen base using BERNINA’s Needle Punch Accessory Set. … More