What’s your favorite free-motion quilting foot? We all have our preferences – small, large, metal, clear, open, closed – but my new go-to favorite is Echo-Quilting and CutWork Foot #44C. … More

Fashion designer Charles James career peaked between the late 1940’s-50’s when he produced some of the most memorable garments ever made. See his work on exhibit this summer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. … More

Spanish hemstitching adds a wonderful openwork accent to this bottle wrap. … More

Whether you are beginning or ending a line of quilting stitches, the stitches must be secured to keep them from coming undone. In this post I’ll teach you how to “pack the stitches,” a technique in which the first few stitches – or last few, if at the end of a line – are placed very, very close together. … More

Tips on using decorative sewing machines stitches from quilt artist and fabric designer Jane Sassaman. Many people are afraid of using … More