These Techniques Will Make a Nice Difference! Whether you’re just starting out with hand quilting or have been doing it for awhile, you may be struggling with a couple of issues every quilter needs to solve. While everyone wants to create tiny stitches, the key to beautiful hand quilting is how even the stitches are. …

In this post, you can explore your options of machine quilting designs as a beginner and create your first quilting project.

Someone asked about a tutorial for making the Baptist Fan Pattern for hand quilting. It seems pretty complicated until you break it down, then you might wonder why you haven't been stitching this pattern all along! For the formal (very structured and tidy) style of Baptist Fans, you start with a basic template. I use template plastic, but cardboard is good too--just make sure it's stiff enough to withstand repeated use. Cut your template plastic (or cardboard) in a long rectangle shape at…

I think we can all agree that as quilters we have this deeply implanted love of creating and being creative, and that creativity doesn’t just stop at piecing a quilt top. Doing the actu…

Hand quilting is the technique of sewing together the three layers of a quilt (batting between two layers of fabric) in a decorative freehand stitch.

I am thrilled to have Sarah Vedeler as our November FMQ Expert, for the 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge, and deli...

In this video I show how to do more intricate hand quilting without marking. I get really nervous about marking on my quilts. Temporary markers (like water-soluble pens) disappear quickly in the humidity here. Chalk marks disappear quickly in the time a quilt gets moved around on my sofa while I quilt it. And the idea of

It's the million dollar question for quilters, isn't it? How should I quilt it? Being unable to answer this question has left many a project folded

The best way to get perfect quilting is to transfer quilting designs onto the quilt top before stitching. Continue reading to see how!

Free-motion quilting design ideas with tutorial for each design. Try out different free-motion quilting designs to make your quilt unique!