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quilting for beginners

Edges and Binding Quilts

September 8, 2014

My third class I’m taking on Craftsy is called Finishing School:  Edges and Binding. I could have used a class like this four years ago when I first started quilting.  My first quilts had the most abominable binding and after that I found out about mitered corners.  Then I searched the internet for anything I…

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Quilting 101: Craftsy Mini Classes

August 11, 2014

I love quilting.  But I must confess, I am not the most accurate quilter.  More than once I’ve ended up with misaligned piecing which drives me crazy.  So I have decided that I want to take some quilting classes.  However, since I have three young kids,  I don’t have time to go to quilting stores…

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Simple Sawtooth Star Quilt Pattern

December 17, 2013

This post first appeared on the Riley Blake Designs Blog Cutting Corners College. I love the Sawtooth Star and I wanted to make a quilt in the new Riley Blake Fabric “Twice as Nice”.  I love this fabric line and I love how this quilt turned out.  It feels like it’s been forever since I…

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Make Four Flying Geese at a Time

December 4, 2013

I have been working on a quilt for several weeks now, here and there, when I had time/desire/energy.  But this quilt involved lots of flying geese blocks and I wanted to find a good way to make a lot at a time.  I found a great method, and I’m going to share it here.  You’ll…

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Secrets to Buying and Selecting Fabric

January 16, 2013

In my near-three years of blogging, the number 1 question I get asked is “Where do you get your fabric?!”  People have told me many many times that I have an eye for colors and design and I choose excellent fabrics that go together.  Here’s what I have to say to that—Thanks!!  But also, I’m…

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Filed Under: Catablog, fabric, fabric designers, puff quilts, quilting, quilting for beginners, sewing 29 Comments

New Puff Quilt Pattern: ‘Puffy Island’

January 15, 2013

Presenting my newest puff quilt pattern!  I call it Puffy Island because all the little puffs with the flat white sashing in between remind me of little desert islands in the ocean.  This puff quilt is a mixture of puffs and traditional flat quilting–the best of both worlds!  I chose a rainbow ombre scheme for…

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Make a Quilted Camera Strap Cover!

April 19, 2012

I know–there are a billion camera strap tutorials out there. But I was getting ready for SNAP! conference today and I realized, “Hey–I’m gonna look super lame without a handmade camera strap on my camera!” So I quickly referenced a few different tutorials to get a basic idea and came up with this quilted one….

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Filed Under: Catablog, free motion quilting, quilting, quilting for beginners, sewing 40 Comments

Quilting Shortcut: the Eight Square Method

March 6, 2012

There are so many quilts you can make with triangles, or rather triangle squares.  I showed you a tutorial on how to make these with my pinwheel quilt, but here is a faster way.  I call it the Eight Square Method. (Ps I’m sure I did not invent this but I don’t know what it’s…

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Basketweave Quilt Pattern

February 13, 2012

I had this idea for a quilt a LONG time ago.  And one day last week, in a rare quiet moment of nursing, the idea popped back into my head and I had to shove ALL other projects aside and do it.  It was a little hairy at first, but after a lot of thinking…

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Straight Line Quilting with Lella Boutique

December 30, 2011

Greetings! I’m Vanessa from Lella Boutique. I’m happy to be guest blogging here while Heidi is away on maternity leave! I hope everyone had a good Christmas! I absolutely adore simplistic quilting.  It looks clean, contemporary, and is a great way to showcase a quilt’s design.  It’s also pretty easy to achieve–as long as you have…

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Potholders for Mom’s Birthday

September 9, 2011

I’m having a giveaway today on Today’s Creative Blog!  So go over there for a chance to win a $75 gift credit to my shop!  And for today only, there is a sale on all my puff quilts and puff quilt kits!  Go check out the deals! And if you are visiting today from Today’s…

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Letters from Home Quilt Pattern

September 8, 2011

Here is how I made the pattern for this quilt using the adorable Hometown by Sweetwater fabric generously provided by the Fat Quarter Shop: This quilt uses two charm packs of Hometown by Sweetwater and approximately 1 yard of cream quilters cotton.  The quilt ends up being about 28″x33″,  a baby quilt First separate out…

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