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
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…
Simple Sawtooth Star Quilt Pattern
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…
Make Four Flying Geese at a Time
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…
Secrets to Buying and Selecting Fabric
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…
New Puff Quilt Pattern: ‘Puffy Island’
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…
Make a Quilted Camera Strap Cover!
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….
Quilting Shortcut: the Eight Square Method
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…
Basketweave Quilt Pattern
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…
Straight Line Quilting with Lella Boutique
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…
Potholders for Mom’s Birthday
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…
Letters from Home Quilt Pattern
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…
