Quilting Tutorials

Finally!  I bet my readers thought I’d never get my mother’s quilt finished!  But, last night, I hand-stitched the last stitch needed for quilting the entire 75×80 quilt on my hand quilting frame.  Wow.  I can’t believe I finished the quilting!  My fingers are very grateful.  They’ve taken quite a beating. After I removed the quilt from the frame, I needed to square up the edges. But first, I had…

Hand quilting really isn’t all that difficult. It just takes patience and callouses on your finger tips. Two things I did not have until today. Now that I’m in the swing of the quilting, it’s enjoyable. It feels good to complete an entire section. I…

I had high hopes of completing this quilt swiftly, by handing it over to a professional long arm quilter to do all the quilting for me. And, I could have, but then the design would cover the entire quilt as one large design, rather than…

Progress is a beautiful thing, especially when that progress settles into a finished quilt top!! And here is how I finished the quilt top for the Double Dutch Quilt! This is the largest quilt I have ever made. I’ve made many a lap quilt, but…

A productive day sewing – with my 93y/o mom! She helped me rip out seams on a block that I had screwed up. Why am I not surprised? It all worked out great though. Mom and I had a few laughs and she told me…

Working on my mother’s holiday quilt and am sharing here some of what I do to make the process go faster, yet being careful to make proper cuts and seams. If you ever wanted to make a quilt, hopefully some of my tips here will…