Small hand quilting projects

Learn how to piece a beautiful quilt all by hand using my Grandma Lucille's traditional method. When I was about 16, we were visiting my Grandma Lucille for a few months during the summer. I don't think I had ever thought of quilting as a hobby or quilts as something people made. To me

Great Tutorial for Beginners – Larger Stitches Show Best! Most quilters, whether they hand quilt or not, deeply appreciate the fine quilts produced by those who do. There’s just something about hand quilting that makes quilts stand out over their machine-quilted counterparts. Quality hand quilting is all about the stitch size and how even the …

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.

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

A curated list of small quilting projects that you can start and finish in the same weekend! Great beginner quilt projects to try.

A warm welcome if you've joined me from the marvellous Moda Bakeshop. Here, as promised, are my favourite tips for those of you considering hand quilting your Woodruff Quilt. Or any quilt, for that matter. I love hand-quilting and find it very relaxing. I particularly enjoy the transformation of three separate layers of fabric - feeling their weight draped over my palm - to one continuous piece of quilted fabric, which somehow takes on a life of its own, feeling lighter in my hands as I…

Hand-Quilting Tips & Tricks for traditional AND modern hand-quilting!