Quilting hints and tips

Quilting made easy for beginners. Follow our step-by-step guide to learn how to quilt, choose materials, and create your own unique quilts.

FaveQuilts is a website that offers hundreds of modern and traditional free quilt patterns, tutorials, and tips for quilting techniques. Learn how to sew, applique, make quilt blocks, or find quilt patterns of all types, sizes, and skill levels.

Learn 7 Secrets to Improving Your Quilts. These tips and tricks, from a seasoned quilter, will help you take your quilts to the next level!

Want your quilting to look just as good as the professionals? Using stitch in the ditch might be what you are missing! Continue reading to find out how!

Learning how to tie a quilt is a great way to give some hand quilted charm to your projects. Continue reading for 6 fun ways to try it out!

Avoid Tension Waves and Other Issues! Are you disappointed with the results you’re getting with straight line quilting? If so, one or more of 6 comprehensive tips is likely to help. One common issue is creating tension waves. The solution is to always quilt in the same direction, rather than turn at the end and …

When we came across this article of the best machine quilting tips we knew we had to share it with our readers. The tips are detailed and contain links to products that will help you to get the bes…

Learn why an accurate 1/4 inch seam is key in quilting. … More

The Susannah Quilt Block is a nice easy block to not only make but also cut since it only relies on squares. Even the inner piece which might look complicated to a beginner is really simple to put together. We have two video versions of this lovely block in different sizes. This is the first version https://youtu.be/2nYz0hTiwA8 The quilt block we are making is a variation on the original Susannah quilt block. The original requires you to cut fabric on an angle whereas this variation is so…

This week we’ll assemble the blocks into a quilt top. Follow the instructions on page 23 of Turnabout Patchwork. Simple quilts with a twist to assemble the quilt top. Assembling the quilt top This QAY

Straight line quilting is a great beginner quilting technique, but there's a right way and a wrong way. Continue reading to see if you are doing it right!

13 Quilting Tips, tricks and ideas to make quilting easier

Are you new to machine quilting? You may have made tied quilts for a while and now want to explore machine quilting. I’ve seen a lot of advice given for how to machine quilt but I think mos…

Watch and learn how to make stitch in the ditch quilting easier by using a stitch in the ditch foot as Ashley demonstrates a few tips and techniques.

Today's my stop for the Back to School Blog Hop organized by fellow Portlander, Sam Hunter! Oh quilting friends, do you hold onto ...

As quilters, we're so used to using that straight stitch for everything that we often forget our machine has so many more options! Ever wonder how to use those other stitch settings when you're quilting? Natalie shares some delightful decorative stitches to use when quilting your quilt on your home machine - and hints for how to machine bind with a decorative stitch, too!

Quilting for Beginners teaches newbies how to quilt from the basics, start to finish. This 5 part series walks you through each step of quilt making.

Learn how to hand quilt as well as learn what the best supplies for hand quilting are- including what kind of thread, needles and thimbles to use.

Learn all about the pros, cons and how-tos of prewashing fabric before quilting with this post! Do you really need to prewash? What happens if you don't? What are the steps? This post will cover everything you need to know and offer tips for making the prewashing process as smooth as possible.

Have you ever bought a quilt pattern just to realize that the pattern designer’s definition of a throw-size quilt isn’t the same as yours? Luckily, widening the size of your quilt top isn’t as difficult as it may seem. In today’s post, I’ll share three different ways to adjust the size of your quilt top...