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Ready To Baste Your Quilt? Here’s Your Step-By-Step Guide

You've finally finished piecing your quilt top together, so what's next? Before you can quilt your project, you need to baste your “quilt sandwich.”

Basting is a crucial step in the quilt-making process, and you need to do it accurately and thoroughly to ensure you get the best result with your quilting.

But don't worry! It's not difficult, and it shouldn't take too much time.

I can usually baste a twin-sized quilt in less than two hours.

In this step-by-step tutorial, we will show you how to baste a quilt and give you some tips and tricks that I've learned over the years.

All About Grid Quilting, Grid Quilting Ideas, And 9 Grid Quilts You Should Have

by Miriam Ronne

Straight-line quilting is a popular choice for modern quilters, but what do you do if you want to use straight lines but add a little more pizazz to your quilting design?

Enter the fabulous grid quilt.

You may be wondering what a grid quilt is, and don’t worry; we will explain precisely what it is and show you some outstanding examples of them.

Also, you can check out some handy templates to create these geometric marvels on your next quilting projects.

Learn To Make A Hexagon Quilt With This Easy Tutorial

by Miriam Ronne

I am super excited to share this hexagon quilt tutorial with you all today.

The hexagon quilt pattern is one of my all-time favorite “one patch” designs, which simply means one type of patch is used to create the entire quilt top.

In this tutorial, I will show you the more traditional method to sew hexagon blocks together.

This method is called the “Y seam” method.

My goal for this tutorial is for you to make an easy hexagon quilt after learning these steps.

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13 Free Jelly Roll Quilt Patterns

by Keri Weichert

We love jelly rolls !!

They make quilting fast, easy, and fun. The jelly roll has become the standard for pre-cut fabric. It has helped new quilters learn to quilt and challenged seasoned quilters to redesign their blocks.

Hundreds of jelly roll quilt patterns and books have been written since they came on the quilt scene in 2006.

You Can Make Quilted Coasters In A Flash, And We Show You How + 11 Pretty Coaster Patterns You’ll Adore

by Miriam Ronne

If you’ve ever wondered, “How do you make a quilted coaster?” this post is for you.

I will teach you how to make a beautiful, modern quilted coaster and show you 11 other coaster patterns to sew.

Fabric coasters are a fabulous beginner project or a quick gift idea.

They don’t take a long time to make but still show you put time and effort into making something special for the person you gift them to.

A Step-By-Stretchy-Step Guide For Sewing Knits And Stretch Fabric

by Miriam Ronne

If you want to broaden your sewing skills to more than sewing with quilting cotton or other non-stretch fabrics, this post will be a “must-read” for you.

We will go over all the critical facts you need to know about how to sew stretchy materials.

We will also go over the stitches that you can use with your regular sewing machine if you don’t have a fancy serger to work with.

Stretch stitching may seem a bit intimidating at first, but don’t worry; this tutorial will help you feel confident when you attempt your first stretchy fabric sewing project.