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.
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.
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.
Have you ever considered doing an applique quilt, but you’re not quite sure how to begin?
Or maybe you think you need some “next level skills” to create applique pieces.
Say no more because, in this post, I will tell you all about applique and how to execute it.
My goal is to give you the tools and confidence to make beautiful applique pieces for your next quilt project.
You've just finished quilting and squaring up your quilt sandwich, and now you are ready for the final step of the quilt-making process: the binding.
This step is one of my favorites in a quilt project, and I'm excited to show you how to make a quilt binding in this post.
The binding not only affects the look of the quilt, but it also has the important job of securing and concealing the raw edges of the quilt sandwich.
The binding is crucial to ensure the edges don't fray or unravel over time.
Before diving into the tutorial, let's go over quilt binding width and why it is important.
For the most part, the width of the binding is your personal preference and how you want your quilts to look.
Some quilters love the look of a wide binding around ½” or wider, but the most common binding width is ¼”.
To be sure you conceal and properly secure the raw edges, I wouldn't recommend a binding less than ¼” wide, just like a seam allowance.
If you use a narrower binding width, the binding fabric may come undone in the wash or over time and use.
When researching different ways to display your wide variety of quilt projects, you will likely come across suggestions for quilt wall hangings.
Sewing wall hangings is a fabulous way to show off your quilting and sewing skills while creating a beautiful piece of hangable art.
In this post, I’ll show you a simple way to hang your quilts no matter what size quilt you create, and I will also give some suggestions for other ways to display your quilts on the walls of your home (or any walls for that matter).
Simply put, a wall hanging quilt is a quilt (usually small in size, but it doesn’t have to be) that you hang on the wall for display and decoration.
If you need inspiration for your wall hanging, you'll find many beautiful quilt wall hanging ideas online to choose from.
Once you’ve decided on the wall-hanging quilt pattern you would like to make, then you need to figure out the best way to hang a quilt on a wall.
I’ve done the research for you and have created my own projects to figure out the easiest way to hang a quilt on the wall.