Quilting for Beginners - This is by far the easiest quilt you will ever make When you're making your very first quilt it can be a little overwhelming. Those quilt blocks can look quite complicated and knowing which tools are needed can be kind of confusing. Plus, the fancy free motion stitching on the top of the quilt, requires quite a bit of practice to get the hang of. And … [Read more...] about Quilting for Beginners – The Easiest Quilt Ever – Step-by-Step Tutorial
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Brother Scan n Cut: How to Scan Quilting Patterns & Add a Quarter Inch Seam
In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to scan your quilting patterns and also how to add a ¼" seam to your patterns. One of our lovely readers asked us how to add a ¼" seam to the inside of a quilt pattern piece. She wanted to keep the original cutting size. We know that the Brother Scan n Cut adds a 1/4 inch seam to the outside of a pattern, but we had to give it … [Read more...] about Brother Scan n Cut: How to Scan Quilting Patterns & Add a Quarter Inch Seam
How to Make a String Quilt From Your Scrap Stash – Part 1
If you are anything like us then you will have a large number of scraps in your stash and it can sometimes be challenging to come up with ideas to use them. Making string quilts is an ideal way of using up those scraps, and these quilts not only look awesome they are easy to make and they will make a dent in that stash. We sew the strips directly onto our batting which … [Read more...] about How to Make a String Quilt From Your Scrap Stash – Part 1
Frixion Pen Review: Fabric Pens for Quilters
I'm not sure where we found out about Frixion pens but we are so glad we did. These are awesome for drawing seam lines on fabric. These pens weren't originally made for fabric and in fact, I don't think Pilot even mentions using them on fabric, but they work brilliantly and we use them pretty much exclusively for marking the lines on our fabric. The video shows how … [Read more...] about Frixion Pen Review: Fabric Pens for Quilters
Fun Craft Workshops at Calico Patch – Gold Creek Village
Over the past few months we have attended a variety of workshops at Calico Patch, which is located at Gold Creek Village, Nicholls. The workshops are great fun and the ladies are really delightful. Nothing is too much trouble they are very willing to share their tips and knowledge. Diane generally conducts the workshop and she is just so helpful. Rhonda owns the shop and is … [Read more...] about Fun Craft Workshops at Calico Patch – Gold Creek Village
Simplicity Bias Tape Maker Review
This review is for the Simplicity Bias Tape Maker. When I want to quickly run up some bias binding for a craft project the Simplicity Bias Tape Maker is what I use. It's easy to use and there are a number of tip sizes available that make ideal for most of the projects I do. It comes packaged in a neat little container so it fits nicely in a spare spot on the craft table. I … [Read more...] about Simplicity Bias Tape Maker Review
Brother Scan n Cut Tutorial – How to Cut Fabric for Quilting
Our Brother Scan n Cut tutorial shows you an easy way to cut out those fiddly pieces of quilting fabric for your projects. There are a few little things that you need to do to get this to work. It took us a little while to figure out how to get our pieces nicely cut with a ¼" seam allowance. But now that we have mastered it we find the Brother Scan n Cut to be a great … [Read more...] about Brother Scan n Cut Tutorial – How to Cut Fabric for Quilting
Quilter’s Slidelock Review and Demonstration
The Quilter's Slidelock Review For those of you who follow us, I have a great announcement to make. The Quilters Slidelock is now available once again, after having been unavailable for some time. So this is great news. This is one quilting tool that I use again and again it's the Quilter's Slidelock. After mat and rotary cutter and quilting ruler, it's the next in … [Read more...] about Quilter’s Slidelock Review and Demonstration