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Machine Sewing Your Quilt Binding onto the Quilt
Today we're going to talk about sewing your binding onto your quilt. Doing that final bit of hand binding on the second side only works properly if you've properly done your machine binding of the first side. The binding is the last little bit on the piece of art...
Sewing Machine Maintenance – Tips for Quilters and Sewists
Keeping our sewing machines in tip top shape is keen to keep us sane and sewing, and it starts with the quilting and sewing notions we use! We asked Ralph, our sewing machine maintenance expert for some tips. Thread Don’t use cheap sewing thread! The needle has to...
Quilt Borders and the Golden Ratio
At Cobwebs and Caviar, we always hope a quilt pattern will be EXACTLY how you want it to end up. But hey, we quilters are creative! We like to make changes. Or we see a twin sized pattern that we would prefer as a queen sized quilt. So you're finishing up your quilt...
Lockdown Loony Online Shop Hop – BINDING DEMO!
One of the final parts of your quilting project is attaching the binding to the quilt. We've assumed you've attached one side using your sewing machine. We'd like to share some Tips and Tools for that last hand sewing of the other side of the binding.
Lockdown Loony Online Shop Hop!
We are going Lockdown Loony! Covid crazier than a 3 dollar bill as my nana used to say! Join us for a lot of learning (demos!) & a little lark (through websites!) & luck with our largesse!(we mean prizes! lots of prizes) Lockdown Loony-ness is contagious...
Making Half Square Triangles the Quick and Easy Way
Do you have a pattern with several half square triangles (HST)? Are you dreading the thought of cutting and then sewing all those small pieces? Wouldn’t it be great to do several at once?! FOUR AT ONCE First, the technique…then the math. To do four at once, put 2...
Diagonal Seam Tape….a handy notion for quilters!
One of our suppliers was telling us how great this sewing notion is. She said it is the perfect time saver for quilters when doing point to point sewing so we just had to try it out! We were excited because it is used for half square triangles and flying geese...
Lockdown Looney Online Shop Hop!
We are going Lockdown Loony! Covid crazier than a 3 dollar bill as my nana used to say! Join us for a lot of learning (demos!) & a little lark (through websites!) & luck with our largesse!(we mean prizes! lots of prizes) Lockdown Loony-ness is...
Interview with quilt designer Debbie Bowles of Maple Island Quilts
Thought it was time to have some interesting (hopefully!) articles again. For this one, we interviewed one of our favourite pattern designers, Debbie Bowles of Maple Island Quilts. Debbie very graciously answered our many questions from her home in Minnesota. We...
Convert Your Linen Closet to a Quilting Project Closet!
I haven’t blogged in a while. Christmas can be crazy with the gift side of the shop and Covid has made the new year start off with a big whacky bang! We have created a contest for everyone to submit their before and after photos of their sewing...