Quilting Techniques & Tips
Hand Sewing Your Binding
You've finished your quilt and your binding has been machine sewn to one side....now for the final touch! Here is a 10 minute video on our tips and technique for hand sewing down that final side.
Labelling your Quilts
Every quilt has a story. And as Judy Lyons, Certified Quilt Appraiser, would say: "Your quilt isn't finished until the label is stitched in place." and these are her thoughts about labels. You can have an elaborate label or a simple label. You can photo transfer a...
Heading to the Long Armer!
Fall is a time when we’re getting quilt gifts finished and off to be quilted so we asked 3 long arm quilters – Janice Payne, Judy MacLeod, and Mary Light - the key things that you should do before you send it off. Interestingly, all three pretty much came up with the...
Chalk Marking Pens and their many uses.
Great marking tools from Clover for any colour fabric.
Piecing a Crazy Patchwork Block
Many thanks to Carol Leather of Needlework Tips and Techniques for letting us link to her tutorial about piecing a crazy quilt block! Very useful for our Row by Row this year, "My Crazy Patchwork Fiddle". Check out her tutorial by clicking here.