Here is an easy Jelly Roll Quilt top that you will find quick and easy to do. It’s ideal for your first Jelly Roll quilt as we use straight seams to attach the strips to each other instead of the usual 45° angle. Now this method is usually called a Jelly Roll Race quilt but […]
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Quilting Tutorial: Easy Signature Quilt – Suitable for Beginners
If you have a special occasion coming up here is an easy to make signature quilt that will really be a hit with the recipient. The white or cream strips give ample room for guests to write a message of congratulations, bon voyage or whatever else they wish to write. You will really be […]
Quilting for Beginners – The Easiest Quilt Ever
Quilting for Beginners – This is by far the easiest quilt you will ever make In this quilting tutorial we show you, step by step, how to make a quilt in less than a day. And the more quilts you make the quicker it becomes. This is a quilting for beginners type of tutorial so […]
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. […]
How to Make a String Quilt From Your Scrap Stash – Part 1
If you are anything like us then you will have a large amount of scraps in your stash and its 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 […]
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 These pens weren’t originally made for fabric and in fact, I don’t think Pilot even mentions using them on fabric, but they work brilliantly and we use them pretty […]
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 […]
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. Its easy to use and there are a number of tip sizes available which make ideal for most of the projects I do. It comes […]
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 […]
Quilter’s Slidelock Review and Demonstration
My Updated Quilter’s Slidelock Review If there is one quilting tool that I use again and again it’s the Quilter’s Slidelock. After my quilting ruler, mat and rotary cutter, it’s the next in line for the most used item in my craft room. After fours years of use, it is still going strong so I […]