Dresden Fan Plate tutorial- learn to transform a circle block into an octagon then into a square. No applique is required for finishing the block. I wanted octagons because it is easy to turn them into squares. My Dresden fan blocks have 24 wedges. I use a 15 degree fan ruler to make them. An octagon has 8 sides so all I have to do is to turn 3 sides of the dresden block into 1. The … [Read more...]
Easy blocks
I will have a busy summer and there is not a chance to finish the quilt for my husband. I want to make two pillows to complement the quilt, I am happy that I made their center! I need bigger blocks so that I will add some strips to them. I used a striped fabric, I cut four strips and I stacked them. Fabrics with straight stripes work best. I cut a set of quarter square triangles with … [Read more...]
Tilted squares- patchwork tutorial
Edited: pictures of the finished quilt here ! If you have not made yet tilted blocks, maybe someday you would like to try them, it's fun ! I will show you how to sew the quilt below. Here is the way I pieced this quilt top. The top has 42 (6x7) 12" blocks, 4" borders and measures about 80"x 92" (2x2.3 m). For the center of the blocks I used this striped fabric (Michael Miller) … [Read more...]
Fun with stripes- Quilt Tutorial
Let's have fun creating intricate blocks with stripes! Do you hesitate to buy striped fabric because you don't know what to use it for? Well, buy some and I will show you a few easy ways to create lovely blocks with minimum effort. Lately, I have played a little more with such fabrics and I love them. The fabric I used for this tutorial is a heavy cotton canvas from … [Read more...]
Free Motion Quilting Tips
Here is the promised tutorial on free motion quilting! In my country quilting is unknown to most people that is why I had to learn all by myself. Can you believe that the hardest thing I had to understand was stitching in the ditch? I had no one to tell me “Don’t do this, it is wrong” so I do some things in my own manner. They make my quilting easier and I use them all the time.Here are some … [Read more...]
Quick and easy strip quilt- Tutorial
I made this quilt for my mother's birthday. It took me just 4 days to piece it and quilt it. This is an easy project for a beginner quilter and a very quick quilt for a skilled one. I made the sketch using Electric Quilt. I love Electric Quilt. You can scan your fabric, import them in the program and see how your quilt will look like even before you cut a single piece of fabric. Quilt … [Read more...]
Tutorial strip quilt II
Follow this strip quilt tutorial and sew this quilt with me! I pieced it in a day, I quilted it in the second day and I added the binding in the third day ! Quilt size: 62 x 86 inch; Finished block size: 12 x 12 inch; Number of blocks= 5 x 7 = 35 (if you need a larger quilt, piece more blocks ). This quilt don't have borders; if you need a larger quilt, you might add borders; because you … [Read more...]
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