Quilting Basics

Discover the essential sewing notions for garment making. Learn why they're crucial and what to substitute if you don't have them on hand.

Discover 7 quilting tools to skip in your collection. Save money and space for the essentials! Find out which tools aren't worth the money.

Pressing your seams open is good for a lot of things, including precise piecing. Here are 3 reasons why:

Here's how I go about organizing my scrap pile to make beautiful, non-chaotic, modern scrappy quilts.

I'm a lazy quilter; through and through. So when it comes to binding, there is no WAY I would be caught dead hand-stitching the binding onto the back of a quilt. It's just not gonna happen. But that doesn't mean I don't still want to make it look nice. So how do you get your machine binding (front and back) to look great? Here's my step-by-step process. Binding doesn't need to be the part you dread anymore. Contents The approach Preparing the binding strips The process Ste

Let’s talk thread. When I first started quilting, I just grabbed whatever was labeled ‘quilting thread’ off the shelf at my local JoAnn’s and went with it. I didn’t find out until later on that there was a whole host of thread varieties available and then it became very overwhelming. While I am a firm believer that the best way to find your favorite threads is just to experiment, that can be an intimidating and expensive prospect. So, to get you started, I thought I’d share m