Beginner Basics

Have a beautiful quilt that you adore but no pattern?  Find out how to produce patterns on your own.

Learn traditional AND quick cutting methods.

Most quilt patterns require a ¼” seam allowance.  Follow our tips and you’ll be sewing an accurate ¼” in no time!  You will also learn how to chain piece to save time and help with your accuracy.  Other videos feature some “tricks” to make matching seams and partial seams easier to sew.

You are finished with layering your quilt …. now what?  Learn the pros and cons about the different quilting techniques. Other videos show how to make binding and add it to your quilt.  Find out how to add a “sleeve” and a label to finish off your quilt.

Most quilt patterns require many fabric shapes to be sewn together into a larger quilt.  Learn some tricks to help you save time and sew more accurately.

Paper Piecing is a useful (and fun!) technique to help with accuracy.

Using fabric strips to make quilt blocks or whole quilts has become very popular.  Learn some strip quilting shortcuts.

Some quilts require applying a cutout shape to the background fabric.  Learn some of the different methods that can be used for applique.

Frustrated with all the quilting “rules”? Why not break all the rules and get crazy!

Instead of quilting a large whole quilt, you can break it down into smaller, more manageable pieces.  Learn some of the different ways to quilt as you go.