Quilting Tips, Tutorials & Inspiration

What is a Jelly Roll? I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen a new quilter’s face cloud in confusion after hearing someone at their local quilt shop use the term “Jelly Roll.” This...

Beginner Quilt Patterns: 8 Easy Quilt Patterns to Get You Started We’re lucky. Today when we take that initial step to become a quilter, we have the internet there to answer every single one of...

From Happy Quilting: Tutorial for Block One of "Texas Monthly." Today we're reposting from The Happy Quilter! Melissa Corry will be completing and posting quilting tutorials for our Texas Monthly block of the month program. Look...

Selecting Quilting Fabric I love color! Because I'm a graphic designer and quilter, color plays a huge role in both my work and home lives, so it goes without saying that one of my favorite...

What makes a Modern Quilt? Four Characteristics Modern art gets a bad rap. Everyone loves and respects the Michaelangelos and Rembrandts of the art world, but modern artists get a fair bit of scorn and...

What are Batik Fabrics?   Batik is a patterned fabric made through a process called wax-resistance dyeing: batik artists apply wax to a fabric and then dye it. The wax repels (“resists”) the dye which...

Serger Machines: Everything You Need to Know   If the sewing bug really bites you, the collection of useful tools expands. There are clever ways to measure, cut and organize your sewing space to make...

Quilting for Beginners: Materials You’ll Need to Begin Your First Quilt     So you want to learn how to quilt!   Congratulations! You have opened the door to a new adventure. In the beginning,...

Machine Quilting: Tips and Tricks   There are definitely two different methods of getting those quilt tops turned in to finished quilts. Some piecers prefer to do their own machine quilting on their domestic sewing...