Many people ask how wide should a quilt binding be cut. There are many quilt binding widths you can choose from, but to start with, wider is easier to sew, especially when working with several layers. I usuallycut mine at 2 ½ "width from selvage to selvage. You can get away with ...
Make sure to leave a gap of a few inches for turning on one short side. Step 4 - Clip Corners Clip the corners for a neat and clean finish. TOP TIP: See how to clip corners and make sewing easier. Step 5 - Turn Right-Side-Out Turn right side out, poke the corners out and ...
long before the term “quilting” was coined. Puff quilts, in particular, have a unique story. They emerged as a creative way to use scraps of fabric and other materials, including old pantyhose during the early years of the quilt revival. This resourceful...
Quilting represents the process of sewing two or multiple layers of fabric together in order to create a thicker padded material, often to make a quilt or a quilted garment. Usually, quilting is made with three layers. The first layer is the top fabric or quilt top, insulating material or ...
How to Make a Quick Fabric Tray Choose an old quilt that is hankering for a new life. The quilts I’m using measure about 20 inches by 20 inches. Fold the quilt with the right sides together at each corner. Stitch across the folded quilt at about 3 inches from where the sides meet...
"The result is a square-like piece that offers a wider range of design possibilities compared to a standard quarter yard." When purchasing fabric, it typically comes by the yard or meter. As it comes off the bolt, if you buy a quarter yard, the piece would be 9 inches by whatever ...
Correctly packing a backpacking pack is one of those skills you don’t know is a skill until you’re walking down the trail with something jamming painfully into the small of your pack. Then you need to treat some water and realize your filter is at the bottom of the bag. Suddenly it ...
Square:smaller pieces of fabric that are sewn together to make a larger, square piece of fabric. In this case, we will be sewing together 9 small blocks to make one large square. A quilt top is made up of these blocks sewn together. ...
After reading blog after blog and trying to figure out what the best price was for good fabric and then reading a handful of old sewing books, I was able to begin the very long journey of learning to quilt. I remember the day I was trying to cut an 18 inch square backing for a pil...
Once you’ve picked your paint color, you need to figure out how much paint to buy. For an average sized room, you’ll typically need two gallons of paint for the walls but you can use a paint calculator such as{this one}to get an accurate estimate based on your room’s measurements...