It’s possible to finish your quilt without a binding. I’m going to show you how I used a “self binding” method to bindmy Christmas mini quiltto give a more modern look. The method (in my opinion) is best suited to small items such as mini quilts, table toppers or baby quilts...
You can find an easy to follow binding tutorial here. I gotta say, this quilt was an awesome excuse to buy Sweethearts and my favorite jelly sugar hearts…!! I’m such a sucker for seasonal candies. Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you make something beautiful!
This chicken quilt block in the middle below is probably my favorite chicken of the bunch I love that black and white print. The quilt binding is a yellowCarolyn Friedlander fabric. It adds a nice pop of color to the chicken neutral quilt. My sister loved her chicken quilt and it was so...
Bring on the bling with crystals and glitter fabric! Improv quilting is a fun way to make your wonky Christmas tree quilt blocks even more interesting! Layer the fabrics right side up, overlapping along the edge you're wanting to sew. Cut a gentle curve into both fabrics at the same tim...
All you can see is a nice straight line of stitches in the quilt, and it blends in nicely with the quilting. If you don’t stay to the left of the seam line when your sewing the binding down on the back, this is what happens…you’ll get some stitches in your binding. It’s ...
Quilt as you go is a great technique for any sewer to know. The whole premise is- when you are done with the top, you are done with the bottom and quilting!
For this month’s free tutorial, I am going to show you how to make a baby quilt from Dresden Quilt Blocks. I love Dresden Blocks but didn’t want to make an entire quilt of them. Instead, I scattered 3 sizes of them on the front of a quilt....
batting and backing, fold the binding over to enclose the raw edges of the quilt and then secure by sewing. You can machine sew it with precision (Red Pepper Quiltstutorial) or go for a quicker machine sew by using a zigzag stitch (you can see my tutorial onzigzag stitch quilt binding...
The back of the quilt is made using a very simple patchwork. The fun part is that you use the back of the blanket to bind the blanket, so you get a fun scrappy binding that shows on the front. (the bird in the photo can be purchased HERE or HERE) Are you ready to make one?
Sew binding to quilt. If you need help with binding instructions see my tutorial: How to Machine Bind a Quilt. Need more applique help? Watch this quick video! Need basic knowledge about applique. Watch this short video on how to applique or see my eBook Applique Made Easy. Sorry, the ...