One of my all time favorite tutorials I’ve ever written is for this mini Christmas Tree skirt from quite a few years ago. I thought I’d give the tutorial a reboot. Plus, I’ve got a free PDF pattern download to go along. Plus this was the perfect excuse to buy a new, wee white Christmas tree for my studio! I’d never pass up a…
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Mini Christmas Tree Skirt {Tutorial Reboot}
Stargazer Member Finishes (Gallery)
One of my quilt teacher highlights is seeing my student’s projects come to fruition. I’m pleased to show you some of the fast finishers from the Stargazer BOM program. Some of these, if not most, of these gals finished before *I* even finished. (It’s been a rough year in the quilt room with all the moving. No more, heh…) All…
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My Favorite Machine Binding {Tutorial}
In this post, I’m sharing a tutorial for machine binding a quilt. After reading this post, you’ll come away with my favorite tips for a beautiful finishing touch to your quilty treasure. Be honest, have you ever gifted a quilt that isn’t *quite* finished? Ha! Me too! Or maaaaaybe you have a few finished quilts that just need to be…
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My #1 Favorite Way to Avoid the Scant Quarter Inch Seam Allowance
So… let’s talk about the scant quarter inch seam allowance. It’s kind of a necessary thing if we quilters want to piece accurately, right? But for a lot of quilters, it can trips us up right? That stooopid scant quarter inch seam allowance is so frustrating sometimes! If I’m being honest with you, I personally don’t really obsess over having…
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The 3 Best Ways to Make HSTs
We all have those quilting techniques that we can’t stand right? For me it’s paper piecing, binding by hand, and trimming half square triangles. I *cannot* stand making and trimming half square triangles, and I hate it so much because of all the trimming. And um, yeah, half square triangles are kind of a big deal in the quilt world….
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