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 Favorite Machine Binding {Tutorial}
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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Boos & Ghouls {a Halloween Quilt Block}
I love October! And Halloween is only part of the fun! Besides the treats and cooler weather, we get to sew Halloween quilt blocks! Yah! A few years ago, I ran the delightfully spooky Boos and Ghouls quilt along. We had sooooo much fun with these little ghosts that I thought I would update the pattern for the blocks and offer…
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Pantone Quilt Challenge 2019 Winners
The 2019 Pantone Quilt Challenge: LIVING CORAL results are in! We think it goes without saying that every year, we continue to be blown away by the creativity you all bring to this little competition. Once Sarah at no hats in the house and I got the linky party live (after a, err, slightly rocky start), we were both pretty giddy as the entries…
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