Quilt stitches

Hand quilting is the technique of sewing together the three layers of a quilt (batting between two layers of fabric) in a decorative freehand stitch.

Finished your quilt top and ready to quilt? Continue reading for 10 quilting designs for beginners perfect for your first quilt!

Learn all about straigh line quilting! What is a walking foot and how to use it, how to do straight line quilting and browse 10+ geometric designs for modern quilters!

A step by step guide to the star stitch

I'm teaching a Free Motion Quilting class starting in April at my LQS, Heartstrings and Heirlooms. I finished up the class sample over the weekend. In the class the students will do larger samples, but I needed a small book of designs to advertise the class. As you can see in the above end view, I used three different types of batting for my sample book - Quilter's Dream 100% Cotton, Hobbs 80/20 (80% cotton and 20% polyester), and a 100% wool. I used a tutorial from a recent Quilting Arts…

No existe un término en español para "crazy patchwork stitches" o "crazy quilt stitches". Así que he titulado este post "puntos de bordado para costuras de patchwork"; no es tan divertido, pero de eso se trata.

fun idea to quilt with decorative stitches

Happy Thursday! Wow is this hop flying! So far we have had designs in cotton & wool... I wonder what Ali Strebel has in store for us! ...

Sarah Fielke is a remarkable and creative maker. She has been working with Aurifil threads for years and was among our first designers. A tireless thread champion, Sarah is always ready to try some…