Sewing & Quilting Blog
Ideas and inspiration from artist & fabric designer Tara Reed
TUTORIAL: How to make a Pillowcase – Quick & Easy Burrito Method
TUTORIAL: How to make a Pillowcase Using the Quick & Easy Burrito Method & French Seams (no serger required!)Pillowcases are fun to make to customize your home decor, for kids and they are a great gift idea too. When my son was little, not...
TUTORIAL: Christmas Wreath Wall Hanging or Throw Quilt
TUTORIAL: How to adjust the FatQuarterShop.com Christmas Wreath Wall Hanging to a Throw QuiltWhile scrolling through Instagram a few weeks ago the Fat Quarter Shop posted a free pattern to create the cutest Christmas Wreath wall hanging. I...
FREE TUTORIAL: Chenille and Shoofly Quilt Block Table Runner
How to make a Quilt Block Table Runner Quilt blocks are a quick and easy way to create table runners. You can use one kind of quilt block (like I did with the Economy Blocks here) or you can mix and match a variety of blocks.Today I'm going to show...
TUTORIAL: How to Make Your Own Chenille Fabric
TUTORIAL: How to Make Your Own Chenille FabricWhen I exhibited at the International Quilt Market in Houston in October 2019 I met a product manager from Olfa®. She was admiring the fabric panels for my Send Me to the Woods collection and thought...
A Paratrooper's Memories of D-Day
Private Frank Palecko - A Paratrooper's Memories of D-DayWhen I was a junior in high school I was an exchange student in Tours, France. When we studied World War II, I mentioned to may teacher that my great uncle had been a paratrooper during the...
Bee's Life Fabric – Sneak Peek!
I will never forget the first time my son was stung by a bee: he was 6. His grandmother would run screaming at the sight or sound of a bee. I tried to teach my son to be still instead of running and flailing his arms because bees don’t look for to...
Festival of Lights Hanukkah Fabric – Sneak Peek!
I married into a Jewish family in my 40s. Growing up I had played the Dreidel game and heard the story of Hanukkah at school but it wasn't until I experienced Hanukkah first hand that I had a full appreciation for the holiday.I love the focus on...
How to Bind a Quilt with the Backing Fabric
FREE TUTORIAL: How to Bind a Quilt with the Backing Fabric Do you ever want to create a project and then groan inside when you think about having to do the binding? For me the smaller the project the bigger the groan. Self-Binding to the...
QUILT BLOCK TUTORIAL: Bow Tie Block
FREE QUILT BLOCK TUTORIAL: Bow Tie Block Want to learn to sew a versatile quilt block? The Bow Tie Block is great for projects small and large and quick to put together! This tutorial creates a 6" finished block - a chart follows to show how to...