Free Sewing Projects, How-To Tutorials
Ready to Update your Face Masks for Fall and the Holidays? Face masks are here to stay a while so it's time to update for fall and the holidays! I'm proud to design fabric for Riley Blake Designs and in awe of all the talented designers they work with. I decided to...
How-To Tutorials, Send Me to the Woods Fabric
TUTORIAL: How to Make Your Own Chenille Fabric When 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 they would be fun to...
How-To Tutorials, Send Me to the Woods 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 rescue! But what is...
Free Sewing Projects, How-To Tutorials
When you sew a zipper you are connecting two things that you want to have closed, open or somewhere in between. It might be a dress, your jeans (if you are industrious enough to sew your own jeans!) or my favorite – a bag. I have found that zippers cause a lot...
Fabric, Free Sewing Projects, Homestead Life Fabric, How-To Tutorials
Gone are the days of boring selvage on fabric. Fabric companies are now getting creative on the edges as well, which can make them a lot of fun to sew with! What is “selvage” exactly? A selvage (US English) or selvedge (British English) is a...
Art Licensing. Watercolorist. Sewist. Quilter. Designer of fabrics for Riley Blake Designs.
