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7 Things I wish I had known as a beginner quilter

Everyone has to start somewhere, but I wish I had known a few of these things to at least save me some money!

Easy Nine Patch: Behind the Blocks video S01 E02

The second video in the Behind the Block series is tackling the classic nine patch. This is just as simple as the four patch and so easy to make. Free worksheet

Easy Four Patch: Behind the Blocks Video S01 E01

The first video in the Behind the Block series is tackling a classic four patch. With fast ways to construct it, you’ll be churning them out!

Behind the Blocks – NEW Video Series

Find out more about my new video series “Behind the Blocks”. In each video, I’ll be looking at a different quilt block and breaking it down. Season 1 is all about squares and rectangles! The full playlist is available on my YouTube Channel.

How to calculate how much binding you need for a quilt

Learning how to calculate how much you need for a quilt is easy! Once you know the formula to calculate how much yardage you need for the binding, it’s fast and simple! Don’t end up with too little binding fabric, get the exact amount you need by following the simple steps in this video. FREE … Continued

UFO #2 VLOG (FINISHED!!)

I made it to the end of the second 2014 UFO! This quilt was nowhere near as bad as the first one, thankfully. In this vlog we’re quilting, binding and ironing binding to finally complete the quilt. Now I have a matching pair. This concludes my adventures fixing the mess I made as an inexperienced … Continued

Finishing my 2014 UFO – Part 9 (The End)

I made it to the end of this quilt. It took a LOT of time and effort to get this finished up, correcting mistakes and working out ways to fix wonky borders. But it’s done and I have a load of ideas on how to finish its twin brother FAST!

Finishing my 2014 UFO – Part 8

I’m so close to finishing this, but I didn’t expect trimming to be such a difficult task. Really have no idea what happened to this quilt, but I was certainly glad when the trimming was finished!!

Finishing my 2014 UFO – Part 7

I’m still trying to finish the 2014 UFO. We’re discovering just how squint this quilt is as we try and quilt the final borders. Trimming this is going to be fun!

Finishing my 2014 UFO – Part 6

I’m still trying to finish the 2014 UFO. The bulk of the quilting is finished and we’re just doing the first red border here with an echoed straight line. Just wish I could sew that fast in real life 😂