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Looking to learn how to create the perfect baby gift or cozy, personalized blanket for your baby? Start here! In this tutorial, I'm sharing the tips and tricks to create this hand-embroidered swaddle blanket.
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Free Motion Meandering: 4 Simple Tips for Beginners
Free-motion quilting can feel intimidating, but the meandering design is a great place to start. It’s a free-flowing, organic quilting patte
Feb 14 min read
Free Baby Quilt Pattern Featuring Unique Panels: Forest Friends
Today, we're making a baby quilt! This is the perfect pattern for beginners. It's really simple to pull together if you need a quick gift.
Dec 26, 20243 min read
How to Easily Match Fabric Colors
Today, I'm sharing a quick tip that will change your life! Especially if you're on the color-matching struggle bus, too!
Aug 22, 20241 min read
Beginner Quilting Series Part Six: Introduction to Free-Motion Quilting
Welcome to Part Six! This week, we're talking all about free-motion quilting and how to get started. While I could definitely fill a book...
Mar 15, 20245 min read
Beginner Quilting Series Part Four: Deciding How to Quilt Your Quilt
There are two ways that you can quilt your own quilt at home using your sewing machine: using a walking foot or a free-motion foot.
Mar 1, 20244 min read
Beginner Quilting Series Part Three: Batting, Backing & Basting
This week, we will be working together to get it ready to quilt! We will also be talking about the different types of batting available and.
Feb 23, 202410 min read
Beginner Quilting Series- Part One: Fabric Selection and Cutting
Beginning this week, we will be learning more about how to select and cut fabric. I've even got some tricks for you!
Feb 9, 202410 min read
Beginner Quilt Series- Introduction
Looking to learn something new this year? If making a quilt is on your list, you’ve come to the right place! In this series, I’m going to sh
Feb 7, 20243 min read
Small Business Ideas: Inexpensive Baby Quilt Packaging
One of my favorite things to do, aside from sewing, is packaging up a quilt. It requires lots of care, just like making a quilt. All that...
Oct 14, 20233 min read
Whale, Hello Baby Quilt Tutorial
It's not very often that I sew something for myself. Not that I have a baby named Jacob that needed a baby quilt, but my niece sure does!...
Jul 18, 20233 min read
Remembering Colin- Sports Jersey Quilt
It's with a heavy heart that I share a recent project. Not long ago, we lost an important part of our small Waverly Hall, GA community:...
Jun 14, 20232 min read
How to Create a T-Shirt Memory Quilt
Hey, Everyone! Today, I'm here to share the supplies and the steps that I took to create a memory quilt made with t-shirts. Find the...
Feb 25, 20236 min read
The Supplies You Actually Need to Quilt Your First Quilt
You only need FOUR things to quilt your own quilt. Yep...that's it! Years ago, I was doing exactly what you're doing; trying to figure...
Jan 26, 20234 min read
T-shirt Cow Quilt
Would you believe me if I told you that this quilt was made from button-down t-shirts?? I'll prove it! I'm happy to share this post...
Nov 11, 20223 min read
Pink & Purple Dinos
I'm all about some florals for little girls! However, I recently came across some pretty cute pink and purple dinosaurs and had to make...
Sep 23, 20221 min read
Twin Twins
Two twin quilts made with Art Gallery's brand new fabric collection?? I think so! These two twins were a special request from my...
Apr 10, 20221 min read
Catching up with Riley Blake's Block Challenge
It has been a little crazy around here with work, sewing, 2 baseball schedules and everything else! Oh...and did I mention I have TWO...
Apr 10, 20221 min read
Addison
I recently had some reach out to me via Etsy about making a quilt for her daughter coming soon. I always feel a little flutter of...
Mar 10, 20221 min read
Creating a T-Shirt Quilt
A friend of mine gave me a bag of her niece's old jerseys to make into a quilt as a surprise. She has been a softball player all...
Mar 10, 20222 min read
Churn Dash Block
Block 6 is here! Every week, I just don't think they can get any better, and every week I'm wrong! Meet the newest block in the Riley...
Feb 20, 20221 min read
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