Quilting

Quilts have been made by hand for centuries, and some of the oldest quilts predate the founding of the United States. The basic quilt stitch has not changed in all that time. A piece of thread is...

Sewing machines make life easy. Repairing, hemming and even making your own clothes gives you freedom and is an easy skill to master. Knowing how to create beautiful and practical quilts is...

Crazy-quilt (crazy-patchwork) layers are constructed in the same manner as any quilt. However, the top is constructed differently. With conventional quilting, the tops are pieced with precisely...

Your quilt is basted, your pattern is marked, and now you're ready to make your first quilt. Take some time to practice a few basic techniques, and you'll learn how to make your quilt an heirloom...

Yo-yo flowers allow for creativity in quilting or sewing, and are great for embellishments on fabric crafts. These are usually hand sewing and are easy to take along for crafts on the go. Yo-yo...

Machine sewing is a must for the quilter as modern day machines have the ability to quickly and uniformly sew a quilt together, leaving time for the quilter to plan the next quilt. A classic quilt...

When it comes to hand quilting, once you learn the basics you can follow virtually any pattern. There are, however, a few hand quilting pattern tips that can help you make easy work of what can...

Machine quilting is the act of sewing together the three layers of a quilt--the quilt top, batting and backing fabric--using a sewing machine rather than hand quilting with a sewing needle. It is...

The process is simple. It relies on getting the knot through the weave in your fabric, and most of the time, the thread goes right through and ends up inside your quilt.

Every quilter has small or medium size pieces of batting left over from a quilt project. And most of us don't like to just throw them away. But what do you do with them? Sew them together to make...

Quilting by hand is the original method of quilting. Machine quilting is a relatively new quilting method. Hand quilting, on the other hand, has stood the test of time. Some quilters prefer to...

Making a quilt can be easier than most people think. These quilts are wonderful, because they can be made in any print desired. With the economy today, quilts and comforters are increasingly...

Applique is the art of cutting and designing decorative images from a variety of colored and textured material and sewing or fusing, them to a larger piece of material such as, a wall hanging or...

A quilter in a discussion group asked what to do with small pieces of batting, and she expressed concern about wasting batting when her quilt was smaller than the batting, and she had pieces of...

Making a yo yo quilt is a fun and decorative way to gather all your left over fabric pieces together and use them to make a beautiful craft project. Here are the steps for making your own yo yo quilt.

Quilt making has been around for generations. Maybe you remember a handmade quilt from your childhood. Maybe someone gave you one as a gift and now you want to make your own quilt. Quilts not only...