Featured Products Zippy | PDF $12.00 Add to cart Inkling | PDF $12.00 Add to cart Harvest Star | PDF $12.00 Add to cart Latest from the blog Spiderweb FMQ At Home!I came up with this free motion quilting (FMQ) spiderweb design a couple of years ago, and it was one of the first blog posts I published. I wanted to quilt spiderwebs on my Halloween quilt but couldn’t find a tutorial anywhere detailing how to do this at home on my domestic sewing machine. I’m really pleased to have found a great design to share with all of you! I’ve updated the tutorial to include a video component because free motion quilting is often easier to do one you’ve seen someone else doing it. See the full video below, and if you like this content, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more! This spiderweb quilting looks great on a quilt, but it would also look lovely on a table runner, pillow, or trick-or-treat bag! To see the original tutorial and halloween quilt I used this spiderweb FMQ design on, click here. You might also like: Spiderweb Free-motion quilting tutorial and a Halloween quilt... Read more...Toddler Quilt CoatI’m still working my courage up to an adult-sized quilt coat! I first made a dog quilt coat, and since that was a success, I decided to work on a human quilt coat, but, not quite adult sized ;). I thought a toddler quilt coat was a good next step into garment making. To make my quilt coat, I first needed a pattern! I found this free quilt coat pattern for toddler size 2-2.5 from Small Dreamfactory. I liked the overall shape and size, so let’s do this! Small Dreamfactory coat pattern I’m working through my stash for this coat, and while rummaging through the scrap bins, I found a bag of HSTs in various sizes leftover from making my Flight Path quilt a couple of years ago. I love that the colors can work for both boys and girls, and thought they would work well as a quilt coat. I rummaged some more for additional scraps of fabric in case I needed to make more HSTs (spoiler alert: I needed waaaay more HSTs!) Flight Path Quilt I played around with different layouts. I wanted the coat to be fun and playful, but not too wild or busy. And since I was working from my stash, what I could or couldn’t do based on amount of fabric on hand was a limiting factor as well. Early mockup Once I decided on a HST design, I went to work creating all the pieces I needed. I decided to make the back and front linings out of flannel for extra warmth, but the sleeves are lined with quilting cotton. Flannel tends to stick to other fabrics, and I have a feeling wrestling a 2 year old in a coat is enough of a workout without adding tricky fabrics into the mix. I hand bound the entire coat with bias binding and big chunky stitches. I love the playfulness that the big stitch binding brings to the piece. For the side seams and sleeve seams, I bound them using the Hong Kong seam technique, which means they’re bound but the back of the fabric is raw to eliminate bulk. However, I did a simple zig-zag stitch around the armholes, since I didn’t want those seams to be too stiff or bulky. I finished the coat with four heavy duty snaps. I love the look of the brass snaps with the playful colors of this coat! Overall, this toddler quilt coat was so much fun to make. It was like making 5 miniature quilts and then putting them all together into a garment! Since I don’t have any toddlers in my life, I’ve popped this coat into my shop! Update: sold! The pattern is sized for a 2-2.5 year old and I would gauge that sizing to be fairly accurate. I had my 3.5 year old neighbor try it on and it was a smidge too tight on him, and my 16 month old nephew absolutely drowned in it, so based on that very limited testing, I’d gauge the pattern size to be pretty true to size. Here’s the finished measurements: Armpit to sleeve: 9″Width from armpit to armpit: 13.25″Length from shoulder to bottom hem: 16.5″ If you need a wider range of sizes for your toddler quilt coat, I love the look of this Pixie Pea Coat by Twig and Tale. I think it would be easy to adapt it into a quilt coat pattern. Since this toddler quilt coat was such fun, I feel pretty good now about making an adult version. I just have to be brave enough to chop up the quilt I have for this purpose! Wish me luck! You might also like: Dog Quilt Coat!... Read more...Sunny Stocking | Using AccuquiltAre you planning any Christmas sewing this year? I decided to start early and join the Sunny Stocking SAL hosted by Sunny Day Supply. However, I didn’t feel like cutting out all of the diamonds by hand. If you’re like me, I have the perfect solution! You can use your Accuquilt Go! Cutter to quickly and accurately cut all of the diamonds you need for the Sunny Stocking! Materials: Scraps for stocking front, I used fabrics from the Santa Claus Lane collection by Riley Blake Designs, along with some Riley Blake basics1/3 yd fabric for backing1/3 yd fabric for stocking lining2.5″ x 18″ piece for top binding2″ x 4″ for stocking loopSunny Stocking TemplateAccuquilt Go! CutterAccuquilt 2.5″ strip die Instructions: Print and cut the Sunny Stocking Template at 100% percent. For my stocking, I chose to use the 2.5″ strip die, but you could play around with the size of your diamonds. The closest fit to the original tutorial’s diamond size is to use the 3″ strip die. If you feel like making less diamonds, you can use the 3.5″ strip die. I’m planning my next one with the 3.5″ die. The sky is the limit! For this tutorial I’ll assume you’re also using the 2.5″ strip die and will give measurements coordinating to this die.Start by cutting strips of fabric. The 2.5″ die will be able to cut 3 diamonds at once and will need a 14″ long strip. I chose to do 3 diamonds out of every one of my fabrics to get a scrappy look. The total number of diamonds you’ll need is 39. 3. Once you’ve cut your strips, place them diagonally on the strip cutter using the 45 degree line as your guide. Make sure that your fabric extends all the way past the first and last blades. Remember, you can cut up to 6 layers at once, so feel free to stack them all up! 4. The Accuquilt Strip Cutter will cut perfect diamonds for you! 5. I used my Accuquilt to cut out all of my non-directional fabrics. Then, I used one of my already cut diamonds to create a template to fussy cut the adorable Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Cutting your diamonds with Accuquilt is best for non-directional fabrics. 6. Once you have all of your fabrics cut, lay them out in the order you want and sew them together. In my example below, I only used 34 diamonds, and it definitely was too tight. I ended up adding a couple of scraps to get to the required width. See the mock-up diagram below for the correct layout using 39 diamonds. Don’t be like me try to get away with less diamonds! Correct diagram using 39 diamonds 7. Make sure your stocking template fits over your sewn panel, then baste and quilt your pieces. I like to baste and quilt my backing as well. Be sure when tracing and cutting your backing that you flip your template over!! You can see that I had to eek out that seam. Phew! 8. Continue with the tutorial on the Sunny Day blog to finish your stocking. I chose to add a piece of binding to the top of mine instead of the method detailed on the Sunny Day blog. To do this, sew together your front and back pieces, right sides together, and flip right side out. Sew together the two lining fabrics, and stuff it inside your exterior stocking. The only raw seam you should have showing is the top seam. Baste the lining and the exterior together with a 1/8″ seam allowance, add your loop, then use the 2.5″ x 18″ piece of fabric to bind all the layers together. Looking for more ways to use your Accuquilt? Find all my tutorials, tips, and tricks here! You might also like: Invisible Seam Backing | A Tutorial Stripe Matched Binding | A Tutorial Fussy Cut Binding Motif | A Tutorial Scrappy Zipper Pouch Tutorial... Read more... Follow us on Instagram I have teamed up with 4 other quilt pattern design I’ve added VIDEO to my popular scrappy zipper po I had extra fabric so I put together two PRE-CUT q Phew! This top took no time at all! 😅 Looks lik Load More... Follow on Instagram
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