Envelope Pillows and Valances
My Rag Quilt and matching Pillows
Since the previous article was on the Rag Quilt I wanted to show you what can be done after the quilt is finished. I had originally made the rag quilt for our great room couch and had tons of left over fabric. So I decided to make some envelope pillows [...]
Economic Fabric Shopping
I love to fabric shop but in todays economy paying $9 dollars and higher per yard can really become expensive, and you will find you can easily spend hundreds of dollars to make a quilt.
I find myself buying more and more fabric on [...]
Getting Stains out of Fabric and Quilts
Do you have a stain that just wont budge? There is nothing more frustrating then putting hours into a project to only have it get stained. I have a little secret I have been using for quite awhile and it really has about an 85% success rate for me. Not only does it work great [...]
Free Quilt Patterns
I had a few emails asking if I knew of some Free Quilt Pattern sites. Well I actually do and figured I would list them in order by my favorites:
1. Free Quilt Patterns Hands down this is my favorite, she really has put together a wonderful site.
2. Quilters Cache Another great site! This site has got me [...]
How to Make a Rag Quilt
I absolutely love Rag Quilting! It is such an easy and unique way to put a quilt together fast! The one in the picture to the left is a twin quilt I finished in one weekend using 7″ squares.
Here is how to start.
1. Chose the size blocks you would to begin with…of course the larger [...]
Learn how to Quilt
WARNING…learning to quilt can cause fabric addiction beyond belief!
If you have never even sewn on a machine in your life believe it or not quilting can be accomplished easily. No home-ec skills needed! Quilting to me is just so soothing. I can be stressed beyond belief and sit in front of my cutting table and [...]
