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1. Quilt as You Go Project - Video from the Webinar
   QuiltingCoach Penny
   A Quilt as You Go Project is a fun and convenient way to work on a quilt. The idea behind the Quilt as You Go method is that you complete one . . . keep reading
   
   
2. Sewing an Accurate 1/4 inch Seam Allowance
   Sewing accurate 1/4" seam allowances every time will go a long way toward sewing square blocks that are all the same size. The time you spend now marking your machine or testing the measurement of your presser foot may save you time, frustration and fabric in the long run. . . . keep reading
   
   
3. How to Sew Binding Strips to Make One Continuous Piece
   QuiltingCoach Penny
   In this short video, you will see how to sew strips of binding together in order to make one continuous piece of binding for your quilt. . . . keep reading
   
   
4. Friendship Quilt Block Patterns
   Friendship quilts reminds us of our friends and beloved kin who express their care by designing these quilts. These quilts at times also bring a touch of sadness since usually these quilts are designed for those who are moving to distant places. . . . keep reading
   
   
5. Sewing the Convergence Curves
   QuiltingCoach Penny
   The Grand Convergence Experiment moves to its second block. This one has some gentle curves in it. . . . keep reading
   
   
6. Tips for Tying a Quilt
   Last week, we talked about hand quilting. Today, let's look at tying a quilt. First, let's explore the advantages of tying a quilt. . . . keep reading
   
   
7. Tennessee Waltz Quilt for Christmas
   QuiltingCoach Penny
   It's never too early to start a Christmas quilt. And this isn't especially a Christmas Quilt pattern. It's the Tennessee Waltz quilt block done in Christmas colors. You could just as easily do it in Halloween, fall, spring or any other colors you like. . . . keep reading
   
   
8. Download your 10 FREE Easy to Make Quilting Patterns
   QuiltingCoach Penny
   Download your 10 FREE Easy to Make Quilting Patterns, including the latest . . . keep reading
   
   
9. 1930s Butterfly Appliqué Pattern
   These Butterfly appliqué blocks were made by my mother-in-law sometime in the 1930s when she was about 10. . . . keep reading
   
   
10. Getting the Courage to Sew the First Block on the Grand Convergence Experiment
    QuiltingCoach Penny
    There it sits on the flannel wall, just waiting for me to garner the courage to begin sewing -- all of those curved pieces. And so it began one Friday evening. If Ricky can do it, I can, too. Beginning with what I considered to be the easiest block, I took two of the curved pieces, and placed them right sides facing together. . . . keep reading
    
    
11. Gloves for Machine Quilting
    It turns out that in free motion quilting, the machine quilter's hands serve as the feed dogs in directing the quilt under the needle. Why not make your quilting easier with gloves? . . . keep reading
    
    
12. The Ives Color Wheel and the Colors in Your Quilt
    Joen Wolfrom
    In your book Color Play, you introduce the Ives Color Wheel, which is based on pure colors from nature. I stumbled on those colors when I learned to dye fabric. How did you discover that color wheel and its application to fabric? . . . keep reading
    
    
13. Sewing Patches into Blocks
    When you look at a quilt block, can you tell whether it is a 4 patch, 9 patch, 5 patch, or something completely different? . . . keep reading
    
    
14. Quick Tips for Successful Machine Quilting
    QuiltingCoach Penny
    Machine quilting takes practice and good technique. Expert machine quilter, Pam Bauer, shares a few quick tips that will make your machine quilting easier and more successful. To control your stitches, put your hands down on the area you are quilting, like a frame, with your thumbs touching. The area between your hands is the only area to pay attention to as you work. . . . keep reading
    
    
15. Alex Anderson - Picking Designs
    Alex Anderson
    The very first class I took was by a Mennonite woman named Lucy Hilty. Basically we studied Amish quilts, which then in turn meant feathers, cables, eight-pointed stars, when to put in background grids, when not to put in background grids, and all that kind of stuff. It's the basis of how I approach things. . . . keep reading
    
    
16. Cutting Fabric With Scissors
    One pair for fabric, one for paper and templates, one for the rest of the family, and one for threads or ripping. Mark them and let your family know which are for their general use. Wipe your scissor blades with a sheet of fabric softener to make them glide through the fabric easier. . . . keep reading
    
    
17. Quick and Portable Ironing Board
    Anna
    Usually I prefer to have a regular ironing board set up across the room from my work area so that I have to get up and stretch every so often. . . . keep reading
    
    
18. Marking your Quilt for Machine Quilting - Tips from Expert Machine Quilter, Pam Bauer
    I don't know about other quilters but I spend a far amount of time marking my quilting design when I'm hand quilting. What's the best way to mark the quilting design for machine quilting or do you just stitch without marking? . . . keep reading
    
    
19. Candy Corn - Adding a Pieced Border
    QuiltingCoach Penny
    Once the first border was on, I decided to add a second border that suggested pieces of candy corn that are so reminiscent of Halloween -- at least at my house. This turned into striped 60º . . . keep reading
    
    
20. "Quilt Green" with Bonnie Hunter - - -
    QuiltingCoach Penny
    - - - And I'm Not Talking About St. Patrick's Day or Making Quilts with Green Fabric. Using Bonnie Hunter's Scrap User's System, Your Scrap Quilts will Save the Environment and your Sanity (Because Your Fabric Will Be Organized and Easy to Use - without Spending Hours and Hours Organizing it) . . . keep reading
    
    

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