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Quilting· Quilts· Techniques· Tutorials

How to Make a Friendship Quilt

Sometimes life calls for quilts...sometimes friends, family, and loved ones need to be wrapped in our love...even if we can't be with them. And sometimes people need to be wrapped in the love of more than one person...and when those times come a friendship quilt is in order. I've had the privilege of putting together several of these friendship quilts and I love each and everyone.  But with each quilt I've learned a little something to make the next quilt even better and today I'm ... View the Post

$5 Friday· Home Decorating· Seasonal· Sew for Home· sewing· Techniques· Tutorials

Easy Valentine Pillows Tutorial

Today we have some easy Valentine Pillow Tutorials for you...well...maybe more like a how-to's rather than tutorials...but either way they are easy and I really love them so let's get started. To make each of these pillows I followed the instructions from THIS POST about HOW TO MAKE A PILLOW COVER and then just made a few minor changes.... For my heart quilt I started with a 20" x 20" square of striped home dec weight fabric along with two 13" x 20" pieces of coordinating home dec ... View the Post

By Popular Demand Fabric· Riley Blake· sewing· Techniques· Tutorials

Tips and Tricks for Sewing With Knit

Today as part of our By Popular Demand fabric tour we wanted to share some quick tips and tricks for working with knit fabric...since By Popular Demand was designed for knits!!! Knit fabrics are made very differently than woven fabrics (like quilting cottons)...they are made to move and stretch while wovens are (for the most part) meant to stay stationary...so they do need to be handled differently...which has a tendency to make some people nervous. But knits are not scary to work with and ... View the Post

sewing· Teach the One 2 Sew· Techniques· Tutorials· Tutorials· Uncategorized

Teach Yourself to Sew With 11 Easy Tutorials

If you have ever wanted to try your hand at sewing but didn't know where to begin then this is a perfect post for you!  Today we have 11 simple tutorials that you can use to teach yourself how to sew.  For real...we will begin with the basics and work up from there. Let's start with terminology...when I started sewing and quilting I quickly discovered that these pastimes have a vocabulary all their own. ... View the Post