Quilting top stitch

Make your stitching a star on your next quilt by using perle cotton and big stitch quilting adding visual interest and texture to your piece.

Here are my personal favorite two threads for hand quilting. And a couple other supplies you may need for hand quilting.

We're back in the studio with Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilts to learn how she hand quilts! Corey grew up helping her mother and grandmother hand quilt

When I decided to try Big Stitch Quilting, on of my first questions was “What types of threads should I use?” The first thing to know when choosing thread is Big Stitch Quilting is meant to be seen. The stitches are large. Using contrasting thread gives a very prominent folk-art feel to your quilt. I […]

There are dozens of techniques for hand-quilting (aka the freehand stitching you use to decorate a surface), tacking together layers, and closing the edges of a project. #marthastewart #crafts

Do you want to learn how to hand quilt? Now’s the perfect time to get started! If you’re really unfamiliar with hand quilting, head over to read about the supplies you’ll need

#QuiltingTheory - How a quilt is put together | fabric & flowers

Not quite sure what design to choose for the baby quilt you're gifting? Check out this list of 10 different quilting designs especially for baby quilts! These simple walking foot designs can be done quickly on your domestic machine and will enhance the quilt top you created.

Charm About You by Lucy Brennan is all about patchwork and quilting, sewing, embroidery and fabric. Featuring projects, patterns and free tutorials.

Lazy quilters quilt

Learn how to finish your quilts with straight line quilting on your domestic machine. Quilting with straight vertical lines is the easiest way to finish your quilt top. But don't be stuck in the ditch! There are hundreds of variations of straight line quilting that don't involve stitching in the ditch. #epidastudio #simplequilting #straightlinequiltingtutorial

a step by step how to guide to using the star stitch as a quilting stitch (updated for quilters!)

Well, maybe we aren't CRAZY, but we do have a slight obsession with crazy quilts. Both Teri and I (Kara) are fascinated with crazy quilts of all kinds, and we have our good friend and author Janice Vaine to thank for it. At the end of the 2013 Elly Sienkiewicz Appliqué Academy, Jan showed us her latest quilt purchase and her thoughts and ideas for it to be the subject of her next book. When we saw this quilt, it was love at first sight. Embroidery and Patchwork Revisited, by Janice Vaine…

There are many amazing DIY projects that require a bit of sewing, but that doesn’t mean you have to run right out and purchase a sewing machine! Much can be...

Learn how to square a quilt before binding your quilt. No extra supplies are needed and this step by step photo tutorial will show you exactly how to square your quilt. This method can be used to square a quilt block or to square a quilt top, too!

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It’s so much easier than you think! This short post is going to cover a few tips on how to get started with this unique stitch. Caveat: I used a Bernina 570qe which has this stitch programmed into it. If you’re using a different sewing machine, this process may not work for you (although it’s always worth a try!), b

Ok, these strawberry blocks are so addicting! 🍓 I just couldn’t resist making a mini strawberry block with 1” squares, and I’m loving the … | Instagram