by lsmith | Aug 8, 2019 | Quilting Tips
Ironing Pressing Have you every followed a quilt instruction that says to press your seams open for a half square triangle? If you were anything like me, you would pull out your steam iron, put it on the open seam, and run it up and down the length of the seam to make...
by lsmith | Aug 7, 2019 | Quilting Tips
There is a great debate amongst quilters – should I or shouldn’t I wash my fabrics before quilting? My answer is that it depends. I have a series of questions that may help you decide for yourself if the fabrics for your project should be washed before...
by lsmith | Jul 26, 2019 | Quilting Tips
Have you ever read a pattern or visited a website and they mention precuts? Have you ever wondered what precuts are? Precuts are usually sets of fabric pieces assembled by the manufacturer, although shops may package their own as well. Precuts aren’t really kits...
by lsmith | Jul 25, 2019 | Quilting Tips
My mom always told me that you could tell the quality of a fabric by the feel. She used to walk through the fabric stores running her fingers across the bolts. When she came to one that felt good, she would decide if she liked how it looked. Most people look first...
by lsmith | Jul 23, 2019 | Quilting Tips
Ever have one of those days when nothing seems — or seams — to be going right? Let me tell you about one of those days. It was supposed to be simple: piece a backing so that I could load a quilt on the longarm. Ten minutes for one seam, tops. Three hours later, I was...
by lsmith | Jul 17, 2019 | Quilting Tips
A friendly guide to figuring out bed measurements, quilt size terms, and the tricks quilters use to avoid — or fix — a quilt that doesn’t quite fit. This was one of my very first large quilts. (My sister owns the infamous first-first quilt — and trust me, that story...
