Blog Posts

Zipper Installation Tips

4/16/2019

This demonstration on various installations and improvements for the zippers in the Sew Together Bag was given at the April 2019 meeting.

1. Installing the zipper as directed in the pattern
Zipper Technique 1 Video (Basic Zipper installation starts at :45)
Zipper Technique 1 Tutorial

2. Trim down a longer zipper
Zipper Technique 2 Tutorial

Zipper Magic Tip
Zipper Pull Video (Start at 1:28 for the directions)

3. Zippers with tabs #1
Zipper Technique 3 Tutorial

4. Zippers with tabs #2
Zipper Technique 4 Tutorial/Video

5. Outside Zipper
Outside Zipper and Binding Video (start at 1:52 for outside Zipper Installation)

Or click this icon to download a file with all the links in one spot:

Bullet Journaling for Quilters

3/20/2018

Download the full presentation by clicking the icon below.

Paper Piecing Tips

1/16/2018

This tutorial covers how to paper piece without sewing through the paper! The tutorial shows freezer paper, but you can also use regular printer paper and just a dab from a glue stick to hold your fabric in place.

This tutorial shows how to quickly and easily make sure that your fabric will cover the entire area needed for a given section.

Checking Your Seam Allowances

8/15/2017

This tutorial from Poppy Creates was demo'ed at our August 2017 meeting.

Reverse Applique

6/13/2017

Click the icon below to download a tutorial on reverse applique.

What Makes Modern?

5/9/2017

At our May meeting, we held a discussion on what makes quilts "feel modern, centering around the following characteristics:

wide use of “negative space”
minimalism
asymmetry
different scale
“Made to be used”
improvisation
“cropping”
“modern traditionalism”
absence of borders
use of modern colors/fabrics
“alternate [or alternative2] gridwork” or “breaking the grid”
Pieced backings
mixed textiles
use of gray

Click the icon below to download the full talk.

Using Value In Quilts

4/11/2017

Blendoku: A color matching game to help improve your color perception. Available on Android and Apple. (As the game advances the matching depends more on value and/or saturation rather than just hue.)

Blog Series on Using Value in Quilts
Using Value in Modern Quilts (Stitched in Color)
Using Value to Lead the Eye (Badskirt)
Understanding Value (Where the Orchids Grow)
Value Dynamics (Blue Elephant Stitches)
Value Patterns (Stitched in Color)

Helpful Blog Posts:
The Importance of Value (Dainty Time)
Value Overview (Craftsy)
Using Value to Create Contrast (Quilts by Jen)
Understanding Value in Relation to Color (Quilts by Jen)
Using Value to Make Your Quilts "Pop" (Academy of Quilting)
How Color Value Can Improve Your Quilts (Sweet Briar Sisters)
Using Value to Create a Pattern (Seasoned Homemaker)
Using Value to Change a Quilt's "Feel" and Create Optical Illusions (The Spruce)

Pinterest Board of Quilts Using Value

Fabric Burn Test

2/14/2017

Click the icon below to download a document that details how to conduct a burn test to determine the fiber content of an unknown fabric.

Lined Stocking Tutorial

12/13/2016

The lined stocking tutorial that Lisa discussed in her Sew and Tell can be found here.

How to Rotary Cut Bias Binding

3/8/2016

Click this icon to download a one page tutorial on how to rotary cut bias binding.