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Quilt Tutorials

Category: <span>Quilt Tutorials</span>

Learn how to quilt with our new free quilt tutorials – from basic quilt blocks like flying geese to binding a quilt to quilting tips and tricks. Enjoy the surprise of a disappearing nine patch pattern or find a comfy chair to learn English paper piecing. Browse our quilt tutorials for tested techniques.

Quilt Making Basics

Press seams inside

How to Press Your Seams in Quilting?

We asked some of our favorite quilters: "When it comes to pressing seam allowances, people can be set in their ways. (See what we did there??) Which camp are you...

Pinned quilt sleeve to quilt back

How to Make a Hanging Sleeve for a Quilt

Want to hang your quilt on a wall? Here is the best way to make a hanging sleeve for a quilt! Most quilts are hung using a rod or a...

Finished facing from the back of the quilt

How to Face a Quilt

There are many different ways to face a quilt, but this is my favorite technique. This method reduces bulk in the corners, and the stay stitching makes a nice clean...

More Quilt Tutorials

quarter log cabin layout option 2

Quarter Log Cabin Quilt Pattern

Start with a square and then add strips to two sides to make the quarter log cabin quilt pattern. A variation of the traditional log cabin quilt pattern, his makes…
wonky log cabin layout option 3

Wonky Log Cabin Quilt Pattern

The wonky log cabin quilt pattern is a version of the traditional log cabin quilt block. A perfect pattern to use up your fabric scraps. All you need is a…
Finished four squares for the underground log cabin quilt block

Log Cabin Quilt Pattern

Log cabin quilt pattern is a well-known and popular traditional quilt block, with strips sewn around a center square. Some sources claim that the log cabin quilt pattern is the…
Disappearing four patch finished

Disappearing Four Patch

The disappearing four patch is an easy quilt pattern that starts with the basic four patch quilt block that gets cut and sewn back together again. There are several ways…
Monkey Wrench Quilt Block finished block 4

Monkey Wrench Quilt Block

The monkey wrench quilt block is a nine-patch format using half square triangles, center square and strip sets, perfect for beginners! The layout an uneven nine patch since the center…
Completed Pineapple Quilt Block

Pineapple Quilt Block

The Pineapple quilt block is a variation of the Log Cabin block, but with eight "logs" or strips around a center square instead of four. How to get eight strips…
Cross Roads finished 2

How to Make the Cross Roads Quilt Block

Do you know how many different variations there are for the Cross Roads Quilt Block? Here I'm showing you how to make the block that was originally attributed to Nancy…
Maple Leaf Quilt Block finished

Maple Leaf Quilt Block

The maple leaf quilt block is a simple nine patch quilt block made from solid squares, half square triangles and a square with a center stripe. This quilt block is…
Endless stairs finished quilt 3

Endless Stairs Quilt Block

The Endless Stairs quilt block is a four-patch quilt pattern. It can be made with 2, 3 or 4 fabrics. It is sometimes referred to as London Stairs or Winding…

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