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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

Stack of old quilts

Quilt Size Chart

So, how wide or long should the finished quilt be? We've compiled the most common sizes of quilts, which batting size to use and how to calculate the finished size…
Broderie perse peacock finished

Broderie Perse

Looking for another reason to take a perfectly good piece of fabric and cut it up to make something new? Broderie perse is an appliqué technique where motifs, such as…
Modern Bargello quilt top finished

How to Make a Bargello Quilt

A bargello quilt looks difficult with its intricate quilt pattern and wave like pattern, but is perfect for beginners. It is made from strips of fabrics sewn together, shifted 90-degrees,…
Flower basket quilt pattern layout option 2

Flower Basket Quilt Pattern

Learn how to make a flower basket quilt block with half square triangles, triangles and rectangles. This flower basket quilt pattern is perfect for confident beginners who have (or want)…
Rail fence quilt top sewn together from jelly roll strips

Rail Fence Quilt Pattern

The rail fence quilt pattern is perfect for beginners. Begin by sewing strips of fabric together, cut them apart into squares and then rotate them to make a pattern for…
Courthouse Steps final sewn together

Courthouse Steps Quilt Pattern

The courthouse steps quilt pattern is a very common traditional quilt block. It is perfect for beginners using only squares and rectangles. There are no tricky seams or bias (stretchy)…
Crumb quilting heart postcard

Crumb Quilting

Are you a saver of your fabric scraps? Do you love quilting projects that aren't all about precision? Then crumb quilting is for you! Pull out two scraps and sew…
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 quilt finished

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…

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