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Almost everyone has either done some quilting, or given some serious thought about learning this art. And even if you don't ever plan to make a full sized quilt for a king sized bed, there are lots of great ways to use designs and techniques from the quilting side of the sewing room. Coming soon - our next collection will be designs you can use in quilting, or many other projects. We would love to see some of your creations too!
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Quilting Edition
 Crazy Quilt Applique
Crazy: Adjective (crazier, craziest) kreyzee Quilt: Noun (quilt) kwilt Applique: Noun (appliqué) Alright, well maybe not madness or insanity but something more akin to: Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with. Now this definitely sounds like a quilter. How about you? Do you like the look of crazy quilts? We have a neat little way to combine it with machine embroidery applique. If we've piqued your curiosity, check out our PDF for Crazy Quilt Embroidery Applique. GRAB IT HERE...
Occasionally, a new quilter will find that some of their blocks appear to be misshapen, and/or lumpy. There are a couple of tricks to tame those blocks and make them behave. Most important to a finished project is knowing what size each block should be when it is complete --- for instance, if the directions tell you that the finished block should measure 12 1/2 inches, then a block that is 12 3/4 in one direction and 12 1/2 inches in the other direction just won't work. Should you cut off the excess? No, that can sometimes lead to disaster --- especially if there was a lot of piecing done inside of the block. Try this trick... press your finished blocks on a gridded surface. You can even place masking tape on your ironing board to temporarily show you exactly how big a 12 1/2 inch square would be. Press your square with the larger sides pulled in a little bit, so the block measures square when done. Now, use a can of spray starch to tame the excess and any lumps you may have. If the block is really out of whack, you can spray it with a little bit of starch, and walk away until it's dry. Just spraying it will make it shrink up a bit. Now, turn your iron back on, match up your edges to your grid (or tape), starch again, and press. Do not drag the iron back and forth --- that's called ironing. Just set the iron down on top of the block and keep moving from one area to the next.
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