Quilting board

A quick tutorial on how to make a portable and inexpensive design wall for your sewing room, with items easily found at your local hardware store.

We are now ready to combine the three layers of our quilt sandwich and ‘quilt’ our project. There are a variety of methods for quilting. I’m going to focus on machine quilting, but we’ll discuss others as well. Basting: Basting is a very important step in the quilting process. It seems tedious, but doing it … Continued

I've wanted to have a stack of design boards for a long time. They're super handy for keeping track of the pieces whenever you have a block that you need to lay out before you can sew it. The fabric pieces stick to the batting, so you don't have to worry about anything getting mixed up! To make the

Portable design board makes it easy for organizing quilting projects. A must have tool for quilting. Make one or purchase ready made ones.

I'm excited to show you how I make my design boards that I told you about in my last post! I made 6 of them that measure 10" x 10" to use when making my 6" blocks... of course you can make as many as you want and in any size according to the projects that you are currently working on. I have several sizes that I use all the time... including ones that are as large as the foam board that I use to make them with. You can get foam core board at any office supply store and usually most…

These aren't your granny's quilts

Hi everyone! We're huge fans of Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet. One of our favorite things about her is her creativity and her famous design boards! If you

Those of you who have been following our YouTube channel for a while will have noticed a number of changes in what we have in the background. It's all about being able to keep things neat and tidy while showcasing what we are working on in the video at the time. We found that having a piece of batting on the wall worked quite well, but it wasn't terribly attractive so we came up with the idea of putting the batting onto a canvas board. Now we tried a few techniques and kept ending up with…

DIY Quilter's Pressing/Ironing Station Tutorial

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Top US quilting blog, Diary of a Quilter, features a tutorial on how to make your own DIY Quilt Design Wall. Click now for step-by-step instructions!

In preparation for Saturday's Applique class at The Old Country Store , I decided to make a batch of pressing boards so each student...

Jul 3, 2019 - Explore Jennifer Luker's board "barn quilt patterns", followed by 681 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about quilt patterns, barn quilt patterns, barn quilt.

I finally ditched my old ironing board (gave it to one of my kids actually) and replaced it with something infinitely more practical and sturdy. I do a LOT of ironing with my etsy shop, plus packing, shipping, etc so...

My Farmer's Wife quilt has now two borders, an 1 inch grey polka dot, and a 4 inch white and light blue stripe. Since I moved in my flat in September, this is the first big quilt I wanted to baste. I used to do it on the floor, usually in our dining room which is…

Temporary fabric markers have a very useful place for hand sewing projects and felt crafts. Use them to mark out patterns for tracing around...

Step-by-step tutorial for making a guilt ironing board.

Lori Holt's Design Board Tutorial with Fat Quarter Shop

The design block is a fabulous sewing aid that helps keep quilt blocks in place. Learn how to make a design board out of foam core, batting, and bias tape.