by Joni | Oct 3, 2023 | Tutorials
You can’t always start and end your quilting off the edge of your quilt. Here is my latest tutorial walking you through how to bury your threads to keep your quilting nice and...
by Joni | Aug 14, 2023 | Tutorials
A few weeks ago, I was trying to finish my some quilt tops so I could have a weekend baste-a-thon. Quilting the quilt is my favorite step, so I like to build up a small pile before basting so I always have something fun to work on. One of those tops was my wall...
by Joni | Jun 2, 2023 | Tutorials
Every quilt pattern has a label on it telling you how advanced it is to work through. But what do those quilt pattern skill levels really mean? If you’re like I was several years ago, you either completely undervalued your own skills or you dove into something...
by Joni | Jul 26, 2022 | Tutorials
I’m about to release my very first pattern (squeeee!), and I’ve become somewhat of an expert on flying geese. I thought I’d get you ready for the pattern by sharing my very best flying geese tips. Use Pins or Change Your Presser Foot Tension Even...
by Joni | Sep 14, 2020 | Tutorials
I’m here to implore you to label your quilts! There are a lot of reasons we don’t label quilts, and they’re all crap. You don’t think it’s good enough. (It is.) You’ll remember all the details about it. (You won’t.) No one in...
by Joni | Mar 19, 2019 | Tutorials
When I first started quilting nearly 20 years ago, the method for making half-square triangles was pretty straightforward and limiting. Cut your squares 7/8-inch larger than the finished block, stack them together, sew a 1/4-inch seam on both sides of a center line,...