Quilting

Bold, geometric quilt patterns that helped use up fabric scraps and recycle used clothing were favorites of 19th century Amish quilters, are are still popular today.

Dec 14, 2009 - Christine Mann

Learn several easy ways to use solid focus fabrics to bring harmony to a string quilt's many different colors and patterns.

Dec 10, 2009 - Christine Mann

String quilts make good use of extra fabric scraps and help reduce waste in your quilting room. Learn all about string quilting and how easy it is to get started.

Dec 4, 2009 - Christine Mann

These five favorite quilt blocks are made entirely from half-square triangle units or half-square triangles combined with squares. They can be made in many sizes.

Nov 19, 2009 - Christine Mann

Binding a quilt with a durable double-fold fabric strip binding helps protect the quilt's edges from wear and gives the quilt a decorative touch.

Nov 17, 2009 - Christine Mann

Using a monochromatic color palette can produce quilts of great visual power and sophistication. The secret is in the way light and dark fabrics are combined.

Oct 20, 2009 - Christine Mann

Art quilts are quite a recent development in the centuries-long history of quilting. Here is the story of how quilts went from bed tops to gallery and museum walls.

Oct 6, 2009 - Christine Mann

Learn how using a mixture of both light and dark fabrics helps create quilts with color combinations that please the eye.

Sep 24, 2009 - Christine Mann

Art quilts marry the traditional craft of quilting with concepts and techniques imported from the fine arts and graphic design.

Sep 4, 2009 - Christine Mann

Don't like hand sewing? Here's how to bind a quilt with a continuous binding strip that is attached to the quilt from the back side, then machine-sewed to the front side.

Jun 28, 2009 - Christine Mann

Learn which quilting fabrics, threads, needles, and battings are used by experienced heirloom machine quilters to create intricate quilted effects with no hand stitching.

Jun 16, 2009 - Christine Mann

Doing your own quilting can save a lot of money and be artistically satisfying, too. Here are the tools and supplies you'll need to machine quilt your own quilts.

Jun 6, 2009 - Christine Mann

It takes just an hour or two to make one-of-a-kind potholders from leftover fabric and batting. Potholders make great wedding shower, housewarming, or hostess gifts.

May 25, 2009 - Christine Mann

Use this fast-piecing grid technique when you want to make more than a few half-square triangle blocks at once from the same two fabrics.

Apr 28, 2009 - Christine Mann

There are many ways to make half-square triangles, one of quilting's indispensable building blocks. Here are some of the most popular ways to piece them

Apr 24, 2009 - Christine Mann

If this year was yet another year when you didn't make much progress on reducing your stack of unfinished quilt tops, it's time to take a new approach.

Jan 1, 2009 - Christine Mann

A quilt backed with fleece instead of batting and cotton backing fabric is wonderfully light and warm. Learn the tricks to quilting with fleece successfully.

Dec 23, 2008 - Christine Mann

If you're a time-challenged quilter - or a beginner who would like to start with a quick and easy quilt - here are four basic blocks you can make fast with strip piecing.

Oct 18, 2008 - Christine Mann

Every quilt you make has its own story to tell. Keeping a quilter's journal helps you remember the details of how and why you created each quilt.

Sep 9, 2008 - Christine Mann

Fabric is probably a quilter's greatest storage challenge. Arrange your fabric by size and color to make it easier to find what you need when you start a new project.

Sep 8, 2008 - Christine Mann

Even the smallest quilting space needs to include separate work stations for sewing, cutting, and pressing, plus storage space for fabric, tools, and other supplies.

Sep 5, 2008 - Christine Mann

The Nine-Patch block, consisting of nine squares arranged in a checkerboard pattern, is one of the mainstays in any quilter's block repertoire. Here's how to make them.

Jul 20, 2008 - Christine Mann

Learn how to make a simple Four-Patch block consisting of four squares, two squares of lighter fabric and two of darker fabric, arranged in a checkerboard pattern.

Jul 17, 2008 - Christine Mann

Strip piecing can dramatically cut the time it takes to sew together many pieced quilt blocks. Try these tricks other quilters use for strip piecing success.

Jul 15, 2008 - Christine Mann

While accuracy is important in every step of piecing - in measuring, cutting, sewing and pressing-you need to make sure you are sewing a consistent quarter-inch seam.

Jun 26, 2008 - Christine Mann