by Katy Cameron | 15.05.2017 | Quilt Making Basics, Tutorials
I was facing a pretty daunting task over the weekend – my mystery project (which will be revealed on here on Wednesday) had hundreds of thread ends to bury. Suggestions on Instagram were to get self threading or spiral thread needles, and I did order some, but...
by Katy Cameron | 27.02.2017 | Quilt Making Basics, Tutorials
It occurred to me as I was working my way through my latest bee block that sometimes it can be challenging to see what the best way to assemble a complex block or quilt top is, especially when there are many odd sized pieces and they’re not in a nice, neat grid...
by Katy Cameron | 23.01.2017 | Quilt Making Basics, Tutorials
A traditional quilt top is made up of equally sized blocks, stitched together to form a square or rectangular grid. As I came to assemble my Super Size Economy Block quilt, it occurred to me that the way I sew mine together is not exactly the way that convention...
by Katy Cameron | 16.01.2017 | Product Reviews, Quilt Making Basics, Reviews
I was recently asked if I would review Christa Watson’s new Craftsy class, The Quilter’s Path: I’m a great fan of Christa’s books, and have spent quite some time in my beginner quilting classes poring over all the options for the students that...
by Katy Cameron | 12.12.2016 | Bag Making Basics, Quilt Making Basics, Sewing Basics, Tutorials, Uncategorized
Sewing patterns come in a number of forms, both in paper format and online. When the templates in them are used well you get a nice, well assembled item, however it’s quite easy to introduce errors in certain sections that lead to frustrating misalignments and...
