Who Gives a Flying FQ About Accuracy? Do you give a flying FQ about accuracy? While we love the freedom and creativity of improv-piecing, sometimes quilters require accurately pieced blocks for charity projects, guild block lottos, bees, planned projects of a required size, and preserving carefully pieced points. Fabric is expensive and time is precious; in this… Read More
Fabulously Fused Modern Quilts Using fusible web to create modern quilts means no shape is off limits! This tutorial with Sue Bleiweiss will show you how easy it is to create dynamic modern quilts using fusing as your primary construction technique. She’ll walk you through the basics of using fusible web as well as… Read More
Many Voices as One: How to Make a Community Quilt So you want to make a community quilt! It’s fun to dive right in, but it’s wise to pause, ask yourself a few questions, and get some good advice. For instance, will your quilt have message? What are the best ways to incorporate a variety of points of view? Do… Read More
Fabric Design for Quilters: A Crash Course Whether you’d like to design your own fabrics, want to know how to choose fabrics to make your quilt projects more successful, it helps to know about the fundamentals of fabric print design. This webinar will walk you through different print types, how prints and collections are created for the retail… Read More
No Rulers, No Rules: Creating Cohesive Improv Quilts Without a Plan Wondering how to create a truly improvised quilt that looks cohesive in the end? Shelagh (pronounced Shay-la) Jessop from Stuart Moores Textiles breaks down and outlines her process in easy to follow steps, to help you create beautiful improvised quilts without a plan, a ruler, a rotary cutter, or much… Read More
Curves and Strips with Jen Carlton-Bailly, Fresh Quilting 103 In this episode of Fresh Quilting, we look at quilt construction piece by piece. Modern quilter Jen Carlton-Bailly shows how one simple curved block can be used in hundreds of designs. Then, fiber artist Shelly Gilliland joins Heather Grant with ideas for a quilting Service Day. Finally, join textile artist Chawne Kimber… Read More
Design Options with Christina Cameli, Fresh Quitling 101 It’s Fresh Quilting‘s very first episode! Author and free-motion quilt artist Christina Cameli explains her methods for determining which areas to quilt and showcases some of her best free-motion techniques. Next Heather Grant and art historian/quilter Allison Evans discuss best practices for planning a charity quilt event. And finally, author and quilter Jacquie Gering… Read More
Messages and Motifs with Chawne Kimber, Fresh Quilting 105 On this episode of Fresh Quilting, Chawne Kimber uses raw-edge appliqué to create quilts with themes of social justice. Then, quilt guild activist Katie Jones-Burford offers tips for planning a quilt show on a shoestring budget. Finally, Rebecca Kemp Brent shows off a modern feather design for an updated whole… Read More
Old to New with Elizabeth Dackson, Fresh Quilting 106 In this episode of Fresh Quilting, join quilt pattern designer Elizabeth Dackson for a journey into the world of “modern traditionalism”: making traditional quilt blocks new again. Then, Heather Grant and Brenda Ratliff discuss the best way to book faculty for quilting events. Finally, Elizabeth Dackson reveals her top tips… Read More
Design Alternatives with Jacquie Gering, Fresh Quilting 107 In this episode of Fresh Quilting, contemporary quilter Jacquie Gering manipulates traditional quilting grids to show how to arrange blocks in new ways. Then, join Katie Jones-Burford and Elizabeth Dackson as they discuss how to form a new Modern Quilt Guild chapter. Finally, learn new bias tape appliqué techniques from Latifah… Read More
