I had a wild idea this week! I've never found much use for border prints, but then I thought of something and had to give it a try. I was really drawn to this border print designed by Anna Maria Perry. It was the perfect bohemian floral for a friend's new living room decor. I paired it with several complementing shades of solids, all cut into 2½” strips. First, I cut a pile of 2½” diamonds. You can do this with all three sizes of my ruler, so no matter which one you have, i

Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know! I was asked a couple of weeks ago about my “perfectly mitered” binding corners, and it made me realize how useful a tutorial would be. I've been doing my bindings this way for at least 20 years, so I've had a lot of practice. But, I think I can share what I have learned, and maybe it’ll help you too! For the first few quilts, you might want to mark your seam allowance at the corners before you bind. This will give you a strong vis

Do you have a layer cake sitting around that you can’t quite figure out what to do with? Well, I have a few of them and was really stumped as to what to do. Layer cakes (typically a pack of (42) 10” squares) are a great way to get a variety of fabric from a new collection without buying yardage of each piece. But, then you have to find something that uses 10” squares! This week, I think I figured out something clever :) I’m calling it Double Diamonds. You’ll need (25) 10” squ

This week, I revisited a really fun project. Some of you may remember my free pattern for the Sunny Scraps table runner. Well, this week I was teaching that as a virtual class, so I had to make it again in front of the camera! Why not see what this looks like in pinks! Oh my gosh!! I am so crazy about this version! I also added an alternate leaf-setting triangle that wasn’t in the original, so scroll down to the final assembly section to see how that was done. Anyway, this wa