Does this image strike panic in your heart? I’m sure you’ve had a time or two when your machine was acting up, and you couldn't figure out what in the world was wrong. Or worse, you were well into your piecing when you realized your tension was a mess and it compromised everything you’d just done! Ugh! Let’s not do that anymore :) Here are a couple of tips to help. The first thing to do when troubleshooting tension issues is to rethread your machine top to bottom. Take out the top thread,...

Recently, I received a request asking if I would do a blog about mitering when multiple borders are involved. Well, this week I had an idea that I thought would be a cute way to show that process! I started with a pink plaid cut to 35” x 12” to make the center of a table runner. Then, I cut three strips each of the following border fabrics: pink 1½” wide, light green 1½”, and darker green 2”. Sew the three border strips together, making three identical strip sets. Cut one of those in half, so...

Wow guys, I am impressed with how useful this technique is! I have been wanting to try glue basting for a while now, and I finally got the chance. One of the vendors at Quilt Market was demoing Roxanne Glue-Baste-It. She dotted the glue around a heart-shaped piece of fabric, then turned it over onto the background piece and ironed it in place, essentially drying the glue immediately so she could stitch around it without trouble. They had several examples of other ways you can glue your...