I'm participating in a Harry Potter Mini Quilt Swap over on Instagram, and as a little extra for my partner, I made a Golden Snitch using English Paper Piecing. https://instagram.com/p/4VmCMNOryO/?taken-by=flyingparrotquilts It's been … [Read more...] about Golden Snitch tutorial
Tutorials
Gnomes and Trees quilt block
Have you started your Christmas sewing yet? Ha, ha. Funny. I generally start Christmas sewing on about December 15th, but I'm way ahead of the curve this year because I asked members of my Stash Bee hive to make Christmas blocks for my turn as Queen … [Read more...] about Gnomes and Trees quilt block
Binding inside corners and joining curved binding tutorial
I'm working on a quilt with a scalloped binding, so I thought I'd share my technique for binding inside corners and joining the binding on a curve. Start with a double-fold bias binding. (Here is some information on making bias binding.) Begin … [Read more...] about Binding inside corners and joining curved binding tutorial
A tip for piecing bindings
I apologize for the long radio silence--I've been finishing up my dissertation, and the last-minute revisions have eaten up all the time I'd rather have spent quilting! But it's over now, and I promise that new quilt pictures are coming soon. In … [Read more...] about A tip for piecing bindings
Mini Lone Star Hexie block tutorial
I'm in the online quilting bee Stash Bee, and May is my month to pick a block for everyone to make! I thought I'd repost my tutorial here. It's based on the larger block by Alia of card table inc. People are already posting beautiful … [Read more...] about Mini Lone Star Hexie block tutorial
Paper piecing presentation
Here is my presentation from the May meeting of the Modern Athens Quilts guild: Foundation piecing presentation from Sylvia Schaefer And here is the handout I passed out. There are some exercises at the bottom--here are the answers and … [Read more...] about Paper piecing presentation
