By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I've been binding quilts for decades but until recently had never done what I'm about to show you. I have never seen this step spelled out in binding instructions and I can't quite determine why, as I find it to be very helpful. Sew the binding to the [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador My current project is a sampler quilt called Halloween Figs from Joanna Figueroa at Fig Tree & Co. I'm making mine more scrappy than the original, which means there's a new decision at every turn. Yesterday I came to the point I always reach in a scrap quilt, [...]
I hope you've watched the story of Kelsey Cooley, the first of many in our And I Quilt campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pQWYc6I1fY Now we're having a related giveaway on Instagram. Here's the scoop: The giveaway is for a foldable storage box for your quilting supplies. It's perfect for toting, organizing or stashing and it comes in our [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador The difference between sewing with a dual-feed accessory and a regular presser foot is significant, and it's worth making sure you understand the difference. Knowing when to perform each kind of sewing will make your work more accurate, and I think that makes creating more fun. When you [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador These little stars are so easy and so much fun to make. I get into my scrap bin and cut the patches regularly so that I can make them whenever I have a few minutes. This block finishes at 4" when sewn into a quilt. It will be [...]
I spent time with two of my great-nieces recently and they made their first quilts. The HQ Stitch 210 turned out to be perfect for a first-time sewing experience. Based on their excitement, I think it's safe to say I converted them! My nieces are 9 and 12 and they're delightful little people. They are [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador We're well on our way to making a Dresden Plate. Today we'll join the blades we made in Part 3. If you missed them, see Part 1 and Part 2. Use a stitch length of 2mm or about 13 stitches per inch. This is a normal stitch length [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I have an ongoing love affair with the Dresden Plate. It began about 10 years ago when I made this quilt from vintage blocks. All Drezzed Up by Diane Harris I’d purchased 20 blocks for 20 dollars (my kind of bargain!) and I made 32 smaller [...]
I'm making the Quiltville Mystery Quilt by Bonnie Hunter this year, along with tens of thousands of other quilters. I've done it twice before and I enjoyed it each time. This year's quilt is called Good Fortune, and it has some string pieced units. My HQ Stitch 510 made short work of them. I needed [...]
I have one more strategy I employ when cutting up fabric to make scrap quilts. Once I've done the work of pressing, layering and squaring up fabrics that I'm going to cut, I never cut just what is needed. I make other cuts, too. Here's what I mean. I've layered these four fabrics for an [...]
