Curved piecing

[Updated on February 3, 2020.] Many of you loved my quilt pattern “Victorian Fans“. I made this curved paper piecing tutorial with step-by-step photos to show you how to put together those beautiful blocks. You can feature your favorite prints on the bottom of the fans, then use a contrasting, darker fabric for the tips. …

Sewing curved pieces or strips usually scares off most quilters but with these simple key concepts the results are amazing every time.

A pre cut kit of curved pieces makes for interesting sewing and a cool block when finished.

Yesterday on QUILTsocial we looked at 10 ways to use Northcott’s Stonehenge fabrics in your quilts and today my box of Stonehenge Elements fabrics arrived!! Just look at these fabrics – so yummy and rich looking!! I have some ideas about what I want to do with these fabrics but…

Karla Alexander is one of my favorite quilt artists. I have gotten to know her thru Greenbaum's Quilted Forest. She does fabulous patterns and she has some wonderful rulers to go with her patterns. One of her patterns is called Inferno ...I've been waiting for just the right time to start this lovely quilt and last weekend was it. I went to a 3 day quilt retreat on the Oregon Coast...oh, what fun it was. I stayed up till the wee hours of the morning sewing and having great conversation with…

use a glue stick to baste curved fabric pieces together before sewing perfect curves. Learn how to sew curves perfectly every time with this easy quilting tutorial filled with quilting tips & tricks! A curved piecing quilting project is a great next challenge for your patchwork & quilting sewing ideas!

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Break away from the traditional quilting rules with improvisational curved piecing! Embrace spontaneity and explore free-form curves and circles.

I'm sure there are many ways to do this but a friend asked me to show how I do it. So Caroll, here you go. You'll need two strips of fabric about 1.5" to 2" longer and wider than you want them to be in the end, depending on the deepness of your curves. Step 1: Lay one strip right side up on your cutting mat along one of the vertical lines. The light strip with writing is the bottom piece and I like it to be a little longer than the top piece so that I can see it when I overlap it with the…

One of the things I love about collaborative projects is the things you learn and share. Case in point, a lovely (and slightly irreverent) d...