Blog Posts
Keep up-to-date with all things quilting with our collection of blog posts. If you’re searching for inspiration, tips and tricks or just wanting to learn something new - you’ve come to the right place!
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Improve Your Hand Sewing Lighting
Struggling to see your stitches clearly? This guide covers how better lighting can improve your hand sewing experience - from reducing eye…
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Improve Your Sewing Machine Lighting
Up your sewing game with better lighting! Whether you're quilting late at night or trying to match tricky thread colours, the right…
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Top Five Tips: Different Ways to Use Light Pads
Discover the many ways a light pad can enhance your quilting and sewing projects! From precision tracing to effortless pattern adjustments, this…
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Top Five Tips: Hand Quilting
Struggling with hand quilting? I used to avoid it too until I changed my mindset. Perfection isn’t the goal; finding your own…
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Top Five Tips: English Paper Piecing
English paper piecing (a.k.a. EPP) is a wonderfully old patchwork piecing method that originated in England (hence the name!). It is still…
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Embracing Quilting Quirks: A Community Confession
Explore the fun and quirky side of quilting with our community's confessions! From skipping pre-washing fabric to using sharpies for touch-ups, discover…
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The Great Scrap Debate: Insights from our Community
We asked our community 'what's the smallest size scrap you keep?' and got a LOT of responses! From teeny tiny, to 1…
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Quilting Tips for Newbies: Insights from our Community
Hey there, brand new quilter! Ever wondered what seasoned quilters would tell newcomers like you? Well, wonder no more! We asked our…
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Having your quilt professionally quilted
Award-winning longarm quilter Michele Mason answers five frequently asked questions about approaching a professional quilter...
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Top Five Tips: making Half Square Triangles
We love half square triangles! They are quick to make and can be used in so many different patchwork designs. As the…
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How to Decide What to Quilt
Follow these five tips from guest blogger Jo Westfoot to help you get over quilt freeze and save your quilts from being…
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Tutorial: how to make HSTs – four at a time
Half square triangles (HSTs) are one of the most popular units for quilt blocks due to the versatility of designs that they…
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Top Five Tips: Patchwork Pressing
Pressing your patchwork projects isn’t exactly the most exciting step in the creative process and is often something that quilters rush a…
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Top Five Tips: Straight Line Quilting (SLQ)
Straight line quilting is often the starting point for quilters at the beginning of their quilting journey … it’s quicker than hand…
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Top Five Tips: Free Motion Quilting (FMQ)
Free motion quilting (FMQ) is a technique that can strike fear into the heart of many quilters but it needn’t be scary.…
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How to search quilt pattern database
We have over 500 modern quilt patterns and sewing projects available in Make Modern magazines. Read our instructions to find out how…
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Quilt photography for submissions
We know that quilt photography can be difficult, so here are a few hints for when you submit your project photos for…
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Tutorial: how to make HSTs – eight at a time
Half square triangles (HSTs) are one of the most popular units for quilt blocks due to the versatility of designs that they…
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Tutorial: how to make HSTs
Half square triangles (HSTs) are one of the most popular units for quilt blocks due to the versatility of designs that they…
