Showcase the fabrics and make quilts quickly and easily. This quilt uses small quantities of bright fabric to great effect and the background is a mixture of tone-on-tone whites. Greys are also used a lot in modern quilts, as they showcase the main fabrics.
Valerie shows how to make the quilt with contrast strips in a square, but in the background you can see examples of starting with a rectangle.
Quilting trends also to be simple – straight lines or something complementary to the pattern, such as echo quilting, so the walking foot would be an excellent choice.
If you need help with that, you could go to ‘How to fit your walking foot’ or ‘Simple Wavy line quilting’.
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Basic Skill
Adding borders to your quilt or any project sounds a simple thing to do. However, there are a couple of pitfalls that need to be avoided. All too often the edges of quilts become wavy. In this workshop Valerie explains why this happens and how to avoid it happening in the future.
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You will learn how to do that quilt hides inside the cushion to become its’ padding.
The cushion will also double up as a foot warmer when unfolded. These are great to make for all age groups, and can decorate your home, or live in the car.
Want to know how to turn your quilt into a secret pillow...
You can use any project and turn it into a ‘Secret Cushion’ you just need to remember to make the ‘cushion’ part large enough.
In this video Valerie turns her Beginners Sampler Quilt into a Secret Cushion. First she makes the cushion from the scraps or left overs of the quilt, then she attaches i...
