Quilting is one of those hobbies where things can get expensive fast. As your skills progress you can find yourself wanting a better sewing machine, fun fabrics, and new tools to try out different techniques. But things only get expensive if you let them. There are many ways to keep quilting affordable. However, often the … Read more
Fabric scraps can be as big as a few inches of width of fabric yardage or as small as some trimmings to square up your blocks. No matter the quilt you choose to make, you’ll always end up with a little fabric left over. But how little is too little to save? How many scraps … Read more
A quest to find the perfect marking tool has long plagued my projects. A quilt-losing disaster with a Sharpie near the beginning of my quilting experience nearly had me selling my sewing machine for good. Thankfully, I’ve rebounded and have since tried the lot: metallic permanent markers, ball point pens, chalk, chalk pencils. My latest … Read more
The Dollar Tree is a mecca for all sorts of cheap odds and ends, but it was never a place I considered for getting quilting supplies. With the evolution of the store becoming the Dollar-25 Tree and having some items that go up to five dollars, I was a bit surprised at what I was … Read more
Recently, I’ve been getting back into quilting after a few month’s hiatus (thankfully not from postponing fixing quilting mistakes). I had made several designs that I was super excited about starting but that had a lot (a lot a lot) of piecing. Now, piecing is my favorite part of quilting. I can get really absorbed … Read more
Three new quilt patterns are coming to Rye Bread Quilt Co Saturday January 21st! They have been making their appearance over my blog and Instagram for a while, but are finally ready to be shared with you. The patterns include: Contrails (which also comes with the Baby Contrails), Baby Contrails, and The Garden. Contrails an … Read more
Alright, friends. It’s been a while since I’ve quilted, but I’m back with another Elmer’s glue test–you know, that white washable glue that children use in school. This time I’m using it to baste a baby Contrails quilt (pattern available soon!). In a mini spoiler, this attempt wasn’t 100% perfect, but I’m darn close to … Read more
On a domestic sewing machine, starting or ending quilting can be as easy as doing a couple back stitches. Honestly, most people (besides quilters) wont even notice the little ends that can unwind. But if you’re looking to take your quilting to that next level (or enter your quilt in a quilt show), invisibly tying … Read more
The Space Shuttle quilt was actually the second ever quilt I made–quilt, not pattern. If you’ve read around this blog, you’ve probably seen that when I first started making quilts I didn’t use traditional piecing methods. I didn’t even know they existed. I drew out full-sized designs on card-stock and then use the card-stock as … Read more
