Darcy Quilts

I loved making this New York Beauty quilt, and I am so, so happy with how it turned out!  Because it had so many tiny pieces (and some didn’t have…

I’m trying to clean out my fabric stash, and had this pretty flower fabric to use. I wanted to do something with larger pieces so the blooms wouldn’t be cut…

This isn’t a brand-new tutorial regarding basting, but is an update and success story regarding an earlier basting tutorial. A few years ago, I gave glue basting a try and…

The quilt that I repaired earlier this year – and if you haven’t checked out that tutorial yet, you really should – was a Snail Trail quilt block pattern that…

This is not my first Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt block tutorial, but I do think it is better than the first.   I’ve been quilting for a long time,…

Quilting is the sewing that holds the quilt top, batting and backing together. There are a thousand ways to quilt, and millions of different patterns or motifs that can be…

Binding is the edging that finishes the quilt by sealing all the loose edges inside.   I’ve split my binding tutorial into two posts: this is how to make binding, the…

Temperature Quilts have become quite popular in the last few years, and regardless of climate, fabric choice or block pattern, they all turn out stunningly beautiful, so of course I…

National Sew a Jelly Roll Day is coming up on Saturday, September 21, 2024 and that makes this a good time of year to share more than 10 Jelly Roll…

I recently made a Christmas version of the Checkered Stars Quilt Pattern and needed help remembering what to do with directional fabrics. Then I remembered that I had written up…