Following on from my post Easy Quilts For Beginners, I’ve put together some free quilt patterns for beginners.
Once you’ve mastered piecing basic strips or squares then you’ll be looking for something a bit more challenging, These are still easy quilts, just a step up if you’re fairly new to quilting.
When you first start quilting it can be daunting, the amount of information out there. Best thing to do is look for easy quilts for beginners, you’ll find a ton of resources via Google or whatever search engine you use.
I’ve found a few for you, some have tutorials some not, but they’re all good easy quilts projects.
This placemat has to be my top pick, so simple yet very effective. Using the “piecing on the go” method it really wouldn’t take long to make a set of these.
Lots of crafters who enjoy quilting also end up enjoying embroidery in quilting. You might feel as if you have torn loyalties of which craft to pursue in the small quantity of time available for hobbies. Does this sound like you? … Read more
When I first started quilting this was one of the first questions I asked”what is stitch in the ditch?”.
It’s one of those strange bits of terminology that crop up in quilting and although it sounds strange, it does have a simple explanation. When I first heard the term, I had images of quilting groups lined up in a ditch all sewing away!
Have you ever been tempted to buy a bundle of boxed threads from a dollar store? I know, they look good a rainbow of colors and twenty spools for a bargain price.
STOP…..
Don’t do it!
You’ve mastered the basics of quilting and browsed through all the different quilting patterns available so what’s next? Creating your own patterns with quilt design software programs!
Let’s have a look first at what quilt design software programs can do compared to a graphic design software or paint program for example.