Quilted Fabric with Batting: The Complete Beginner’s Guide
Sara McLean Quilted fabric with batting is fabric made by sandwiching a soft insulating layer (batting) between a top fabric…
How to Sew a Quilt with Batting: A Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide
Sewing a quilt with batting means stacking your quilt top, batting, and backing fabric into what quilters call…
How to Make a Rag Quilt With Batting
A rag quilt with batting is made by placing a soft layer (batting) between two pieces of fabric,…
How to Finish a Quilt With Batting and Backing
Finishing a quilt with batting and backing means layering your finished quilt top with a middle layer of…
Quilting As You Go With Batting: A Beginner-Friendly Way to Handle Big Quilts
Quilting as you go (often shortened to QAYG) with batting is a technique where you quilt individual blocks…
Binding a Baby Quilt With No Batting: A Simple, Safe Finish
The first baby quilt I ever bound, I did it the way I bound every other quilt: batting…
Quilting With Wool Batting: A Warmer, Lighter Way to Fill Your Quilt
For years I couldn’t figure out why the quilts my grandmother made felt so different from the ones…
How to Make a Rag Quilt With Batting
To make a rag quilt with batting, you sandwich a layer of batting between two fabric squares, sew…
Decorative Embroidery Designs: A Beginner’s Guide to Stitching Beauty Into Fabric
I still remember my first try at embroidery. I used a cream pillowcase, a cheap hoop, and blue…
Free Bum Bag Pattern (PDF Download + Easy Step-by-Step Sewing Guide)
This free bum bag pattern makes a beginner-friendly, 9″ x 6″ x 3″ bag with a front zip…