Facing A Quilt

Recently I learned about facing a quilt instead of binding it. You attach facing in a way similar to the way binding is attached. Fold the binding completely to the back. Facing a quilt doesn't add any extra dimension, color or texture to the outer edges of the quilt.

The border fabric looks like weathered wood. I wanted it to look like a framed window. Check out the video of how I faced

AccuQuilt Strip Cutters: Cut and Miter Strips for Binding

AccuQuilt strip cutters are fast and easy to use. The speed and accuracy in cutting far surpasses what I can do with a rotary cutter. The AccuQuilt strip cutter (2″ finished size) is the workhorse of my AccuQuilt dies. Use it to cut strips for all the Jelly Roll™ patterns, sashings, bindings and more.

Use either of these AccuQuilt dies to cut

Disappearing Shoo Fly Using AccuQuilt

What is a Disappearing Shoofly Block? Start with a Shoofly Block.

Cut it into 4 equal pieces.

Wednesday News - 01/27/21

At The Retreat House

In February, the retreat side will be closed for renovations to the small upstairs bathroom. The shop side will still be open for shopping on Thursdays from 10-2. We decided to do these renovations earlier than planned to take advantage of this time when many of us want to stay hunkered down for a little longer. 

In the shop area we have added ductless air/heat system to make it more comfortable and we are adding two doors to enter from the outside. This will make it easier

How To Fold A Fat Quarter

A fat quarter is the same amount of fabric as a quarter yard of fabric. The difference between a fat quarter and a quarter yard of fabric is the shape. Most quilting fabric is about 45" wide. A yard of fabric is 36" x 45". If we cut that yard into quarters you would have 4 pieces each 9" x 45".

The 9" cut is less than ideal for making quilts.  Quilters often like

Lengthwise Grain Borders and Binding

Why Lengthwise Cuts?

The lengthwise grain runs parallel to the selvage. It is stronger and stretches less than the crosswise grain which runs from selvage-to-selvage.

The lengthwise grain gets it's strength from the warp threads which are continuous along the length of the fabric. The weft threads are the shorter threads which are woven across the warp threads.