I have eagerly been awaiting this guest post for a while, not just because Lorna of Cloth and Crescent is one of my favorite quilters ever, but because I have a dirty secret: I’m afraid of sewing curves in quilts! Which is ridiculous, because I started out with garment sewing and have been sewing arm holes since I was 10. Are you ready to conquer your own curve fears, or just sharpen your skills? Read on!

Today’s guest blog post is written by Anna of Wax + Wane Studio. Anna is well known for her beautiful hand quilting, and is here to tell us more about her journey through hand quilting and the types of materials she likes to use!

Welcome to the Sewing Studio Hacks blog series! Here you will find tips, tricks, and outright hacks that can help make your sewing life more fun. We’ll be covering all kinds of topics like organizing your studio, cleaning your machine, speeding up your piecing, and more!

Today’s guest blogger is Wendy Chow from The Weekend Quilter, and she has some exciting ideas about how to use masking tape in the sewing studio.

Calculating binding is one of those things that is both super easy and super irritating. Despite the fact that the math is straightforward and fairly obvious, every time I have to do it I have to think far more than I would like… so, I created this cheat sheet graph!

If you’ve been quilting for more than five minutes, you’ve probably heard and very strong opinions about how your seams should be pressed - and likely formed your own as well. I tend to walk right down the middle and think different quilts call for different methods. Whether you’ve already come to an ironclad opinion or aren’t quit sure what the right answer is, read on for some detailed pros and cons to help you decide if your project needs seams pressed open or to the side!

There are always moments that make your heart stop a little when quilting, but I’m not sure there’s anything more horrifying than pulling your brand new finished quilt out of it’s first wash and realizing that your dye has bled. The first time this happened I sat on the laundry room floor and cried with a wet quilt in my lap. It was not super fun.

I’m excited to announce that the Mountain Air pattern will be released on September 8th, and you can get it for free! Sign up for my newsletter (don’t worry, I’ll send you emails very rarely, and mostly just for special deals on new pattern releases!), and you’ll get it in your inbox.