Beginner


How to Use a Rotary Cutter

Hand Sewing Needles 101 - Judy teaches us all about hand sewing needles, so you can pick the right needle for your project.

How to Tie a Quilt Tutorial - Complete step by step lessons on how to hand tie your quilts. Great for beginners!

Binding Basics - Part 3: Preparing the Quilt - How to prepare the edge of your quilt for adding binding.

Rotating Cutting Mat Video

How to Bind a Quilt Video - This tutorial will teach you how to sew a 1/4" double fold cross grain binding to your quilt.

To Prewash or Not to Prewash? - Should you prewash your quilting fabrics? Deborah explains the pros and cons of prewashing and not prewashing.

Beginner Log Cabin Block

Perfect Points and the Positioning Pin - Ann demonstrates how to use a positioning pin for making perfect points in quilt blocks.

Binding Basics - Part 4: Attaching the Binding by Machine - How to attach the binding to the front of your quilt by machine.

Bumpless Binding Finishing Trick - This video demonstrates how to make that tricky last join in a binding look just as good as the first join.

A Guide to Batting - Teri teaches us all about the different types of batting available, and how to choose the right batting for a project.

Nine Patch Lesson 2: Speed Strip Quilting for a Baby quilt

Intro to Half Square Triangles

How to install a zipper: Invisible & Lap - Bag & sewing pattern designer, Sue, demonstrates two different types of zipper installations.

Binding Basics - Part 1: Introduction - An introduction to basic quilt binding.

Nine Patch Lesson 1: Basic Piecing with Charms - The nine patch block is great for beginners! In this lesson, we'll use pre cut 5" charm squares and demonstrate the basics for assembling a nine patch block.

What is a Fat Quarter? - Confused by quilting jargon? This tutorial explains the difference between different standard cuts of quilting fabric, including fat quarters, fat eighths, sweet sixteens, and more.

Quilt As You Go! - Join Teri and Karen as they demonstrate how to quilt your project as you go. When you're done piecing your quilt top, the quilting is finished!

Binding Basics - Part 5: Hand-Stitching the Binding to the Back - How to hand-stitch binding to the back of your quilt to finish it.

Log Cabin - Assembling your quilt top

Intro to the Log Cabin block

Machine Sewing Needles 101 - Judy explains the differences between machine needles and what they are used for.

How to Sew Throw Pillow Covers - How to sew a 16" round throw pillow cover, and a 20" square throw pillow cover.

How to Sew an Accurate Quarter Inch Seam Allowance - Deborah demonstrates how to make sure you are sewing an accurate quarter inch seam, which is essential for quilt piecing.

Chain Piecing 101 - Learn how to use this simple time saving technique for quilt block piecing.

A Guide to Thread - Teri explains the different kinds of thread available to quilters, to help you pick the right thread for the job.

How to Pick the Right Quilting Design for Your Quilt - Long arm quilter and Connecting Threads pattern designer, Mari, guides you through choosing a quilting design for your quilt top.

Pressing Tip - There are as many opinions on how to press a quilt block as there are quilters! Karen Johnson demonstrates her favorite method. Excellent for beginner quilters!

Machine Quilting Basics - Sharla gives an overview of how to quilt your projects on your home sewing machine, and offers her tips & tricks.

How to Tie a Quilt Tutorial Video

Binding Basics - Part 2: Making the Binding - How to make cross-cut binding for quilts.

Machine Quilting with Golden Threads paper - How to machine quilt using Golden Threads Quilting Paper with step-by-step photos.

A Guide to Beginner Tools - When quilters are first starting out, it’s tremendously hard to know which tools you will need for quilting. You walk down the craft store aisles and it is easy to get overwhelmed by everything to look through and choose from. We want to make sure that the tool selection process is as simple and straight forward as possible for you. We’ve broken out all of the “essential” tools you’ll need, and explained each tool’s purpose and function. With these great items in tow, you’ll be quilting away in no time.