Know Your Riley Blake

Quilters can spot a Liberty print from across the room.

Every quilter knows the moment: the quilt top is finished, pressed, and beautiful — and now it needs a back.

Why Squaring Up Matters: Trimming Blocks with the Lori Holt Trim It Ruler Almost every quilt block comes out of the sewing machine a little imperfect.

Quilting with Liberty Florals: Working with the Mayflower Meadow Print Few prints say "heritage quilting" like a Liberty floral.

How to Pick the Right Backing Color for Your Quilt The backing is half of every quilt, but most quilters pick it as an afterthought — whatever's on sale, whatever matches "close enough." The truth…

Why Quilt Backs Deserve as Much Thought as Quilt Tops If you've ever finished piecing a quilt top and then stood in front of your fabric stash trying to decide what goes on the back, you're not alone.

How to Quilt with Liberty Florals: 5 Project Ideas for the Tudor Celebration Collection Liberty Fabrics has been synonymous with fine floral cotton since 1875, and the Tudor Celebration collection…

Back Your Quilt in One Piece: 5 Ways to Use Blue Denim Bee Dots Wideback Every quilter knows the backing dilemma: your quilt top is finished, and now you need to piece together strips of 44-inch…

Why Backing Fabric Deserves a Second Thought Quilters spend weeks — sometimes months — choosing prints for the front of a quilt. The backing?

How to Choose Interfacing for Appliqué: Sew-In vs Fusible Explained Interfacing is the quiet workhorse behind crisp appliqué, but choosing the wrong kind can turn a fun project into a frustrating one.

Liberty's floral prints have been the gold standard of fine cotton for over a century, and Riley Blake Designs brings that heritage to quilting cotton with the Tudor Celebration collection.

Striped quilting cottons are some of the hardest-working prints in any fabric stash, and the Seven Days stripe from Jennifer Long's Created with Love collection for Riley Blake Designs is a…