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How to Back a Quilt Seam-Free with Red Cayenne Bee Ginghams Wideback A quilt back should support the top, not compete with it — and it should not add a wrestling match at the longarm or sewing table.

How to Use Chicken Salad Simple Shapes Templates for Perfect Appliqué Appliqué is much easier when every piece starts the same size and shape.

How to Trim and Square Small Blocks Accurately with a Set of Square Rulers Every quilter knows the moment: you piece a block with care, press it, lay it down — and one corner is just a little off.

Sew Accurate Quarter-Inch Seams Without Marking: How to Use a Seam Guide for Half-Square Triangles, Flying Geese, and Snowballs Ask a room of quilters what makes a block come together cleanly, and…

How to Trace Appliqué and Embroidery Designs Accurately with a Light Box Some of the most frustrating minutes in quilting happen before you sew a single stitch — trying to copy a delicate appliqué…

Sewing a Heart Quilt From a Boxed Kit: A Guide to the Endless Love Quilt Some quilts are planned fabric by fabric, and some arrive ready to sew.

Backing a Quilt Without Piecing Seams: Using a 108-Inch Wideback Every quilter knows the moment: the top is finished, pressed, and looking beautiful — and then comes the backing.

How to Back a Quilt with Sunflower Whispers Wideback A quilt back should support the top, not compete with the work you put into piecing it — and it should not add hours of seaming before you can…

How to Back a Quilt in One Seamless Piece: Choosing a 108-Inch Ivory Wideback Piecing a quilt back from standard-width fabric means measuring, seaming, and pressing long panels — and hoping the…

How to Build an Autumn Quilt Around a Brown Floral Print Every autumn quilt needs a fabric that holds the season together — something warm, grounded, and unmistakably fall.

How to Use a Flower Toss Print in Autumn Quilts and Home Decor A flower toss print does something a stripe or a plaid cannot: it spreads small blooms evenly across the whole surface, so every cut…

How to Use Scattered Fall Leaves Fabric in Soft Autumn Quilts A scattered leaf print is one of the easiest ways to bring autumn into a quilt without committing to a single large motif.