My Favorite Sewing Resources

This is an ongoing list of my favorite quilting resources.  As I find more favorites, I'll add them!

Binding:

• Machine sewn binding - binding attached to the front of the quilt: Red Pepper Quilts
• Whip-stitch hand-sewing - sewing the binding to the back of the quilt: Turning Turning

Hexagons

• Machine piecing hexagons: Lady Havartine

Half Square Triangles (also known as HST's for those in the know!):

• Four at a time (for pinwheel blocks or just to have a bunch at once) - Whip Up, video-Missouri Star Quilt Co.
• Two at a time - p.s. i quilt
• Triangulations paper
• Thangles - great for making HST's with Jelly Roll strips

Free Motion Quilting

• Free Motion Quilting Project - Lots of design ideas and how-to videos
• Stippling tutorial from Oh, Fransson!

Great (and free!) online videos

• Great for beginners, online videos on Quilty with Marie Fon.
• Quilt in a Day with Eleanor Burns.  Go ahead, just throw your scraps on the floor.
• Fun and quick tips with Missouri Star Quilt Co.

Books to Grab If the House is On Fire

You can also find a bevvy of fun projects from around the interwebs, quilted and other, over on my Pinterest board, Must Do DIY.