Tips & Lessons - Sewing Tips

Y-seams scare off many quilters.  But if you can start and stop sewing on a dot, you can make a perfect set-in seam.  Here's how.

To give yourself the best chance for blocks that lie flat and smooth, consider the fabric grainline when positioning your patches for cutting.

Rotary cutting with acrylic rulers is a wonderful tecnique, but there are lots of shapes that must be cut using templates.  Don't worry -- it's easy.  Jinny shows you how.

Marking seam intersections on odd-shaped patches or for inset seams is crucial. See how  to make quick work of that chore and more.

Some blocks that look like they require an inset seam can actually be constructed using a much faster technique: a partial seam. Let's see how it works.

Careful marking is the secret to sewing curved patches. It ensures your patches line up and your stitching is an accurate 1/4-inch.

We've gathered together some of our favorite techiques for binding quilted projects with downloadable informationa and some great videos, too.

Not a big fan of paper piecing?  Here's how to convert a foundation-pieced block design for traditional piecing.

Here's how to convert a pattern that uses strip-piecing to traditional quilt-making techniques.