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How to Make a Quilted Tree Skirt (Featuring the Spiceberry Petite Plaid Quilt!)

How to Make a Quilted Tree Skirt (Featuring the Spiceberry Petite Plaid Quilt!)

I love decorating our home for the seasons, and while I tend to lean more toward cozy winter deco...
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EASY Quilted Coasters Using Leftover Quilt Scraps

EASY Quilted Coasters Using Leftover Quilt Scraps

It's no secret that I love a good quilted coaster project...in fact, this is the fifth quilted co...
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How to Sew Long Seams on Quilts: 12 Tips for Even the Longest Seams

How to Sew Long Seams on Quilts: 12 Tips for Even the Longest Seams

We've all been there: You’re so excited to sew some long seams and watch your quilt top come toge...
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How to Test and Adjust Your Scant ¼” Seam (The Mystery of the Scant ¼”, SOLVED!)

How to Test and Adjust Your Scant ¼” Seam (The Mystery of the Scant ¼”, SOLVED!)

Sewing with a ¼" seam is the backbone of quilting. But have you ever heard of a scant ¼" seam?  I...
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How to Cut WOF Strips for Your Quilt Project: Tips for Perfect Strips

How to Cut WOF Strips for Your Quilt Project: Tips for Perfect Strips

The majority of quilt patterns instruct you to cut WOF strips…but most of them assume you already...
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Working With Yarn-Dyed Wovens in Quilts: My 5 Top Tips

Working With Yarn-Dyed Wovens in Quilts: My 5 Top Tips

It seems like yarn-dyed wovens are becoming more and more popular with quilters…and for good reas...
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6 Tips for Making the Church Window Quilt Pattern

6 Tips for Making the Church Window Quilt Pattern

The Church Window quilt pattern uses traditional piecing to create a stained glass effect…no appl...
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Quilt Sizes 101 - From Wall Hanging to King (with Free Printable!)

Quilt Sizes 101 - From Wall Hanging to King (with Free Printable!)

Uncover the differences between quilt sizes. written by: Rebecca Bratburd If I could go back in t...
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How to Make a Pet Bed from a Quilt - Tutorial + Ruby Sue's Dog Bed

How to Make a Pet Bed from a Quilt - Tutorial + Ruby Sue's Dog Bed

When I designed the Ruby Sue quilt pattern, I knew I wanted to also make our Ruby Sue her very ow...
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My Scrappy Log Cabin quilt ( + Free Quilt Block Pattern!)

My Scrappy Log Cabin quilt ( + Free Quilt Block Pattern!)

Last summer we hosted our first Summer Scrap Bash, and it was so much fun that we’re doing it aga...
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7 Free Tutorials for Handmade Teacher Gifts

7 Free Tutorials for Handmade Teacher Gifts

Summer is almost here, which means school is almost over! What better way to say "thank you" than...
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How to Make a Pillowcase with French Seams

How to Make a Pillowcase with French Seams

One of the things I love most about making pillowcases is being able to customize each one by pic...
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Scrappy Cathedral Windows Quilt - FREE pattern!

Scrappy Cathedral Windows Quilt - FREE pattern!

I don't know if you have a "quilting bucket list", but I sure do! And a cathedral window quilt wa...
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how to test your seam allowance

How to Perfect Your Seam Allowance - Getting an Accurate Seam Every Time

Have you ever sewn pieces of fabric together and wondered why they didn't measure what you though...
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How to Make a Lanyard - Free Tutorial (Great for Scraps!)

How to Make a Lanyard - Free Tutorial (Great for Scraps!)

Ever wonder what you're going to do with all of your leftover scrap fabric and batting? Make a la...
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How to Trim Half Rectangle Triangles - Tips for Accurate HRTs

How to Trim Half Rectangle Triangles - Tips for Accurate HRTs

I don't know about you, but I'm absolutely obsessed with the look of the half rectangle triangle ...
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How to Trim Diamond in a Square Units - Tips for Accurate Blocks

How to Trim Diamond in a Square Units - Tips for Accurate Blocks

Let's talk about the "Diamond in a Square" or "Square in a Square" unit. As simple as the appear,...
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How to Chain Piece Rows - Speed Up Your Piecing!

How to Chain Piece Rows - Speed Up Your Piecing!

Have you ever heard of chain piecing? What about chain piecing your rows? This is probably my BE...
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Free Scrap Key Fob Tutorial - Fast & Easy Gift Idea

Free Scrap Key Fob Tutorial - Fast & Easy Gift Idea

If you've been around since the beginning of Lo & Behold Stitchery, you might remember that k...
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FREE Mini Christmas Joy Block Tutorial

FREE Mini Christmas Joy Block Tutorial

  Christmas Joy was one of my first few quilt patterns back in the day! When I was designing this...
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How to use directional fabrics in Nightingale

How to use directional fabrics in Nightingale

I wanted to share this tutorial for anyone who wants to use directional fabrics for their Nighti...
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How to Trim Flying Geese (with Video Tutorial!)

How to Trim Flying Geese (with Video Tutorial!)

Flying geese are often considered one of the many fundamental, beginner-friendly blocks of quilti...
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Knitted Star Quilt - my Pink & Purple version

Knitted Star Quilt - my Pink & Purple version

The Knitted Star Quilt Along just wrapped up and I wanted to share a little bit more about the qu...
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A Quilters Guide to Fabric Swatches - DIY Swatch Solution

A Quilters Guide to Fabric Swatches - DIY Swatch Solution

If you caught my little studio tour that I did over on Instagram a few weeks ago, you probably sa...
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How to make a Rope Bowl using a Mountain Thread Co. Kit!

How to make a Rope Bowl using a Mountain Thread Co. Kit!

It seems like we were at QuiltCon ages ago....literally ages. But it was only 5 months ago....hah...
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10 things to Consider when Shopping for a Sewing Machine

10 things to Consider when Shopping for a Sewing Machine

Let's talk about one of the most basic supplies for quilters...sewing machines! I'll tell you abo...
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5 tips to create a Vintage-Inspired Quilt!

5 tips to create a Vintage-Inspired Quilt!

One of the things I love about quilting is mixing old with new. Quilting has been around for cent...
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Metamorphosis Quilt Pattern

Metamorphosis Quilt Pattern

My Metamorphosis quilt pattern is now available!! I've been working on this pattern for the last ...
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How to Trim Half Square Triangles - My Three Top Methods

How to Trim Half Square Triangles - My Three Top Methods

This week, I've been teaching Peter the basics of sewing. Honestly, I never thought I'd see the d...
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Quick & Easy Pillow Tutorial - How to Make a Pillow from a Quilt Block

Quick & Easy Pillow Tutorial - How to Make a Pillow from a Quilt Block

I'm finally getting around to finishing my Model Farm pillow that I started over half a year ago!...
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Scrappy Quilted Coaster Tutorial - Make an Easy Quilted Coaster

Scrappy Quilted Coaster Tutorial - Make an Easy Quilted Coaster

Christmas is just a few days away! Ekkk! If you're like me and you still need a few last minute s...
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Straight-Line Quilting Tutorial - Easy Machine Quilting

Straight-Line Quilting Tutorial - Easy Machine Quilting

Straight-line quilting is my favorite way to do my own quilting! It's so easy and has quite the s...
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Pin Basting 101: How to Baste Your Quilt, No Spray Needed

Pin Basting 101: How to Baste Your Quilt, No Spray Needed

Basting is probably my least favorite part of the quilting process! I hate to admit it, but it's ...
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How to Machine Bind Your Quilt - No Hand Sewing Required

How to Machine Bind Your Quilt - No Hand Sewing Required

You did it! After hours and hours of piecing your quilt top, pressing seams, changing your mind 1...
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Chunky Stitch Hand Binding Tutorial: How I Hand-Bind My Quilts

Chunky Stitch Hand Binding Tutorial: How I Hand-Bind My Quilts

Eliane of Patchwork and Poodles introduced me to this super fun way to hand bind quilts. Somethin...
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