Why would you consider stay stitching a quilt top? Have you ever reached the edges of a quilt while quilting and found that the seams started to separate? This happened to me quite a bit when I worked with more intricate quilts, and that’s when I figured out that stay stitching was the solution. Watch this short video to see why this can help your quilting process.
From what I’ve heard over the years, many new and even intermediate quilters have no idea how they are going to quilt their quilt tops. “Quilt as desired,” which is what many patterns say, strikes fear into many a new quilter’s heart. To help overcome the “how shall I quilt this” jitters, I’ve started a series called, How Did I Quilt That. There is a short (about 2 minute) video with each one. I hope you find them helpful. Today, we start with one of my fun wall hangings, Here Fishy, Fishy
This short video shows you how I quilted this New York City skyline panel.
Not everyone has a large space they can dedicate to a spacious sewing studio. I moved from a tiny 10 ft by 10 ft room to a back bedroom to accommodate my new machine. It’s still small, but it works.
