22 Things I've Learned from 35 Years of Quilting

Jamie shares 22 hard-won lessons from a quilting life that includes raising kids, going through divorce, building a full-time pattern design business, and learning what really matters. The lessons cover mindset as much as craft: saying no to projects you don't want to make, using your best fabrics now, ignoring the quilt police, letting go of UFOs that no longer bring joy, prioritizing contrast over color matching, and treating quilting not as a reward you have to earn but as genuine self-care.

 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced  22 min

Jamie Bright, Craft a Dream

The BEST way to Foundation Piece - Featuring Modern Triangle #60

If a stack of half-finished paper-pieced blocks is gathering dust because you can't face the paper-ripping, Rebecca has the solution that will change your quilting life: freezer paper piecing. Instead of battling paper that shreds into a hundred frustrating pieces, freezer paper irons on, guides your stitching with perfect precision, and then peels away cleanly in one satisfying move — just like removing a sticker. Rebecca's warm, funny teaching style makes even this intermediate-level equilateral triangle block feel completely approachable, and once you've made one, the reusable foundations mean you can batch-piece your way through an entire quilt without starting over.

 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced  X min

Rebecca Bryan, Bryan House Quiltes

English Paper Piecing Made Simple

EPP has never felt so approachable: Christine walks through every step of making a one-inch hexagon flower from scratch, covering both thread basting and glue basting methods side by side — with honest pros and cons for each. She demonstrates cutting fabric with and without template rulers, the knot-and-wrap starting technique, slip-stitching petals to the center without catching the paper, and closing the side seams once the center paper is removed. The session ends with three real quilt patterns that combine EPP flowers with traditional machine piecing, including a free Library Nook pattern — making it easy to get started right away.

 Beginner  31 min

Christine Hebert, Modern Charm Stitchery

Perfect Half-Square Triangles: 3 Methods Every Quilter Should Know

Half square triangles are the building block of hundreds of quilt blocks — and knowing multiple methods gives you flexibility for every situation. Elizabeth demystifies the difference between half and quarter square triangles (and why it matters for grain and bias), then teaches three methods in depth: the Easiest Ever (one at a time, with a bonus HST), the Most Popular (two at a time, with squaring up), and Eight at a Time (for maximum efficiency). She shows how to use both square and rectangular rulers to trim HSTs accurately using the 45-degree line — no specialty ruler required.

 Intermediate  25 min

Elizabeth DeCroos, Epida Studio and Designs

Precision Without Pressure: Simple Habits for More Accurate Quilt Piecing

Accuracy in quilting isn't about being perfect — it's about developing a few consistent habits that make a measurable difference over time. Krista covers the most impactful fundamentals: using a precisely calibrated quarter-inch seam allowance (and how to test it), pressing strategies that keep blocks flat and seams nestled, the importance of accurate cutting with a sharp blade, pinning at intersections rather than guessing, and how to troubleshoot when blocks don't come out the right size. The advice is practical, encouraging, and immediately applicable — a great refresher for experienced quilters and a strong foundation for newer ones.

 Beginner  28 min

Krista Russell, Timeless Quilt Studio

LeMoyne Star Blocks with No Y-Seams, No HSTs, and No Stress

The LeMoyne Star is one of quilting's most classic and beautiful blocks — and Lisa has developed a method for making a true LeMoyne Star with no Y-seams and no HSTs whatsoever. She covers two diamond-cutting methods (basic ruler and acrylic template), careful background triangle cutting in two sizes, a step-by-step construction sequence using a scant quarter-inch seam and bias-conscious pressing, and assembling the four quadrants before joining the halves with perfect center points.

 Beginner  16 min

Lisa Lund, Shadow Valley Quilts

Mastering Complex Quilt Blocks

Complex quilt blocks — with their dozens of pieces, stitch-and-flip corners, and unconventional construction — don't have to be intimidating. Lynn covers every strategy she uses: skimming the pattern for an overview before diving in, labeling pieces alphabetically, starching fabric to prevent shifting, marking eighth-of-inch cuts with washi tape, using a felt board to keep pieces organized, and pressing seams to the side for better nesting. She also demonstrates two key techniques — the diagonal seam tape trick for perfect sew-and-flip corners, and dot-marking for aligning diagonal seams to straight frames — plus a live four-at-a-time flying geese tutorial with Deb Tucker's Wing Clipper ruler.

 Intermediate, Advanced  29 min

Lynn Christiansen, Emerald Falls Quilts

From Nervous To Neat – 5 Simple Fixes For Better Quilt Blocks

Most quilting inaccuracies come from just three sources — slightly off cuts, a drifting seam allowance, and stretching during pressing — and Tiffany's five-fix system addresses all of them. She covers cutting accurately (sharp blade, ruler over mat, even pressure), calibrating and marking a reliable quarter-inch seam with a simple three-strip test, pressing without stretching (set the seam, lift and press, mind the steam), trimming units to exact size before assembly, and checking the block layout before sewing any rows together.

 Beginner  15 min

Tiffany Bynum, Straight Stitching

How to Fix the Wonky Before You Quilt

Mary Sarah's "Quilting CPR" framework — Confidence, Precision, Rescue — gives quilters a calm, systematic way to diagnose and fix problems without panic or unnecessary seam ripping. She walks through her three diagnostic questions (Is it structural? Is it visible from a normal distance? Will fixing it cause more damage?), demonstrates pressing correctly (press and lift, never iron), and outlines four rescue strategies: leave it, adjust it, disguise it, or redo only the specific seam that matters.

 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced  15 min

Mary Sarah, Stitch The Ditch

Focus on Fussy Cutting

Fussy cutting isn't just for EPP — Siobhan shows how to use it in traditional piecing to create a striking sawtooth star where the center and corner squares showcase carefully selected motifs. She demonstrates how to mark rulers with washi tape as reusable size guides, trace and cut around motifs using either pencil-and-scissors or a rotary cutter for zero fabric waste, and choose fussy cutting-friendly fabrics (think Tula Pink, Heather Ross, Dear Stella) with clear, bold motifs worth showcasing.

 Beginner  20 min

Siobhan Fitzpatrick, CDM365 Studios

Upcycle a Jean Jacket with Patch Appliqué

Give new life to a plain or dated jean jacket with Amy's decorative patch appliqué technique — a method that uses fusible batting as a foundation for fabric, hand quilting, and embroidery to create stunning custom patches for collars, yokes, pockets, cuffs, and backs. Amy shows the full process from tracing and fusing to hand-stitching the patch onto the denim, and shares a sweeping trunk show of jackets, shirts, overalls, pillows, and more using vintage quilts, faux patchwork panels, and thrifted textiles. Big stitch embroidery, chain stitch lettering, lace trim, rickrack, and glitter paste are all on the menu. A truly inspiring session for anyone who loves wearable textile art.

 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced  30 min

Amy Barickman, Amy Barickman Creative

The Scrap Sack: Making A Scrappy Tote Without A Pattern

Amy's hilarious, relaxed approach to bag-making is pure permission to just start sewing. She builds a large, fully functional tote entirely from scrap pieces and orphan blocks — no measurements, no pattern — chain-piecing rectangles and improv panels into front and back sections, then sandwiching with batting, cutting boxed corners, constructing a pocket with magnetic snaps, making chunky linen straps, and assembling lining and outer bag together for a professional result. It's an excellent reminder that wonky lines don't matter and that "handmade" is a feature, not a flaw.

 Beginner, Intermediate  26 min

Amy Wilder, Amy Wilder Studio

Got Scraps? Strategies for Choosing Fabric for Scrap Quilts

Scrap quilts can look stunning or muddy depending on how you approach fabric selection — and Leila's strategies make the difference clear. She covers the fundamentals of value (light vs. dark contrast), scale variety, color temperature, and how to use a design wall or phone camera to audition fabrics before committing. She also addresses common problems like "my scraps all look the same" and "my quilt looks chaotic," and gives practical advice for sorting, organizing, and selectively supplementing your stash. Whether you're making a controlled scrappy or a true scrappy-scrappy, you'll finish this session with a clear plan.

 Beginner  25 min

Leila Gardunia, Leila Gardunia Design, LLC

How to Pull Scraps for Quilts

Lori's Speedy Solutions system is built around one core idea: cut scraps by value (light, medium, dark) into consistent sizes — squares, strips, and template shapes — and store them sorted so that pulling fabric for any block takes seconds, not hours. She demonstrates the system live, showing how to pull the right pieces for a nine-patch chain, a friendship star (including HSTs), and a five-patch chain using squares, strips, and rectangles from the stash.

 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced  16 min

Lori Dickman, QuiltingWithLori.com

Effortless Scrap Quilting - The Magic Numbers Method

The Magic Numbers method is elegantly simple: choose just five pre-cut shapes in sizes that divide and multiply evenly, and you'll always be able to piece them together in unlimited combinations without waste or math. Malgorzata demonstrates with five unfinished sizes (6½", 4½" square, 4½"×2½", 2½"×2½", 6½"×2½") — mixing them into four patches, rail fences, snowballed blocks, and more — showing how color placement alone creates dozens of design variations. The method also works for memory quilts with limited fabric, and a bonus book featuring 30 mix-and-match blocks (with a free Block 1 download) gives you a ready-to-go starting point.

 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced  20 min

Malgorzata Banjo, Pola Quilting

Sweater Weather: Patchwork your way into fall. Choose a leaf, mushroom, or pear

Give any plain sweatshirt an autumn upgrade with a tiny patchwork motif — choose from an oak leaf, mushroom, pear, or bird — using 1½-inch squares fused to interfacing and appliquéd into shape. Jo walks through cutting the mini squares, pressing the fusible interfacing backing, sewing the vertical seams, clipping between squares, pressing seams in alternating directions, and assembling the patchwork panel. Heat'nBond light adheres the motif to the sweatshirt, cutaway stabilizer inside prevents rippling, and an open-toe foot guides blanket or straight stitch finishing around the fused shape.

 Beginner  43 min

Jo Simpson, Jo Simpson Design

Mastering Complex Quilt Blocks

Leader-ender quilting is one of the most practical habits a time-strapped quilter can build — and Kaitlyn shows how to use it not just to protect your good fabric from the machine's maw, but to simultaneously work through your scraps, donate quilts you never "planned," and stitch something you actually love while finishing a project for someone else. She covers everything: starching and cutting pieces in advance, setting up your workstation for smooth chain piecing, how the leader-ender cycle actually works, machine maintenance rules that still apply, and the block characteristics that make a pattern ideal for this method. She also shows how to make traditional blocks feel modern through scale changes, mixed block types, fresh color palettes, and clever color placement.

 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced  36 min

Kaitlyn Fritsch, Fritsch in Stitches

The Easiest Custom FMQ Ever

Brazilian sisters Aline and Natasha Bugarin built their quilting business from zero experience and invented the Orbital Quilting method out of necessity — and today they share its core principle: the single arc movement that unlocks beautiful, continuous custom quilting on any machine, any skill level. Their "Skip the Ditch" approach plans quilting around the piecing structure, treating each unit differently without ever traveling in the ditch or breaking thread. The session covers batting and backing choices, thread selection, block planning on the "Orbital Board," and live machine demonstration of the Three Musketeers design and diamond arcs on a star block.

 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced  65 min

Aline & Natasha Bugarin, Orbital Quilting

Creating Unique Fabric Using Textile Paints

Make your own one-of-a-kind fabric using recycled sheeting and textile paints — no dye chemicals, no lengthy process required. Catherine demonstrates three dyeing techniques (plain wash, pleating, and scrunching) and then shows how to layer gorgeous surface texture using household items like bubble wrap, meat trays, jandals, corks, and handmade foam stamps. Mixing your own color palette from just red, yellow, blue, black, and white is covered, and the session ends with a stunning show of completed projects including quiltlets, journal covers, embroidery grounds, pouches, and laptop bags. Cleanup itself becomes one last piece of beautiful fabric.

 Beginner, Intermediate  41 min

Catherine Parkinson, Catherine Parkinson Textile Artist

Stress-Free Raw Edge Appliqué: Simple Techniques for Beautiful Results

Raw edge appliqué doesn't have to be intimidating! In this class, you'll learn the simple techniques that make appliqué easier, cleaner, and more enjoyable. We'll cover choosing fusible, preparing appliqué pieces, stitch options, favorite tools, and common mistakes to avoid. Whether you're brand new to appliqué or looking to improve your results, you'll leave with practical tips you can apply to any appliqué project, along with a free printable reference guide and practice templates.

 Beginner  30 min

Chantelle Bailey, Chantelle Bailey Design

Beyond The Stencil

Most quilters use a stencil once and file it away — but Jane shows how every stencil contains dozens of design possibilities waiting to be unlocked. She walks through flipping, mirroring, rotating, and using only partial stencil sections to create completely new designs, and demonstrates how to use stencil lines as boundaries or spacing guides for freehand quilting rather than tracing them directly. She also covers how to use Full Line pounce-style stencils, and — best of all — teaches her simple needle-punch method for making unlimited custom stencils from any clip art or image, using just paper, your unthreaded machine, and a pounce pad.

 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced  25 min

Jane Hauprich, Stitch By Stitch Custom Quilting

Add Some Sparkle with Specialty Stitches

Your sewing machine's decorative stitches are far more powerful than you might think — and Laureen's session unlocks them for quilting. She demonstrates how to use specialty stitches to embellish quilt blocks, crazy quilt seams, and finished projects with metallic, variegated, and specialty threads, covering needle selection, tension adjustments, stabilizer use, and how to start and end threads cleanly. She also shows how to combine decorative stitches with ribbon, yarn, or trim couching for dimensional texture that goes far beyond basic embroidery. A wonderful session for anyone who wants to add personality to their projects without hand embroidery.

 Beginner  32 min

Laureen Smith, Tourmaline & Thyme Quilts

Flower Swirls: Basic to Blooming Beautiful!

In this satisfying longarm session, Lyndelle teaches four flower swirl designs as a progressive series — each one built by making just one small change to the last. Starting with a simple C-curl flower, she adds a spiral center to create the spiral flower, then swaps random petals for intentional feather shapes to make the feather flower swirl, and finally reshapes the petals into a double-bumped "molar tooth" form for the showstopping hibiscus. The key insight: you're not learning four designs, you're learning one and evolving it.

 Beginner, Intermediate  18 min

Lyndelle Newey, The Quilt Room

Soft Curls

With 25 years of longarm experience behind her, Adria introduces a fresh, forgiving variation on the classic curl design that works beautifully as an all-over pattern on any quilt. She starts with a whiteboard drawing practice session — encouraging both-handed movement to build muscle memory — then demonstrates on her Bernina Q24, showing how to vary curl sizes, leave space for blending rows, and fill tight gaps without stress. The design is beginner-friendly, faster than it looks, and brings wonderful softness to geometric piecing.

 Beginner, Intermediate  20 min

Adria Good, Adria Good Longarm Quilting

Anyone Can Freemotion Quilt!

Before you ever touch your machine, you should be drawing — and Telene's paper-first method has helped hundreds of students unlock free-motion quilting with less frustration and faster results. She guides you through a warm-up scribble, then teaches controlled slow-speed drawing (the key skill most beginners skip), correct body positioning with paper centered in front of you to mimic quilting posture, and four progressive exercises: stipple/meander movements, circles in rows (three different stitch-path methods), loopy loops, and pebbling with varied sizes. The session closes with clear guidance on how each paper exercise translates directly to the machine — on any machine, domestic or longarm.

 Beginner, Intermediate  35 min

Telene Jeffrey, Lady Jane Quilting (Pty) Ltd

Get Started with Ruler Quilting: Tools, Techniques & Practice

Ruler quilting is the perfect bridge between walking-foot quilting and full free-motion — the acrylic templates act as training wheels that give you the control to create perfect straight lines, elegant curves, curlicues, feathers, and flowers without the stress of going completely freehand. With nearly 30 years of quilting experience, Gina walks through everything you need to get started: choosing ruler templates and the right ruler quilting foot (and why the foot's thickness matters), adding grip to your rulers so they don't slide, setting up any machine for free-motion work, and finding the sweet spot for foot height. She then guides you through a warm-up routine, straight-edge practice in all four directions, following marked lines with correct ruler placement, and using a multi-shape ruler to stitch curlicues, feather plumes, and an open flower on a stencil grid — all without rotating the quilt sandwich once.

 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced  39 min

Gina Perkes, Gina Perkes Designs

Temperature Quilts - Stunning Results With Just One Block

Track the year in fabric: Andi's temperature quilt uses half-rectangle triangle units — one per day, representing the high and low temperatures — arranged into a stunning wall of color that tells the story of an entire year at a glance. She walks through her color palette planning, the specialty "Little Bit Different" ruler for trimming HRTs cleanly, pressing seams open for crisp intersections, and creative layout options from horizontal rows by month to spiral hexagons.

 Intermediate  18 min

Andi Stanfield, True Blue Quilts

How to Grow a Design Idea

This inspiring lecture teaches quilters how to develop their own original designs using a practical three-step process: studying other quilters' work with an analytical eye, building lists of design variables (color, scale, layout, focal point, negative space), and using mind mapping to generate dozens of possibilities from a single starting point. Cristina walks through the work of Carolyn Friedlander, Patty Kopak, and Victoria Findlay Wolfe to illustrate how small changes create wildly different outcomes, then shares her own design evolution — from The Badlands quilt through multiple variations to her award-winning Good Morning Mom.

 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced  40 min

Cristina De Miranda, Ships & Violins

From Idea to Stitch: Digital Tools as a Creative Companion

Discover how digital tools can help turn your quilting inspiration into workable designs while supporting every stage of the creative process. We’ll begin with a brief look at the evolution of quilting software and how technology has transformed the way many quilters design, plan, and create their quilts. We’ll also explore the ongoing conversation between tradition and innovation, showing how digital tools can enhance not replace the creativity, craftsmanship, and artistry that have always been at the heart of quilting. I’ll share the digital tools I use in my own design process, demonstrating how they help me develop, visualize, refine, and organize my quilt ideas before cutting fabric or taking the first stitch. Whether you’re curious about incorporating technology into your quilting or looking for ways to streamline your creative workflow, you’ll leave with practical resources, fresh inspiration, and the confidence to bring your quilting ideas to life.

 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced  41 min

Leona McCANN, Tír na nÓg Studio

Pockets Are A Must

Any plain sweatshirt or hoodie gets an instant upgrade with Shereece's side pocket tutorial — and using a quilted block as the pocket front makes it truly one-of-a-kind. She walks through creating a reusable curved template, cutting the quilt block and flannel lining together, sewing them right sides together with a turning gap, clipping curves, turning and pressing, and top-stitching the pocket onto the sweatshirt along the bottom and side seams. Tips on sewing just the arm of the machine for better maneuverability, reinforcing stress points, and eyeballing even pocket placement make this session as practical as it is fun.

 Beginner  22 min

Shereece Nicole, Sew Hooked on Treasures

Mini Quilt Madness: Learn New Techniques One Mini Quilt at a Time

Mini quilts are the secret weapon for building quilting confidence — they let you test new fabrics, techniques, and quilting methods from start to finish in a couple of hours, building muscle memory and delivering that satisfying sense of completion that keeps you motivated. Tasha shares why she loves mini quilts and how she uses them to test new appliqué, try hand quilting, practice crosshatching, and experiment with unconventional materials — then shows her favorite way to use a finished mini quilt: as an envelope-back pillow with no binding.

 Beginner, Intermediate  19 min

Tasha Haynes, Tasha Quilts

Dramatic Improv Without the Wonk

Improv doesn't have to mean wobbly or chaotic — Michelle's approach delivers clean, bold, graphic results using straight-line cuts (with a ruler, by choice) and intentional color contrast. She shows how to build birdhouse blocks by cutting and sewing layered roof strips, adding skinny accent strips for dimension, and using a viewfinder template to check block size before adding a sky panel. The session covers pressing for flat seams using a strip stick and wool mat, stacking finished blocks for a wedge quilt layout, and inserting a glued-and-stitched quarter circle (via a modified Six-Minute Circle technique) at the center.

 Intermediate, Advanced  30 min

Michelle Trimble, Quilting Chemistry

Stop Guessing at Color: Tools to Find a Palette You Love

Color inspiration strikes anywhere — a convenience store in Poland, a bakery, a tile floor — and Theresa shows how to capture it and translate it into usable quilt palettes faster than ever before. She demonstrates four methods: extracting a palette from a photo using Adobe Color (free), generating palettes from mood descriptions in Adobe Illustrator's generative recolor tool, uploading an existing quilt design to Google Gemini and requesting 16 colorway variations in seconds, and exploring the free palette generator Coolors.co. Throughout, she's honest about what AI can and cannot do — it can't build your color eye, but it can speed up testing dramatically.

 Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced  27 min

Theresa Benson, Radiant Meatball LLC

Floralscapes - Easy, Watercolor Style Wall Quilts

Watercolor quilts have traditionally required dozens of different floral fabrics, but Marija's simplified approach needs just one carefully chosen floral (with flowers in groups, not scattered overall) and a matching solid background — making this accessible to any quilter. She walks through selecting fabric, cutting two-inch squares, sorting them into full, half, and nearly empty groups, building a design on gridded fusible interfacing on the design wall, fusing permanently, sewing vertical and horizontal rows (with a clipping step in between for easier folding), pressing, squaring up, and finishing with optional borders or appliqué.

 Beginner  27 min

Marija Vujcic, Mara Quilt Designs

Cozy Maple Throw, Just two blocks, one vibrant fall throw

Fall gets a fresh look with this two-block quilt that combines a detailed maple leaf block — complete with a pieced stem and diagonal angle units — with a graphic houndstooth block for a rich, modern pattern. Jennifer walks through each sub-unit carefully: making the stem, constructing the leaf with careful angle direction, chain-piecing the houndstooth's half-square triangles, and assembling the striped corner units. Attention to pressing direction and unit labeling keeps everything organized as the design comes together beautifully.

 Intermediate  15 min

Jennifer Brown, Osenbei Design Co LLC

AccuQuilt Made Easy: Cut Faster, Quilt More

If you’ve ever wondered whether AccuQuilt is worth the investment, this session will show you why quilters love it. Explore the different cutters and dies available, learn the fundamentals of efficient cutting, and see how easily traditional quilt patterns can be adapted for AccuQuilt. You’ll walk away with fresh ideas, time-saving techniques, and the confidence to make the most of your fabric and your quilting time.

 Beginner  38 min

Jennifer Fulton, Inquiring Quilter

Foundation Paper Pieced Christmas Stocking

Foundation paper piecing gets festive with this gorgeous Christmas stocking project — and Kimie and Missy make the technique feel completely manageable for all skill levels. They walk through printing and preparing the FPP templates, choosing fabric placement with the "wrong side to fabric" rule, sewing on the line and trimming to a quarter inch, pressing each section open, and joining the sections together for the finished stocking front. The session covers tips for working with tricky angles, how to fix mistakes before they become permanent, and finishing with a lining and hanging loop.

 Beginner, Intermediate  36 min

Kimie Tanner & Missy Winona, On Williams Street

Facing a Quilt - An alternative binding

Facing is a clean, modern alternative to traditional binding that keeps the quilt top completely uninterrupted — no border frame, just a crisp edge with all the finishing work hidden on the back. Lindsay walks through calculating and cutting the four facing strips (two full-length and two slightly shorter), pressing the folded ends, attaching each strip with a quarter-inch seam, top-stitching for a crisp edge, trimming the corners, turning, pressing, and hand-stitching the facing flat on the back.

 Beginner  12 min

Lindsay Upiter, Aurora + Holly

Quilter’s Serger Toolbox

Your serger is one of the most underused tools in the quilting room — and Sookie, a 25-year serger expert and published author, shows four specific techniques that make it genuinely useful for quilters. Tool 1 covers faster piecing using either a two-thread chain stitch (easy to remove, familiar-looking) or four-thread overlock; Tool 2 demonstrates the flatlock stitch for joining batting scraps edge-to-edge with zero bulk; Tool 3 uses a three-thread overlock to stabilize and "hair-trim" a finished quilt sandwich before binding; and Tool 4 introduces fusible thread in the lower looper for a temporary hold that makes binding lay flat for final stitching.

 Beginner  31 min

Sue 'Sookie' O'Very, Sookie Sews

Tips and Tools to Plan Your Quilting

In this presentation, Vendulka is talking about the often dreaded moment when a quilter finishes piecing the quilt top and has to start thinking about the quilting. Many don’t take the time to plan it, so Vendulka will tell you her tips and also show you the tools that she uses to prepare herself, so that the act of quilting is just about following a pre-planned path.

 Beginner, Intermediate  18 min

Vendulka Battais, OliVen

Table Runner Magic

Most quilters default to edge-to-edge designs when quilting panels — but Mary shows how following each individual motif with free-motion quilting transforms an ordinary panel into something extraordinary. Using the Harvest Whisper panel by Studio E, she cuts and reassembles the panel into a table runner where every motif faces the seated guest, then loads it on the longarm and meticulously outlines birds, leaves, pumpkins, a basket of apples, and sunflowers in thread. The process is honest and unscripted — including decisions made on the fly, minor corrections, and her "fist test" for checking quilting density — and the result is a table runner that truly glows with dimension.

 Intermediate  43 min

Mary Marcotte, Marymarcotte.com