Rick rack quilt border

Hello Everyone, Today I'm going to show you how to make this ribbon border which will be framing my Peek-a-Boo Pumpkins. I started by making 32 (HST) half-square triangles. I make my HST eight at a time using an easy method. You can watch this method by clicking HERE and viewing my video on The Quilt Show. There is a lot of information in my Patchwork Math videos. To soak it all in, you can watch them over and over again for free! Now that I've trimmed my HST to the correct size using a…

See the best way to sew rickrack onto your quilt top seam. This is used to embellish a Modern baby quilt using Northcott's Cosmic Fusion.

an avid sewer & quilter, i am always searching for new ways to add whimsy to my projects --- adding some rick rack to the binding gave it an extra something special!

Yep...I've added a new row to the quilt! Row 3. I will be out of town all next week... so... I am posting this early so that y'all can be rowing while I'm gone:) You're welcome! Row 3 is a cute little "filler" row that will go in-between larger and more detailed blocks. It's an easy peasy...get it done in an afternoon... kind of zig-zaggy/chubby chevron if you will kind of a row:) YAY! Cute squares. Okay...Cutting complete! The stitching of the easy corner triangles is exactly like you did…

Recently I've had several people ask me how I bind my quilts. So I thought that this would be a perfect time to show you how I do ...

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A quilting friend brought a visitor over to see my quilts. The visitor had owned a yarn shop so you know she has appreciation for the fabric arts. Oh my! I felt like queen for a day while she was here. It also let me revisit some of my older quilts. We didn't get to see everything and told her she could come back and see what is under beds, hanging in closets and in drawers. Near the bottom of the pile, my Mary Engelbreit was unfolded. I used the scraps to make the tea cozy I showed you…

I posted this photo of my ric rac quilt binding on Instagram and Facebook this past weekend, and received some requests for a tutorial! Here ya go...!

Ric rac, rick rac, rick rack - It doesn’t matter how you spell it; sewing ric rac is easy. Learn how to sew ric rac with this simple tutorial.

Aside from playing around with EQ, this is what I’ve been working on. I need 4 long strips like this for one of the pieced borders for Scrappy Star. At this point, it seems like an endless bi…