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How to Lay Out a Quilt Top for Beginners

How to Lay Out a Quilt Top for Beginners

|Mitzie Schafer
You cut all your blocks. You sorted them. Now comes the part that feels the most like art: laying the quilt out. In this lesson of the Brave Beginner Quilt...
How to Cut Quilt Blocks from Strip Sets (And Get That Seam Centered Every Time)

How to Cut Quilt Blocks from Strip Sets (And Get That Seam Centered Every Time)

|Mitzie Schafer
If you've been following along with the Brave Beginner Quilt Course, you've already done a lot of the hard work. You picked your fabrics, pressed them, cut your strips and...
How to Sew Quilt Strips Together and Press Seams for Beginners

How to Sew Quilt Strips Together and Press Seams for Beginners

|Mitzie Schafer
This is the moment quilting stops being theoretical and starts being real.You have your fabrics. You have your strips. You have a sewing machine that is threaded and ready. In...
How to Pair Quilt Fabrics by Color Value (Brave Beginner Quilt Course)

How to Pair Quilt Fabrics by Color Value (Brave Beginner Quilt Course)

|Mitzie Schafer
You cut your fabrics. You pressed them. You stacked them neatly on the table. And now you're staring at them wondering: okay, which ones go together?This is the moment that...
How to Cut Fabric for a Quilt: Reading the Pattern and Cutting Fat Quarters

How to Cut Fabric for a Quilt: Reading the Pattern and Cutting Fat Quarters

|Mitzie Schafer
There is something about picking up that rotary cutter with your good fabric in front of you that makes every beginner pause. You've got the tools. You've got the pattern....
How to Use a Rotary Cutter for Quilting: A Complete Beginner's Guide

How to Use a Rotary Cutter for Quilting: A Complete Beginner's Guide

|Mitzie Schafer
If you ask me what the hardest part of quilting is, I will tell you the same thing every time: the rotary cutter. Not the sewing. Not the color choices....
How to Choose Quilt Fabric Colors for Beginners

How to Choose Quilt Fabric Colors for Beginners

|Mitzie Schafer
For the Brave Beginner Quilt CourseYou picked some fabrics. You kind of like them. But now you are standing there wondering if they actually go together or if you are...
Prepping Your Fabrics for the Brave Beginner Quilt Course

Prepping Your Fabrics for the Brave Beginner Quilt Course

|Mitzie Schafer
Do You Need to Wash Fabric Before Quilting?This is one of the first questions almost every new quilter asks, and the internet will give you completely opposite answers depending on...
How to Press Quilt Fabric the Right Way for the Brave Beginner Quilt Course

How to Press Quilt Fabric the Right Way for the Brave Beginner Quilt Course

|Mitzie Schafer
How to Press Quilt Fabric the Right Way (It Is Not the Same as Ironing)If you have been treating your iron like a tool you push across fabric, you are...
Your Sewing Machine, Explained: Everything a Beginner Needs to Know Before You Sew a Single Stitch

Your Sewing Machine, Explained: Everything a Beginner Needs to Know Before You Sew a Single Stitch

|Mitzie Schafer
Maybe you pulled an old machine out of a closet. Maybe you just bought a basic one and it's still sitting in the box. Maybe you borrowed one from your...