All Quilting Videos
The world of quilting begins here! The videos listed here are full of helpful quilting tips, techniques, and project ideas, listed chronologically. Each video is taught by expert instructors who walk you through each step. Come back often – new quilting videos are added to this page every week!
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6:24Heather Thomas teaches you how to use lutradur to add texture, layers and interest to your quilting projects. By heating the lutradur with a heat gun, the material laces and then melts in certain places to reveal your base fabric below. You can create a really unique, aged-looking design with a few quick steps.
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12:05Heather Thomas teaches you the proper technique for adding curvy couched fabric to your quilting projects. She walks you step by step through the whole process, demonstrating the easy-to-learn stitching techniques that you’ll need. By raising the edges of a design, this type of couching will make your pieces really pop!
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11:19Carolyn Beam presents her creative and easy technique of using leftover strips of fabric. Learn how to incorporate old bindings or scraps of fabric to quilting blocks. Spark new and creative ideas for a fun project of your own. See examples of pieces shes done and use these tips to help get rid of leftover
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5:16Heather Thomas shows you several examples of quilts that utilize alternative fabrics, or fabrics that you don’t typically consider for quilting, including metals, silks and wools. By varying the fabrics that you use on your quilts, you’ll find that you can create fun pieces that are unique and eye-catching.
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4:27Heather Thomas talks about using torn bits and scraps of leftover fabric on smaller quilting projects to create fun, unique pieces. She shows several examples of her own work, including a project that she based off of her daughter’s scribbling and a few pieces that contain schlubs, or thread that gets left behind in the
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4:06Heather Thomas teaches you how to add depth to your quilts by using what she likes to call visual temperature. The idea is that warm colors tend to come forward, while cool colors recede, and you can play around with the levels of depth in your pieces by experimenting with various placement, sizes and patterns
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3:22Heather Thomas presents several fun and unique examples of couched quilts. She provides specific tips for couching faux borders to appear like piping. Learn how to couch fibers to the surface of your quilts or even to the edge inside the binding. See what materials you need and what stitches work best. Use these tips
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7:05Heather Thomas delivers detailed instructions for making continuous mitered binding. Learn how to create mitered bindings for your quilts to ensure the end result is neat and tight. Go through each step with her and see what tools work best. Find out what double french is and how it can be used to make you
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15:08Heather Thomas displays the quilting color wheel and gray scales of each color that she painted. She put the pure hue on the outside, added black to yield shades in the middle, and grey in the middle to make tones. You can learn to do the same and understand color better with these step by
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