It’s four in the morning here in Montana and I’m watching one of your videos. I just want to thank you for all of your wise and consistent instruction. Most especially your organization techniques and your solid ironing emphasis. These are key….especially if you have a small house. I am 74 now and live alone with only one cat🤣….so turning the dining room into a workshop doesn’t impact anyone but me…and my friends salute me. Every day I walk out of my bedroom to my “workshop” and thank the Lord for this chapter of life.💕Cathy
Incredible. Watching the creative process was great. Recognizing the same feeling at 11 pm and the mistakes, where the mind wanted to keep going but the body made its needs known. Your channel brings me so much knowledge and tricks. You’re so generous with your tips, thank you. As for any vlogging shortcomings, I stick with you as I know the gems are in what you show us and say.
Thanks for sharing, I can see that life is better now, not having the worry of your son’s health. So happy for you and your son. Love the quilts and sometimes fast and easy is what one wants. 👍❤️😊
Going to bust some stash by making some 3x4 tops for my friend to turn into quilts for hospice. Everyone deserves some color with their comfort. Thanks again
Your son's return to good health is awesome. I am thankful for that and to see you back to your bouncy cheerful self. Your joy is evident in countenance. Love your tutorials. I have missed you.
Thank you for showing the after quilts on the backs. As the member of our (now on sabbatical due to Covid) quilt group whom puts together the backs, it's my favorite part. I try to incorporate orphan blocks when I can.
Your videos have given me ideas and methods for putting a dent in the stash. While.i am looking at 2+months of double shifts at my day gig and tax preparation, the small amounts of at home time can be used effectively for fabric and pattern selection to prepare for my next several quilts. Thank you for all your hard work and the help over our hurdles.
I’ve watched all of your stash-buster quilt videos, and I’m drawn to this one most, but with some modifications for my niece’s baby quilt (first baby). First, I have small juvenile prints with animals on them, each matched with a darker tiny-dot fabric. I have full width of fabric 1/2 yards or more of each (some were remnants). But when I make a 2” wide “window”, it hacks up the animals too badly. Sock monkeys with no heads or no legs, birds you can’t tell ARE birds, etc. Distressing! So I think I want to start with 3.5” strips (3” finished), and have fewer final blocks. Also, I like the idea of a 48x48” baby quilt, so my finished quilt will end up between the sizes of your two. Finally (as if this weren’t enough), I liked 8 pairs of fabrics - each with an animal print and a tiny polka-dot. So I think my finished quilt will be scrappier - more like your Kaffe quilt than the other one. So. My question (finally!) - Do you see ANY issue with doing all of this and kind of winging it? Thanks in advance!
I have become addicted to watching your videos. They make everything make sense and make things easier. I am a newbie and fears of certain things have sometimes gotten the best of me. I go to one of your videos and find the solution and I am able to accomplish it. Thank you for doing all of these.
I am so so happy your son has regained full health. Your happiness shines through in this video. I love watching your videos- I am becoming the quilt finisher that I’ve always wanted to be. I have made 7 quilts since February and have you to thank for it (and the lockdown). Your videos that I’ve learned the most from are the colour series.
Had trouble with binding. Bought the TQM binding tool. Saw the gal on their web site explain how to use it. Bingo! I get it and it WORKS! OMGoodness easy peasy
Love the colors in the zinnia quilt! I wanted it! You know it is funny, but I have made so many quilts over the years but no one turns around and makes me one. I was telling hubby this while he was building out house. Well that guy made me a quilt out of marble pieces cut in strips in two different colors and he set it up as a log cabin quilt - one of my favorites! - at the landing at the bottom of our stairs. My binding trouble is one that you probably can't solve. When attaching binding, you have to hold the bulk of the quilt and hold it in such a way that the binding gets sewn down correctly. As hard as I might try, my shoulders are screaming at me from what I have to do to get the binding on accurately.
My mother-in-law taught me how to start quiting on a tight budget. To finish her quilts she would leave a good 1/2 inch of fabric (top &bottom)past the batting . To bind it, she took edge of the quilt top and folded it over the batting. Then folded the bottom in/under the batting so top and bottom were face to face, raw edges folded in. Once this was pinned in place she gave it a good press and did a zig-zag stitch around the very edge with the outside stitch just off the fabric. This mimics a surging/overcast type stich. You can leave it that way or it makes it easier to add a regular binding. This is great when ur just learning how to sew binding because it holds everything together while trying to attach a binding.
Thanks for another great video tutorial! I am looking forward to you video about the quilt sandwich. I struggle to get mine smooth and am usually disappointed to find puckers, especially on the back, because of that.
I have so much fabric, I can start a little shop. Lots of those fat quarters I didn't wanted to use, because I love the print so much, and they are just in my drawers.Where I look at them and think, maybe...some day... But it is time to use them, and you have so many easy to make quilts, I love it. Thank you for sharing and the inspiration.
Yes, please a video on bindings! (Or a series?) There‘s so much to learn. I‘m generally nit thrilled with the way they look at the back when I do them with machine and am not sure they are secure when I do them by hand...haven‘t done many though.
@@JustGetitDoneQuilts I have trouble with the mitered corners, no matter how careful I am they still look wonky, would appreciate any suggestions you have.
Thank you. It’s Kayffe, pronounced Kay-f.......a long ‘a’......I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Kaffe Fassett, and he gave a fascinating talk. Thanks again.
Thank you for the newest free quilt pattern! I liked it right off, and even better after watching the entire video. Also thanks for sharing the good news about your son--the change shows right away on your face and demeanor. Keep up the good tutorials, they are very much appreciated by me!
I am new to your channel, new subscriber as well. You are an excellent presenter! Clear, concise and well-organized. Sometimes you say you have struggled to present a tutorial - well, from a viewer's perspective, your high-quality results are worth your effort. I have been watching your videos in order but just saw your "good news" vlog and wanted to add my rejoicing to all of your video friends'. I'm an experienced dressmaker but not a very good quilter - I would also like a tutorial on bindings, specifically on keeping a binding smooth. (PS - I'm almost convinced now that I can actually do a successful HST!)
I’m a garment sewer but I have made a couple of quilts in the past. I have a ton of colorful batiks and wanted to make a small quilt for my granddaughter and this is perfect! Thank you!
Omgoodness, Ms.Karen those are beautiful the color's are fabulous I always get over excited for your videos they're so awesome. Blessings to hear you're son is doing better. Have a blessed weekend
This is my new favourite Scrapbuster pattern. I can't wait to turn some more scraps into quilts. NOTE: when assembling the quilt top, alternate blocks are turned 180 degrees....Somewhere in the editing and uploading a line went missing. I hope you can make some of these blocks next time you dive into your MT Scrapmore. Enjoy....any here is the playlist for all my STASHBUSTER Patterns
Love these! Could you a video on a quilt where the backing is also the binding? I'm a hand sewist (once shops can do lessons again I'll see if I can get help with my machine but until then...) I've seen some videos on making a backing bigger than the quilt and wrapping it around to make a binding on the front. I'd love to see your take on it
If you read the comments below mine, I have some of the same issues as the others. I bind from the top, I bind from the bottom, still the same. I know I will get it at some point, but after a couple of years I still struggle. Every now and then, one will turn out great, but then the next one is awful. I would love to see how you do it and perhaps it will be something that will click for me. Thanks so much for your videos. The lady that does quilting for me gave me a bag of fabrics, and I think this might be a good pattern for them! I'm gonna try!
I was cleaning out the chaos in my sewing space today and was faced with a TON of scraps of every size. Normally I address the scraps created from my sewing each time a finish a project, but lately I've had one thing on top of another and so they've begun to reproduce while my back was turned! So, in an effort to get things under control, I've begun cutting them down to the appropriate sizes and was amazed at the size of my stash! Not to mention my orphan blocks! So, I just wanted you to know that this video has inspired me to set a goal for 2021.... It is going to be a full year of stash busting! The only leaway I'm giving myself is that 1) not everything needs to be a quilt but can be smaller (or other) projects, and 2) the only fabric I'm going to buy is for sashing, binding, and backing. (Yeah, this will be the hard one to stick to!) Anyway, I'm super excited about this! And I will be referencing your stash busting videos regularly. Thank you for your hard work and help in putting these videos out there for us. They are super helpful and useful. Have a blessed day!
I love your channel Karen. I made my first quilt this year while my country was in lockdown and I knew nothing about quilting. Your videos helped me finish it (along with some wonderful friends who taught me how to sandwhich my quilt). I'm currently sitting under my second quilt, hand stitching it as I watch your videos. I'm so glad your son is doing well, just wanted to send you some love from New Zealand! 🧡
Karen, love your quilting help. I learned so much. Thankful for good news about your son. Been dealing with same with my oldest, my son. Great relief to get the all clear. Keep sewing!!! Would love binding video.
This would make an adorable table topper for any season. You could use spring fabrics, summer fabrics, fall fabrics and then Christmas fabrics - good grief you could go on and on with this pattern! How awesome!. Would love to see a video and round table toppers/runners. There are tons of vids on table runners in general, but not for round tables like mine. I would love to see how that is done.
This is the answer for my weird left over jelly roll strips. I'll be putting them together as you suggest, but then making a bag out of them to spruce up my shopping attire. Thank you for your suggestion and I am so happy for your returned abundance of joy! So happy for you and your family to be entering this fall with renewed hope for the future. Bless you, Karen!
Just made this! took the morning and kept sewing and cutting and ironing. i took the left over cut scraps and made a scrappy random border and have less than a handful of scraps. Bright oranges and yellow lemons so fun and easy!! hoping to do a self binding backing to finish it all off.
Love those quilts Karen ! Specially the bright one. Guessing most will want to see binding, and I will be interested in it too. Thanks for sharing them.
Great tutorial and it must be so good to have the weight of your sons illness lifted. You and your family have a period of adjustment now but you are so strong
I don't even make quilts, I just watch your videos, but I don't really understand binding and what you do to take the sewed together blocks to a finished quilt ready to use. I'd love to see a video on binding! Also SO happy for you and your family that your son has come back cancer free
I really enjoyed this quilt tutorial. I hope to give it a try soon. I have completed my first 3 quilts in my first month and a half of quilting and the tips and tricks I have learned from you have really helped me learn this new skill. Thanks for the encouragement.....
i love how you use a dumbell for a weight on your ruler. I learn new stuff from you every video! I adore your second more random quilt; it's beautiful! i love the back of the crib quilt as much as the front.
