Tutorial - How to Make a Mini-Quilt

This little quilt is only 7" square

Tutorial at Michelle's Romantic Tangle Blog

"Yesterday, I thought I was in love with this little quilt.  Now that I've got it quilted, it's a case of full blown quilt lust.  In case you didn't read the last post, this is a scaled down version of Marilyn with the color placement in the nine-patch blocks reversed. The blocks are 1 1/2" and the quilt itself finishes at about 7" square. I could have, by the absolute skin of my teeth, used the same fat quarter for the top and back and binding, but I decided to use a piece from a coordinating pink fat quarter. The more different pinks in my stash the better, right".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Scrappy Pinwheel Quilt

A Video is included with this Tutorial

Scrappy Pinwheel Quilt Tutorial at Michelle's Romantic Tangle Blog

"When I first started planning my Extra Scrappy Pinwheels, I thought it would be one of my everything-that's-dark-enough-to-contrast-with-the-muslin-background scrap quilts. I don't remember actually changing my mind, but there were some bags of red scraps from a craigslist find, and I started cutting and quilting took its course".... Read more

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Tutorial - How to Make a Halloween Mug Rug

A good way to practice curved piecing and free motion quilting

Mug Rug Tutorial at Michelle's Romantic Tangle Blog

"Look what I whipped up with my Sizzix bottle die, just in time for Halloween! To make your own mug rug, you'll need scraps off three different colors. I used purple for the bottle, brown for the label, and grey for the background and backing. From purple, cut one 2" x 4" piece and one 4 x 4" piece. From brown, cut one 2 1/2 x 4" piece. The sizes are approximate, so if your scraps of fabric won't give you pieces quite that large, you can cheat a bit. Just make sure that you're making a large enough piece to cover the blades of the die".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Pinwheel Baby Quilt

Makes a 36" square quilt

Baby Quilt Tutorial at Michelle's Romantic Tangle Blog

"Sew a white half square triangle to each print half square triangle. Press. Sew the print squares into eighteen strips of four squares each and  eighteen strips of six squares each.  Assemble half square triangles into nine pinwheels, one for each block".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Treasure Chest Bag Design

Put those unique die shapes to use

Treasure Chest Bag Tutorial at Michelle's Romantic Tangle Blog

"Quinn asked me to sew a bag to put his little stuff in and I wanted to make something a little more involved than two squares and a draw string... and I had a new Sizzix die that I bought at an estate sale a couple of weeks ago.  It was a bag to hold his little treasures, so why not make it a treasure chest? And I didn't want to fiddle with a zipper, so why not make it a snap bag".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Pieced Quilt Block Ornament

Ornament finishes at just 2 1/2" square

Ornament Tutorial at Michelle's Romantic Tangle Blog

"I wanted some tiny quilt blocks to hang on the tree, so I pulled out my Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns and started looking for a block with lots of pieces that I could draft into a small size. Now the edges of my book are bristling with Post-It flags and I've settled on one block to start with, Dutchman's Puzzle. The pieced ornament finishes at just 2 1/2" square".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Halloween Potholder

A Halloween touch for your kitchen

Pot Holder Tutorial at Michelle's Romantic Tangle Blog

"I've been sitting on this project for months, waiting for it to be an appropriate date to post a tutorial for a Halloween project. March was definitely too early --and if I wait until October, it'll be too late for you to make one and get any use out of it. (I'm assuming that, unlike me, someone out there might actually want to make a  seasonal projects in time for the holiday it's intended for".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Baby Quilt

Uses 2 1/2" width of fabric strips

Baby Quilt Tutorial at Michelle's Romantic Tangle Blog

"Meet Laura! She's my first yellow and white baby quilt. When I started choosing fabrics, I was worried that there might not be enough contrast between the prints and the white background. Some of these yellows are pretty pale and I thought they might not stand out enough. That wasn't a problem. Now that she's pieced and quilted, I'm already pulling out more yellow fabric to make another quilt".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Gear Pincushion

Make a pincushion with a fun quirky shape

Pincushion Tutorial at Michelle's Romantic Tangle Blog

"The first die I bought for my Sizzix Big Shot was Gadget Gears. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it, but I knew I wanted to do something. Since I made a biscornu pincushion for my mom a few years back, I've been fascinated by the shape. I'd heard that it's a French word which translates to "oddly shaped." When I Googled it myself, I came up with "quirky," "tortuous," "crooked," and "odd-looking." Hopefully "quirky" is the only one of those that applies to this project!   I absolutely drool over all of the wonderful depth and texture that the scrapbookers achieve with their die cuts and I wanted to see what I could do with fabric. That meant a pieced background and lots of dense quilting".... Read more