Quilt Alongs

I hosted the Celestial Star QAL in Jan-Oct 2014. You can find all the pertinent links to the QAL on this post. These posts are great for using with the Celestial Star pattern, but can also be applied to any quilt project!

Get ready for a mini art class on color. In this post I break down the color wheel and set the foundation for later posts where we'll plan our designs and pick fabrics.

This post is all about reading fabrics: solids vs prints vs large scale prints. We discuss planning your design, adding value, and how to pick the right fabrics to make your design come alive!

In this tutorial I show you how to use my cutting templates that I include in all of my patterns. I show my tricks to cut out your fabric faster, as well as how to get perfect fussy cutting!!

We are finally ready to start piecing your blocks!! In this tutorial I show you all my best tips for quick and easy paper piecing! You'll also how using the cutting templates really pay off! I have a video tutorial and a step-by-step tutorial with photos.

Now that you have all of your sections paper pieced, it's time to trim all the sections and we'll join the inner and outer sections together to create the 12 wedges!

Follow along with this step-by-step tutorial to learn all my tricks and tips for joining the wedges together to finish your Celestial Star block! Includes a video tutorial as well as a photo walk through. Just like all of these tutorials, these tips can be applied to other patterns as well.

Are you making a multiple block project or a full quilt? Here I show you my tricks to make the process as easy as possible while also getting the best results.

This post will walk you through the steps to get ready to quilt your project, and I share a lot of my own projects to hopefully help inspire you to come up with some amazing quilting ideas!

This is hands down the best binding tutorial I have ever found. I live and quilt by this tutorial! (PS It's not mine... so no, I'm not being arrogant. lol.)

At the beginning of the tutorial I showed you my designs and fabric pulls for all of my quilt blocks. Now we get to take a look at each block up close and see just how they all turned out!

Cristy is a master quilter and walks us step-by-step through her process of paperless paper piecing, including how to turn my Celestial Star pattern into a paperless paper piecing pattern.

Courtney shows us her beautiful Celestial Star block and shares her process and tips for sewing that very last seam of her block to join the two halves! A tricky step that she pulls off beautifully!

Jennifer shares with us her process of creating her Celestial Star quilt as well as her experience of creating a very special quilt with her son.

This is an exciting experience to team up with Patchwork Threads and put my Celestial Star pattern on a shirt! *These were available in 2014, and are no longer available. But I want to still share the love & you can still buy other great shirts.