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12 Tips for Sewing Long Seams

12 Tips for Sewing Long Seams

We've all been there. Wonky and wavy fabric can be so common and frustrating when it comes to sew...
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how to test your seam allowance

How to Perfect your Seam Allowance

Have you ever sewn pieces of fabric together and wondered why they didn't measure what you though...
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How to Cut WOF Strips

How to Cut WOF Strips

WHAT IS "WIDTH OF FABRIC"? If you've made a quilt or two before, then you're likely familiar with...
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How to make a Lanyard

How to make a Lanyard

Ever wonder what you're going to do with all of your leftover scrap fabric and batting? Make a la...
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How to Trim Half Rectangle Triangles

How to Trim Half Rectangle Triangles

I don't know about you, but I'm absolutely obsessed with the look of the half rectangle triangle ...
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How to Trim Diamond in a Square units

How to Trim Diamond in a Square units

Let's talk about the "Diamond in a Square" or "Square in a Square" unit. As simple as the appear,...
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How to Chain Piece Rows

How to Chain Piece Rows

Have you ever heard of chain piecing? What about chain piecing your rows? This is probably my BE...
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The Mystery of the Scant 1/4" Seam - SOLVED!

The Mystery of the Scant 1/4" Seam - SOLVED!

It's widely known that quilters sew with a 1/4" seam. But have you ever heard of a scant 1/4" se...
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Scrap Key Fob Tutorial

Scrap Key Fob Tutorial

If you've been around since the beginning of Lo & Behold Stitchery, you might remember that k...
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FREE Mini Christmas Joy Block Tutorial

FREE Mini Christmas Joy Block Tutorial

Christmas Joy was one of my first few quilt patterns back in the day! When I was designing this ...
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How to use directional fabrics in Nightingale

How to use directional fabrics in Nightingale

I wanted to share this tutorial for anyone who wants to use directional fabrics for their Nighti...
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How to Trim Flying Geese

How to Trim Flying Geese

Flying geese are often considered one of the many fundamental, beginner-friendly blocks of quilti...
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Knitted Star Quilt - my Pink & Purple version

Knitted Star Quilt - my Pink & Purple version

The Knitted Star Quilt Along just wrapped up and I wanted to share a little bit more about the qu...
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A Quilters Guide to Fabric Swatches!

A Quilters Guide to Fabric Swatches!

If you caught my little studio tour that I did over on Instagram a few weeks ago, you probably sa...
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How to make a Rope Bowl using a Mountain Thread Co. Kit!

How to make a Rope Bowl using a Mountain Thread Co. Kit!

It seems like we were at QuiltCon ages ago....literally ages. But it was only 5 months ago....hah...
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10 things to Consider when Shopping for a Sewing Machine

10 things to Consider when Shopping for a Sewing Machine

Download your FREE sewing machine comparison chart!   I'll never forget that daunting feeling of ...
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5 tips to create a Vintage-Inspired Quilt!

5 tips to create a Vintage-Inspired Quilt!

One of the things I love about quilting is mixing old with new. Quilting has been around for cent...
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Metamorphosis Quilt Pattern

Metamorphosis Quilt Pattern

My Metamorphosis quilt pattern is now available!! I've been working on this pattern for the last ...
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How to trim Half Square Triangles

How to trim Half Square Triangles

This week, I've been teaching Peter the basics of sewing. Honestly, I never thought I'd see the d...
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Quick & Easy Pillow Tutorial

Quick & Easy Pillow Tutorial

I'm finally getting around to finishing my Model Farm pillow that I started over half a year ago!...
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6 tips for Church Window Quilt

6 tips for Church Window Quilt

I just finished up my Church Window quilt from our Church Window quilt along last summer! It's be...
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Scrappy Quilted Coaster Tutorial

Scrappy Quilted Coaster Tutorial

Christmas is just a few days away! Ekkk! If you're like me and you still need a few last minute s...
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Straight-Line Quilting Tutorial

Straight-Line Quilting Tutorial

Straight-line quilting is my favorite way to do my own quilting! It's so easy and has quite the s...
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Pin Basting

Pin Basting

Basting is probably my least favorite part of the quilting process! I hate to admit it, but it's ...
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How to Machine Bind your Quilt

How to Machine Bind your Quilt

You did it! After hours and hours of piecing your quilt top, pressing seams, changing your mind 1...
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Chunky Stitch Hand Binding Tutorial

Chunky Stitch Hand Binding Tutorial

Eliane of Patchwork and Poodles introduced me to this super fun way to hand bind quilts. Somethin...
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