Ola's Quilt Shop

Calculating Fabric for Upholstery

This is a super handy illustration and chart on how much fabric needed to reupholster. Thank you Honey and Fitz !

How to Press Quilt Seams

Get things right from the start with these tips for perfect pressing!

Make your own Deep Buttoned Ottoman in 11 easy steps

A great way to DIY is to turn something unused and unloved into an item that you cherish. This project, inspired by an ottoman from West Elm, is a very unusual way to repurpose something and the result is amazing!

Easy Scrap fabric quilt block

Free tutorial for easy scrap quilt block using fabric strips. Ideas for using up fabric scraps.

10 Modern Sewing Patterns that Flatter Women

As much as I love a good shift dress, sometimes its nice to sew a more modern sewing pattern with a fit that flatters. A sewing pattern that will make you feel like a million bucks. So I looked around and found some that I think would do exactly that. Sewing patterns that flatter WOMEN. …

Chain Store Quality Quilt Fabric, Is there really a difference?

This question was recently a subject of conversation on the Quiltville Open Studio Facebook page. And you know me. I can’t leave well enough alone. I mean, the question is valid. Is there …

Quilts and MANY fabrics!

Looking at this wall of fabrics makes us want to do all the projects!

Skip the binding: frame that quilt! (tutorial + fabric giveaway)

Shortcuts. Time-savers. Beelines! Around the holidays, quilters look to make lots of gifts—and they look for ways to make those gifts more quickly. Choosing smaller quilts is a smart start (size matters). But what if you could also cut out an entire quiltmaking step—one you thought had to be completed every time? Now that’s starting …

looking for quilting fabric? "butterscotch and roses"

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Fabric Basket and Eggs tutorial

Handmade DYI Fabric Easter Basket and Easter Eggs tutorials

Quilt Care: How to Mend an Old Quilt

Quilts can last for decades if you care for them properly!

How Many Ways to Quilt A Swoon Quilt

See several different options for machine quilting your Swoon quilt designed by Camille Roskelley. With many different viewpoints, there is sure to be an idea that strikes you.

The Many Amazing Benefits of Quilting

A lot has been written about the many benefits of quilting, but it is only in the last couple of years that scientists really started to study this claim.

10 Quilting Techniques Every Quilter Should Master

Learn 10 important quilting techniques that every quilter should understand before making that very first quilt.

How to Make a Quilt Panel

Quilt Panel ✓ Quilt Tutorial ✓ Quilted Project ► Learn how to make a quilt panel that can be used to create long-lasting projects and gifts!

Baby Rag Quilt With Easy Video Tutorial

This Baby Rag Quilt is beautiful with its frayed ruffle edge. We've included a video tutorial and show you how to make yours into an animal shape.

Fabric Cutting Table Buying Guide

The ideal cutting table is about three feet wide, four feet high and at least six feet long. It also has storage shelves and drawers underneath to hold sewing and ironing supplies, fabric and all of your other sewing room essentials. The only problem with owning an ideal cutting table is it is so big …

Quilting the Quilt: What's in a word?

Quilters frequently use stipple and meander interchangeably when describing a quilting design that wanders aimlessly across the fabric...

Dot to Dot Machine Quilting Tutorial

Dot to Dot Quilting - a technique by Angela Walters- shows you how to quilt intricate looking geometric designs with little to no marking! See this tutorial, which shows you how!