Quilting Tips & Guides
Practical advice from people who actually quilt.
How to Make a T-Shirt Quilt: The Complete Beginner's Guide (Save Those Old Shirts)
A step-by-step guide to making a t-shirt quilt — how to stabilize jersey fabric, cut blocks, calculate yardage, and turn a pile of old shirts into a quilt you'll actually use.
April 1, 2026 · 8 min read
Thread Selection for Quilting: The Complete Guide (2026)
Confused by thread weight, fiber content, and tension? This guide covers everything from thread weight to when to use cotton vs polyester — plus how much thread you actually need.
March 24, 2026 · 7 min read
What Can You Make with a Jelly Roll? 5 Easy Quilt Patterns
Five beginner-friendly quilt patterns you can make with a single jelly roll — from simple strip quilts to stunning bargellos, with yardage tips for each.
March 17, 2026 · 9 min read
How to Make a Temperature Quilt: Your Year in Fabric (2026 Edition)
A complete guide to temperature quilts — how to plan, choose fabrics, and track a year of weather in fabric. Plus free patterns and StitchLogic tips.
March 17, 2026 · 8 min read
How to Choose Quilt Batting: Cotton vs Polyester vs Wool (And When Each One Wins)
A practical guide to choosing quilt batting — cotton, polyester, wool, bamboo, and blends compared by loft, drape, warmth, and quilting distance. Plus how to calculate batting size for any project.
March 10, 2026 · 7 min read
How to Organize Your Fabric Stash (And Actually Keep It That Way)
Practical systems for organizing your quilting fabric stash — by color, designer, project type — plus how digital tools like StitchLogic make it stick.
March 10, 2026 · 7 min read
The Best Quilting Apps for iPhone in 2026: An Honest Breakdown
A practical look at the top quilting apps for iPhone in 2026 — Quiltography, Quilt Geek, PreQuilt, Missouri Star, and StitchLogic. What each one actually does, what it costs, and who it's best for.
March 4, 2026 · 9 min read
How to Make a Puff Quilt: The Beginner's Guide to 2026's Hottest Quilt Trend
Puff quilts are trending in 2026 — learn how to make one from start to finish, calculate fabric yardage, and join the dimensional quilting movement.
March 3, 2026 · 8 min read
What is Sashing in Quilting? A Complete Guide
Learn what sashing is, why quilters use it, the different types (plain, pieced, with cornerstones), and how to calculate yardage for sashing strips.
February 25, 2026 · 6 min read
5 Modern Quilting Trends from QuiltCon 2026 (And How to Design Them)
QuiltCon 2026 just wrapped in Raleigh. Here are the biggest modern quilting trends we're seeing — ombre quilts, improv piecing, statement bindings, and more — plus how to design them in StitchLogic.
February 25, 2026 · 8 min read
How to Bind a Quilt: The Complete Beginner's Guide
Learn how to bind a quilt from calculating yardage to finishing techniques — double fold vs single fold, machine binding vs hand binding, and mitered corners explained.
February 24, 2026 · 7 min read
How to Calculate Quilt Yardage (The Easy Way)
Stop second-guessing at the fabric store. Here's the exact formula quilters use to calculate yardage for any project — blocks, binding, and backing included.
February 19, 2026 · 7 min read