by GillyMac | Oct 1, 2025 | Beginners, blog, free, general, GillyMac Community, Patchwork, Sewing Made Simple
by GillyMac | Sep 20, 2025 | Beginners, blog, free, GillyMac Community, Patchwork, Patchwork Block, Quilting, Sewing Made Simple, Tutorial
Many people find quilting the most challenging part of the quilt-making process. In this post, I will give you some ideas on how to quilt this Baby Quilt, but I want to encourage you to have a go and finish off this gorgeous project. How to set up for quilting success...
by GillyMac | Sep 20, 2025 | Beginners, blog, free, GillyMac Community, Patchwork, Patchwork Block, Quilting, Sewing Made Simple, Tutorial
Let’s make the quilt. All seams we are about the sew are ¼”. If you didn’t collect the requirements in last week’s post, you could find them here. Make twelve blocks using the method in the video in the previous post here. Join the blocks to...
by GillyMac | Sep 20, 2025 | Beginners, blog, free, GillyMac Community, Patchwork, Patchwork Block, Quilting, Sewing Made Simple, Tutorial
Over the next three posts, I’ll show you how to make this quilt step by step. The finished quilt measures 41″ x 53″ and is made up of twelve 12½” blocks. Today’s video walks you through creating a single block. It’s a simple design, and your color...
by GillyMac | Apr 20, 2022 | Beginners, blog, free, general, GillyMac Community, Sewing Made Simple, Tutorial
Last month the gorgeous participants in the GillyMac Junior Sewing Bee made bunny cushions. The pattern was such a success, I created instructions for the GillyMac Club and thought I would share it here. The pattern covers the cushion top. If you need help making a...
by GillyMac | Apr 6, 2022 | Beginners, blog, Doodles, free, GillyMac Doodle Challenge, Quilting, Sewing Made Simple, Tutorial
In this short video tutorial, I show you how to quilt out the designs from last week and how to a simple “invisible’ line can add interest to bounce back feathers. You will find the templates to practise with below the...
by GillyMac | Apr 1, 2022 | blog, free, GillyMac Doodle Challenge, Quilting, Sewing Made Simple, Tutorial
In today’s short tutorial we will cover how to draw out basic bounce-back feathers. To aid you, I have created the templates below for you to use to...
by GillyMac | Feb 9, 2022 | blog, free, GillyMac Community, Patchwork, Quilting, Sewing Made Simple, Tutorial
February is such a funny month. The excitement of Christmas and New Year has died down, and it’s like the day after a party with nothing fun to do. Well, it’s not long until we see signs of Spring, so until then, I have curated a group of free sewing...
by GillyMac | Sep 1, 2021 | Beginners, blog, Dressmaking, free, GillyMac Community, Sewing Made Simple, Tutorial
This course builds week on week and if you join later you can still access all the classes as long as you are a current subscriber to GillyMac Designs Newsletter. The course outline is as follows (we are now in Week 2) Week 1 – (28th July) Understanding the pattern...
