Make Mine Neapolitan is a quilt that I made to be included in Alex Anderson's book, "Neutral Essentials". I collected small amounts of various neutral fabrics, plus a few light to medium pinks, for quite a while to make this quilt.

Here's a hint about collecting fabric to make this quilt: One of the ways I organize my scraps is to cut them into 2-1/2" strips and throw them into a scrap bucket. Then when I want to make a quilt such as Make Mine Neapolitan, I just pull strips out of the bucket!

If you don't have a lot of scraps, you can buy two jelly rolls and have enough fabric to make the center of the quilt; don't forget to buy coordinating fabric for both borders and an EZ Angle ruler to make it easy to cut the half-square triangles from the strips.

Borders & Bindings, Finishing Your Quilt  with Paula Reid

1hr. 38 mins.

You've pieced your patchwork, now what?  Don't just slap on a border and binding and call it done...take time to continue the creative process, and do it right!

Learn the proper techniques and different styles for bordering your quilt.  Paula will teach you the best methods for achieving a square quilt that's "bound" to turn heads!  She walks you through border options - including a crumb-catcher - binding techniques - including prairie points - hanging sleeve construction, and more.

DVD is viewable on both a DVD player and a computer.  The bonus material is accessed by placing the DVD in your computer.  It includes the following PDF-format material:

• Quilt Pattern, sample table topper for exploring border techniques and edge treatments

• How to Measure to Accommodate Pieced Borders

Is that stack of quilt tops getting higher and higher? Have you always wanted to take your machine quilting skills beyond the “ditch”? Do you want to learn free motion quilting? Have you seen Paula demonstrating machine quilting on Simply Quilts and wished the episode was longer?

Now you can learn the basics and more in your home as Paula walks you through batting choices, the types of needles and thread, how to pin baste correctly, choosing stencils, quilting, and moving those BIG quilts through a standard size home sewing machine.

Paula quilts approximately 100 quilts a year for her customers. About 75% of those quilts are at least double bed size. She uses her Fluff & Stuff method to move those big quilts through the machine and she will show you how to start Fluffing & Stuffing too!

DVD is viewable on both a DVD player and a computer.  The bonus material is accessed by placing the DVD in your computer.  It includes the following PDF-format material:

• Tools of the Trade:  Batting
• Tools of the Trade:  Needles
• Tools of the Trade:  Thread