How to Square a Quilt // TUTORIAL!

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[@judyzeigler3980]

Thank you so much. I always want to make sure my quilts are squared. Thanks again. Have a great day😊

[@christined4024]

I think your tutorial is going to help me a lot. I have been looking online for how to square up a quilt. All the other videos I saw say to cut all corners first but I was afraid the sides wouldn’t meet up properly. Your way makes much more sense to me. Thank you!

[@veronicaselz5764]

Hi from Kiowa, CO! Just realized we used to go to church together before we moved to Kiowa back in 2016. Glad to see your blog/videos have grown into what they have=) God bless

[@erica_arndt]

Oh hi! Small world! :)

[@lucilledaub5991]

Love the way you squared off your quilt.Great teacher you are.

[@lauralina781]

Thanks Erica! That quilt is beautiful.

[@carlenehall2979]

🤗 Thank you Erica! I use my 12” square ruler and my 24” ruler. Nice to have a refresher lesson!

[@ceciliajauregui4083]

I love your tutorials! They’re so helpful. And your fabric selections are awesome. 🌺

[@angelastoutenger7944]

Thanks for the tutorial. Beautiful quilt top.

[@patriciakalisak4300]

Beautiful quilt pattern. Thanks for the tips

[@Meari.S]

I use both those size rulers to square up my quilts, too. When I first started quilting 2 years ago, I used your Quilting 101 series and always recommend them to new quilters. Great video!

[@danielploszkiewicz1058]

What a great idea using both rulers! Squaring is my least favorite part but this trick will help a lot!

[@louiselavallee8062]

Thanks Erica ,I needed this video. Your instructions were clear and to the point; keep up the good work👍

[@grams5580461]

Good information. I like seeing how you do things. I just wish I had a big table to cut on. I use the top of my washing machine as my cutting area. It gets a little tricky but I get the job done.

[@erica_arndt]

Whatever works right! I used to have my cutting mat on my kitchen counter :)

[@SewAndTellwithDori]

Great video, Erica! I couldn't find any videos on this subject in the past. Thanks so much for sharing!!!

[@robinheslop7902]

Thank you. Great job

[@rachalallred4380]

This was so helpful! Thank you

[@scoutmcgee6385]

Thank you for sharing I found this very interesting💞

[@kathyrackow880]

This Tutorial was very helpful. Thanks!

[@maryannknipfer87]

Thank you for sharing! I learned something new!

[@karenhickey3377]

Super helpful! Thank you 🙏

[@mariawells8026]

Great advice! Thank you!

[@larissawangarodskaya4371]

Красивый проект получился! И очень аккуратный!

[@heatherfonner]

I ran across your rag rug video im so hooked,, and your craft room tour was great,, i would love a video on how to cut 10x10 squares and how do you calculate how much material to buy for a specific size bed..my brain hurts 😫

[@erica_arndt]

Hi! I usually go by the pattern for requirements, but you can also do the math too! So you lose 1/2" for each seam so if you sew two 10" squares together you'll end up with a piece that is 10" h by 19.5" wide.

[@victoriafoley3958]

Great video!

[@DIYAnyone]

I homeschooled for 17 yeArs after only starting the process because my oldest was in third grade and could not read. Gods hand for sure!

[@rachelmiller495]

Thanks.

[@lisawalters5482]

Hi Erica. I love the tree and pinwheel quilt. Do you have a tutorial? And I love your quilting videos. I resubscribed! Loving it.

[@erica_arndt]

Hi, I don't have a video for this one, but I do have a pattern here: bit.ly/38LmZKl

[@UsernameUnkwn21]

Erica what is your current go to for batting and are you still using Kona for your white?

[@erica_arndt]

Hi! I've never used Kona white, I always use MODA 9900-97, and my batting is Warm Co, warm-n-white: amzn.to/3iyYZgg but I buy a bolt ;o)

[@laurawood6175]

Thank you for this tutorial. It looked like you squared against your red inside border. How do you manage that if that border is a bit wonky?

[@debramiller9892]

I love the quilt and your informative video. What do you have on top of your table that you can rotary cut on? I would like to get one for my dining room table.

[@erica_arndt]

I have a bigmatrotarycuttingsurface.com/index.html

[@user-kd7fs6lr3z]

Beautiful

[@melissaflores3776]

I have tried several times different methods and my quotes just always come out crooked or off sometimes I think I’m just trying to hard and I just leave them be! I’m going to try this method hopefully it will work for me

[@themonogrammom]

Thanks for the refresher! What is the background fabric with the tiny x’s? Thanks!

[@erica_arndt]

All of the fabric in this quilt is Holliberry by Corey Yoder.

[@barbaramullen7823]

Hi Erica I purchased this pattern awhile ago. I will be attempting it soon. My question is when making the half square triangles for the peppermint block how big are the 4 1/2 square triangles each and how big is the final block when all 4 make the pinwheel? Thanks

[@erica_arndt]

Hi! Thanks, I hope you enjoy it! All of that information is in the pattern :)

[@Nunya-biz-ness]

Should you square up a quilt before it’s even quilted? Mine always seem out of whack when I get to the last row of quilting on a longarm. It’s wonky every time and it starts out as square in the beginning on the longarm. Thanks!

[@melissajkerick]

What do you do if you don’t have a large area to lay the quilt flat? I don’t have a large cutting surface so my quilts are usually not square.

[@erica_arndt]

I used to do this on the floor. So I would lay the quilt out, then slide my cutting mat underneath it. Just make sure to move the mat and don't cut your floor! :)

[@heathershroyer140]

Thank you for all your videos. Love your Quilt. Do you starch your fabrics? Your quilt looks so flat. If so can I ask what kind of starch?

[@erica_arndt]

Hi! I don't ever starch unless I'm working on the bias. Check Fat Quarter Shop video on starching, Kimberly uses it religiously ! :)

[@Borogerst32697]

Do you press the top first?

[@erica_arndt]

Yes, I usually do press my top first. I press it as I go as well, so it's usually pretty good when I go to baste and quilt it.

[@hazelem1266]

Good morning. Do you have a video on how to square up a self binding quilt please? Thank you.

[@erica_arndt]

Hi, I don't have a video on how to square up a self binding quilt. I make sure my quilt top and backing are both square before starting. Once you do the self-binding method I'm not sure how you would adjust it once it's sewn in place.

[@hazelem1266]

@@erica_arndt thank you very much. You explained so well and I would’ve liked to have you show squaring the three layers individually.

[@missj6923]

What about, post-quilting, folding your backing fabric over on itself so it's 2 right sides together of backing fabric touching, on the back side of the quilt, tacking stitches or safety pins to hold these as high as possible towards the centre of the quilt back, then squaring up, cutting off the excess batting only. Then, unpinning /tacking and binding? Someone showed me how to do this, maybe could work for squaring up too?

[@hazelem1266]

@@missj6923 I had already started hand quilting. The entire queen sized quilt took 6 weeks, everything hand-sewn, even the piecing of the story book memory blocks. I started squaring up, and tried to do the back binding. I was so scared because I’m so inexperienced and this is my first project. It took two weeks to square up, did the binding including great mitered corners. I am currently in transit taking this quilt for my granddaughter in South Africa.

[@missj6923]

@@hazelem1266 Hand sewn?! That's so impressive and at that speed too! 6 weeks sounds so fast. Well done you!!!!!!! 🤗 I'm trying out a pattern from the Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine which I'm enjoying and hopefully will have finished soon too 😊

[@lynnlegault4042]

DO YOU SQUARE OFF THE QUILT TOP BEFORE ADDING BORDERS??

[@erica_arndt]

Hi, no I don't usually do that. I just add my borders then I square the entire quilt when it's done being quilted. The quilting always makes the edges a little wonky anyway.

[@cynthiabradshaw6720]

What is the name of your cutting mat. Also how did you adhere it to your table.

[@erica_arndt]

Hi, It's from Big Mat Rotary and it's not adhered to the table, it just sits on top. bigmatrotarycuttingsurface.com/index.html

[@teririos4736]

How big is that cutting mat, where did you get it?

[@erica_arndt]

mine is 38" x 68" but they have other sizes, it's from bigmatrotarycuttingsurface.com/index.html

[@nikibaird9266]

Thank you for always sharing detailed videos. Would you share the cutting mat/mats you have? I'm getting a large table similar to yours.

[@erica_arndt]

Hi, yes, mine is from bigmatrotarycuttingsurface.com/index.html

[@karenroth5146]

Erica can you show us an easier way to measure up your quilt top with your batting and then your backing fabric...

[@erica_arndt]

Here is my basting tutorial : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHubqHmVlM6ol8k

[@bellaannecgoff2335]

❤️❤️❤️

[@carmenbailey1560]

👍❤️😊

[@abbeyp8834]

What if I don't have a seam to follow🤔

[@erica_arndt]

If you would like to do straight line quilting you can draw lines on the quilt using a frixtion erasable pen, a Hera marker, a chalk marker, water soluble pen, etc. If you want to do free motion quilting, you can just use the blocks as your guide. So maybe quilt through one block at a time. I hope that helps :)

[@gailnash298]

Beautiful quilt. Love the pattern and fabric choices!💖 But where's Jax?

[@2nywa2]

Erica: "...You can have curled-up edges, wavy edges..." Me: *Look at all the quilts I've made that are hanging on the wall and sigh*

[@erica_arndt]

LOL! Don't worry, that's how I figured it out too!

[@2nywa2]

@@erica_arndt You are one of my favorite quilting teachers on KZbin. Your “Just Keep Sewing” pattern was the first quilting pattern I tried! I had SO much fun making that quilt. Thank you for the inspiration and encouragement!

[@Borogerst32697]

Hard to see with the white border and batting ☹️

[@erica_arndt]

Sorry about that! :)

[@djackson9973]

It would be more helpful to show how to square up a quilt that really out of square.

[@erica_arndt]

I would do it the same way, just trying to save as much fabric as I can.

[@emcbabe]

Super!