Julia Wachs Designs Blog

  • Making a Quilt Coat

    by Julia Wachs
    Have you ever made a quilt coat? I made one (and my first garment ever!) earlier this spring. I used the Maggie Jacket pattern from Quilting Maggie...

  • Pattern Release: Skye Quilt

    by Julia Wachs
    I'm so pleased to introduce my second full-sized foundation paper piecing pattern, Skye! Skye is an intermediate foundation paper piecing (FPP) pa...

  • Foundation Paper Piecing Tutorial

    by Julia Wachs
    Welcome to my tutorial on how to do foundation paper piecing! FPP is my favorite quilting technique because of the bold and eye-catching geometric ...
    Posted in foundation paper piecing, fpp, Skye, tutorial

  • Pattern Release: Mini Bracken Trivets

    by Julia Wachs
    Have you ever wanted to learn foundation paper piecing but felt intimidated by a full sized quilt? If so, I think I have the perfect pattern for yo...

  • Pattern Release: Highline Quilt

    by Julia Wachs
    The Highline quilt pattern has been a long time in the making. In fact, I first made a test block for it back in October of 2020, before I even sta...
    Posted in Highline

  • Pattern Release: Bracken Quilt

    by Julia Wachs
    Today is an exciting day! It’s the release of my second quilt pattern, Bracken Quilt. This quilt pattern is a beginner Foundation Paper Piecing (FP...

  • Quilt Ink Web App

    by Julia Wachs
    Have you ever wanted a super quick way to recolor a quilt pattern? And one that you can do online and save to your computer? Catalina from @amarar_...

  • Face Binding Tutorial

    by Julia Wachs
    Face binding is my favorite way of binding modern quilts. It creates a clean and sleek look that does not show on the front of the quilt. As a bonu...

  • Pattern Release: Green Lake

    by Julia Wachs
    I'm so happy to announce it's finally launch day of my first pattern release ever! Introducing the Green Lake quilt pattern by Julia Wachs Designs....

  • Finished Quilt: Treetops

    by Julia Wachs
    As a serial sew-along participant and pattern tester, I have finally made the transition to designing and making my own quilt patterns. Even though...

  • Introduction

    by Julia Wachs
    Welcome to my first blog post, ever! The whole reason for this? In one word? Pandemic. We’re still in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and I fin...