Clean and, if that manual you keep nearby tells you to, oil it. Make sure to use oil specifically designed for sewing machines. Read More

Should you Prewash your fabrics? Linda Lasco explains the pros and cons to prewashing quilting fabrics and gives you some helpful hints for easier quilting. Read More

My discussion of favorite tools morphed into one about preparing a quilt for quilting. We were already about halfway through the pin-basting process. Read More

The funny thing about writing about your favorite things is that as soon as you finish and get back to your quilting, you suddenly realize that you left out some of the best ones. Read More

As primarily a free-motion-by-machine quilter, I find there are rarely times when I need to mark a quilt top before I start quilting. Read More

I get lots of questions about various aspects of machine quilting. Here are my answers to some of them. Read More