Studio Notes

Studio Notes is a growing reference library drawn from my design and pattern-writing process.
These pages collect cutting math, construction notes, and tools I return to again and again while making quilts.
It isn’t a tutorial series or a blog, but a working notebook—practical, evolving, and shared in the spirit of usefulness.
I’ll add to it as the studio work continues.

Cutting & Construction

A woven pattern made of interlaced strips in pink, white, blue, and gray colors.

Fabric Grain & Cutting

Blue square with a smaller black-outlined square inside and a diagonal dashed line from top left to bottom right.

Scant ¼" Seams in Quilting | Why Seam Accuracy Matters

Nesting Seams in Quilting | Pressing for Accurate Alignment

Close-up of different fabric swatches sewn together, including black, blue, gray, and white fabrics.

Spinning Seams in Quilting | Reducing Bulk at Block Intersections

A colorful quilt block with yellow and green fabric pieces sewn together with white thread.

Two at a Time Half-Square Triangles (with free download)

Four blue folders stacked, with a black diagonal line simulating an opening.

HST Specialty Ruler Cutting Guide | Strip-Cut Yield Reference

Diagram of a geometric shape with various sections in shades of blue and black outlines, including a large triangle with a dotted line indicating hidden edges.

Color & Design

A circular arrangement of fabric swatches in rainbow colors, from red to purple, displaying each hue distinctly.

Color: Explore the basics of color theory.

Color wheel with segments of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

Color Gradient Generator

Free Online Quilting Calculators

A digital calculator with a blank display showing '0' and a standard layout of buttons including numbers, basic operation symbols, and additional function keys.

Kona Color Selector: match digital color values to available Kona Solid fabrics.

Colorful fabric or paper sheets arranged in a gradient pattern with shades of pink, white, yellow, green, blue, and orange.