Strip Piecing Saves Time
I would always cut my 2 1/2 by wof strips and then cut the strips down into 2 1/2 squares. Then I would sew two squares at a time until I had the length I needed for the borders. That was a lot of ex…
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Working Creatively with Flying Geese
About half way through putting the top together, it occurred to me that I could have cut the sashing strip a bit longer and sewn the triangles on to the ends to create the look. Then I wouldn't have …
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Slow Down and Consider What You're Making
I was trying to do too much too quickly. I was just zipping along, mechanically putting blocks together. It became an assembly line of sewing, instead of really focusing on each block as it was assem…
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Quilting Show and Tell - Best Quilting Ah Ha! Moments
I made a quilt with hour glass squares alternating with a floral square. This was a very challenging pattern for me and I now admit that it was beyond my experience. I made several practice hour glas…
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Trick when making potholders
I put my five eight inch squares together with the batting in between and stitched around the outside. The squares were in triangles and I left a space to turn the potholder to the outside. Everythin…
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Lessons Learned Making First Quilt
I took a quilting class and my first and only project in that class was the Underground Railroad by Eleanor Burns. This was going to be the last class this instructor was going to give because she w…
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Foundation Pieced Quilt
I cut all pieces using templates but about 1/4 inch bigger all the way around.The first fabric piece is laid on the paper (use a small dab of glue) right side up. Fold the paper on the sewing line aw…
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Quilting Ah-Ha Moments - Sewing Machine Tips
You know what's coming, right? A month later, totally by accident, I found all the attachments neatly packaged in a ziplock bag. I got out my manual and started to check out how to use these wondrous…
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Rag Quilt Tips
My mother in law gave me a big bag of felt she got from a thrift store. Whoever the person was that donated it had begun to put together some smaller squares to make 8". I wasn't sure what to do with…
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Quilting Ah-Ha Moments - Pressing and Borders
I did not stitch from each end to the center and did not make sure the center was laying flat as stitching. Just tried to take some shortcuts that did not work. I am a person who sometimes gets too m…
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Quilt Room Organizaion - Organize Your Sewing Space
When I start my quilting project (a sampler, for example), I print up the pattern so I have it close at hand, laying flat, cut the fabric to the correct size, pin it together, put it on the pattern, …
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