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Square-Up Ruler

Linda — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:09:52 +0000

I have quite a few rulers with some used more often than others. This baby is used everytime I make half-square triangle blocks and it does a marvelous job of squaring up these blocks. Once I’ve sewn together 2 blocks and cut them apart on the diagonal, I use this ruler to square the block before I press it open…a real time saver! I line up the finished block size indicated on the ruler with the seam allowance and then cut away the excess on the two sides.

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Victory Quilts – 3007

Linda — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:23:38 +0000

The Seventh video in Eleanor Burns’ Victory Quilt series covers the Stars & Stripes and Star Spangled Banner blocks…

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Victory Quilts – 3006

Linda — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:31:27 +0000

The sixth video in Eleanor Burns’ Victory Quilt series covers the Broken Sugar Bowl and Contrary Wife blocks…

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Organizing Fabric Tips

Linda — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:07:50 +0000

I certainly will give this one a try!

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Victory Quilts – 3005

Linda — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:48:17 +0000

The fifth video in Eleanor Burns’ Victory Quilt series covers the Army Star and Hope of Hartford blocks.

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Fussy Cutting & Y-Seams With Kaye Wood

Linda — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:08:55 +0000

What an interesting technique…makes me want to check out these templates. And I definitely want to try out her Y-seam technique!

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Victory Quilts – 3004

Linda — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:00:01 +0000

Fourth video of Eleanor Burns’ Victory Quilt series…

Victory Quilts – 3004 from Quilt in a Day on Vimeo

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Mitered Border Corners

Linda — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:03:50 +0000

What an interesting way to do a mitered border. I’m not sure I would use this procedure with a large quilt but it certainly would work for smaller wall hangings. And I’d sure like to know how she manages to control the glue so well. I would have gotten it all over the square, my iron and the table.

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Magical Basting

Linda — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:54:19 +0000

Sharon Schamber illustrates basting techniques for correcting quilt assembly distortions with a great technique using starch to ease out puckers..very nice. I could have used this technique on several of my earlier quilts!

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Hand Basting a Quilt

Linda — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:44:19 +0000

Sharon Schamber illustrates her hand basting technique, provides tips for fabric preparation, and itemizes tools/supplies she uses. I watched the series this morning and have decided to give this a technique a try on my quilt sampler once I have finished assembling the top.

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