Hobby Stash

July 5th, 2009

Square-Up Ruler

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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By Linda

February 23rd, 2009

Organizing Fabric Tips

I certainly will give this one a try!

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By Linda

February 6th, 2009

Fussy Cutting & Y-Seams With Kaye Wood

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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By Linda

January 23rd, 2009

Mitered Border Corners

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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By Linda

January 20th, 2009

Magical Basting

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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By Linda

January 19th, 2009

Hand Basting a Quilt

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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By Linda

December 2nd, 2008

Diamond & Stars (KayeWood.tv)

Kaye Wood illustrates how to make diamonds and stars using a strip piecing technique and her special star maker templates. This technique simplifies piecing for patterns like the Lone Star.

Update 1/4/09: Since Brightcove TV is no more, I am unable to embed Kaye Wood’s original video. However, all is not lost…after some searching, I found it on her site (hallelujah). It’s an older video that has not been updated for her new format so it appears a little fuzzy when viewed at the default setting. Click on the view at original size setting and it looks fine. The link: http://www.kayewoodtv.com/ktv/?dlink=true&chn=2&vid=ktvvids/Diamonds_and_Stars.flv

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By Linda

December 2nd, 2008

How to Paper Piece (sewhooked.org)

An excellent full-length video also illustrating foundation piecing!

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By Linda

December 2nd, 2008

Goof-Proof Foundation Piecing (All People Quilt)

My current project, Navajo Nation, uses a foundation piecing in some of the more complicated rounds. Heidi Kaisand illustrates the basic techniquie in this video.

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By Linda

December 2nd, 2008

Machine Quilting (All People Quilt)

Heidi Kaisand illustrates basic machine quilting techniques covering fusible batting, stitch-in the ditch, channel stitching, using a walking foot, hand placement, and more.

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By Linda