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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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Organizing Fabric Tips

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

I certainly will give this one a try!

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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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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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Diamond & Stars (KayeWood.tv)

Linda — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:40:23 +0000

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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How to Paper Piece (sewhooked.org)

Linda — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:22:35 +0000

An excellent full-length video also illustrating foundation piecing!

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Goof-Proof Foundation Piecing (All People Quilt)

Linda — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:51:36 +0000

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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Machine Quilting (All People Quilt)

Linda — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:33:47 +0000

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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