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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
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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! Part
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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
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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
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Foundation Paper Piecing (YouTube)
My current project, Navajo Nation, uses a foundation piecing in some of the more complicated rounds. Karen Johnson, of Connecting Threads, teaches you the most common version of Foundation Piecing – usually known as
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Machine Quilting (Quilt in a Day)
Eleanor Burns illustrates basic machine quilting techniques covering quilt marking with stencils, pin basting, types of binding, free motion quilting, feather quilting, stippling techniques, stitch-in the ditch, hand placement, and more. 1508 – Machine
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Trapunto 101 (You Tube)
I find the entire process of Trapunto just fascinating. I’ve yet to try it but plan to. This two-part series provides an excellent illustration and I also recommend Karen McTavish’s book, The Secrets of
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Quilt Binding: Joining Ends, Marci Baker of Alicia’s Attic
Once I mastered learning the traditional approach to attaching a quilt binding, I found this video extremely helpful for attaching the two ends of the binding together in such a way you can’t find
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How To Sew Quilt Binding (You Tube)
One of the hardest things to wrap my mind around (no pun intended) was adding a binding to my quilt with a mitered corners. For my first several quilts, I delayed learning the process
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