Tips & Tricks
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Making Half Square Triangles
The easier way to make oodles of half-square triangle blocks.
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June Tailor Grid Marker
I used June Tailor’s grid marker for the first time today and I absolutely love it. In the past I…
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How to make a Pillowcase
I just finished making my first Quilt of Valor. But before I can send it on, the Quilt of Valor…
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Fons & Porter: Sew Easy, Quick Triangle Squares
I cut my squares one inch larger than the finished size of the block. The general rule is 7/8 of…
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Layer Cake Lemonade Quilt Pattern
The Layer Cake Lemonade Quilt Pattern is a cute and easy free pattern available from the Fat Quarter Shop (one…
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4 Patch Quilt + X’s and O’s = AWESOME QUILT
I used this YouTube video as a guide for making my sister’s scrappy quilt. I particularly like the way she…
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How to Make Easy Quilted Fabric Postcards
This is one of those projects I’ve been wanting to try. This tutorial demonstrates just how easy it is.
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Quilt An Adorable Christmas Tree Skirt
This looks like a wonderful gift project for next year and it can’t get much simpler.
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Breast Cancer Ribbon Quilt Block
It sounds complicated but once explained, is really quite easy. I definitely plan to try this one out.
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Disappearing Nine Patch
One of my ongoing UFO’s is a red, white, and black disappearing nine-patch quilt. I’m still in the process of…
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The Perfect Curved Binding
Sharon’s process for folding the binding fabric before cutting is awesome. I can’t wait to try it. I’ve always used…
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Quilt Labels
I watched this Fons and Border video this morning. I love the idea of using a fabric with a coordinating…
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Hoopless Hand Quilting
I’ve been working on hand quilting my Sampler Quilt for almost 2 years now. It’s one of those projects I…
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Square-Up Ruler
I have quite a few rulers with some used more often than others. This baby is used everytime I make…
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Organizing Fabric Tips
I certainly will give this one a try! [youtube id=”rkTlaMqRlwo” width=”600″ height=”350″]
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Fussy Cut – Eleanor Burns
I like the technique of tracing the flower. [youtube id=”PUF2UYOqHx0″ width=”600″ height=”350″]
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Diamond & Stars (KayeWood.tv)
Kaye Wood illustrates how to make diamonds and stars using a strip piecing technique and zovirax pills her special star…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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