Quilting How-To Archive
Quilting How-To
Stencils Are Great for Both Hand and Machine Quilting! Whether you quilt by hand, with a walking foot or do free motion quilting, stencils can open up a
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It’s Not You, It’s Your Machine! There’s nothing quite so annoying as finishing a block and turning it over to discover that some of the seam allowances have
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Great Info for Working with Old Jeans or New Fabric! Quilts made from old denim jeans are sturdy, interesting and tend to attract a lot of attention. They’re
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A Common Dishwashing Liquid Can Remove Migrating Dye! Have you ever finished a quilt only to have it bleed in the wash? While the first impulse is to
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It’s an Easy Technique and a Great Timesaver! Half-square triangles are very useful design components and appear in lots of quilts. While they aren’t hard to make, they
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Less Bulk Makes it Perfect for Small Projects! Small quilt projects often look and lay better with a single-fold binding. It’s easy to do, and it uses less
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Perfect for Fussy Cut Motifs! While any fabric, solid or print, can be used for 3D applique, this works especially well for fussy cut motifs. In the examples,
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It’s Not Just for Quilting Apps! Of all the tools available to quilters your phone may be one of the most useful. Keep your cell phone close by
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Preserve Those Memories in a Soft Warm Quilt! Tee shirts make soft and cuddly quilts and are relatively easy to work with. Plus, a quilt is perfect for
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Skip Cutting Little Pieces, Whether Scrappy or Not! Four-patches are found in many quilts and quilt blocks. They probably are used as often as the ever popular nine-patch.
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No More Stubby Thread Tail Whiskers! Topstitching adds a polished, professional look to many pieced and quilted projects. However, stubby clipped thread tails can mar an otherwise neat
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Or Choose Among 5 Other Wall Quilts! A rainbow of muted colors create motion in this eye-catching quilt. Yellow stars seem to swirl against the cool background. Display
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Plus Tips for Large Scale Piecing! Single design quilts, those where a single quilt block has been enlarged to quilt size, are becoming more and more popular. One
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