Quilting How-To Archive
Quilting How-To
Your Laser or Inkjet Printer Can Produce Wonderful Results! With so many beautiful fabrics to choose from at the quilt store, it’s hard to imagine why you’d want
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Easily Adjust the Number to Fit Your Project! If you’re working on a project that requires a lot of half-square triangles, give this time-saving method a try. It’s
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Keep Them Straight and Square! Strip sets are used in so many quilt patterns, and for good reason. They save a lot of time while piecing and work
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Eliminate Ruffled Edges and Non-square Corners! Once completed, most quilts are a bit wavy along the edges and may even be not quite square. That’s due to distortions
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Tips for Attaching the Binding by Machine, Too! Hand sewing the binding down is the last step and an enjoyable one for many quilters. It’s so satisfying to
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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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