Quilting How-To Archive
Quilting How-To
There Are Calculators for Determining Some Block Sizes, Too! Do you dread having to calculate how much fabric you need to finish your quilt? Avoid mistakes and too
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Like Any Power Tool, Your Sewing Machine Can be Dangerous! We recently came across an article by Lori Kennedy that graphically reminded us that sewing machines are power
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Learn When to Square-Up Blocks and Four Ways to Do It! Regardless how carefully you cut and sew, chances are your blocks will not be perfectly square. That’s
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Plus Tips for Beginners to Prevent Issues From Developing! Free motion quilting is a wonderful skill to develop, as it opens up a world of quilting designs. Like
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Print This Chart and Keep It Handy! Jelly roll strips, those pre-cut 2 1/2″ strips of fabric, are so handy. They can save a lot of time and
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And One Way to Get Even Spacing Without Marking Every Line! Straight line machine quilting with the walking foot is a popular method for finishing a quilt. It’s
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This Versatile Technique Offers Many Design Options! Are you looking for a way to quickly put a quilt together? This fold and sew technique, demonstrated by Peg Spradlin,
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Quick Tips to Help You Wind a Perfect Bobbin Every Time! Does the thread on your machine sometimes break or get snarled? Is the tension sometimes off? These
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Two Tips to Make Thread Glide Smoothly Through Fabric! Does your thread tend to tangle when you’re hand sewing? There’s an easy solution for minimizing snarls, a dreaded
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Get More Quilting Done with These Great Ideas! Do you wish you had more time to quilt? Most quilters we know do, whether they quilt a little or
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You’ll Find a Lot of Great Ideas Here! Have you ever struggled with seams that don’t match, or with getting stuck in a corner while free motion quilting?
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There Are Some Great FMQ Tips in This Fun Video! One of the challenges of free motion quilting is getting evenly sized stitches. Practice is the key, of
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Save Time, Effort and Get Better Results! Basting the layers together for machine quilting is a critical step in the success of the finished quilt. That’s especially true
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