Quilting How-To Archive
Quilting How-To
Pre-treat the Fabric and Prevent Problems Later! Batiks are notorious for bleeding, as are prints in certain colors. Red, navy and purple prints and solids often bleed, but
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Skip the Pins and Get Better Results! Glue-basting has become a go-to technique for seams that quilters don’t want to shift while stitching. While most instructions involve using
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Who Knew Sewing Straight Could Be Such a Challenge! Do you ever find when piecing that your seams start out a bit off (or worse yet, with a
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Simplify the Decision Making Process for a Great Result! Have you ever finished a quilt top and then agonized over how to quilt it? Kim from Chatterbox Quilts
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These Oversized Blocks Have Many Uses! Do you love Pineapple blocks but dread the idea of paper piecing? While these wonderful blocks are often paper pieced (instructions here),
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Great for Travel and Kids Love Them! Quillows have been around for generations and are super easy to make. What is a quillow? It’s a quilt with a
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This Quick Method Works with Strips of Any Width! While there are a number of ways to make half-square triangles (HSTs), this method may be the easiest and
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It Works Great for Pieces of All Sizes! Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings, well-known quilt and fabric designer, creates beautifully pieced quilts of all sizes. She excels at
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Try This Simple Solution for Polished Results! Narrow quilts with long edges, like table and bed runners, often come out a bit wavy and uneven. Fortunately, there’s an
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No More Misplaced Pieces with This Tip! Have you ever mixed up the pieces of a block while sewing them together? It’s easy to get colors switched or
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Your Phone or Tablet to the Rescue! Have you ever had to sort a variety of fabrics by value and just couldn’t be sure about where some fall
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You’ll Have a Small Quilt to Share When You’re Done! Do you want to improve your free-motion quilting? Skip the piecing and go straight to the quilting by
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A Genius Tip That Saves Fabric and Time! Have you ever wanted to see exactly how the fabrics you’ve chosen look in a block, without having to cut
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