Category: Quilting
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Sawtooth Surround…in APQ
Do You have this issue? It is in the Feb 2013 Issue and I have this little 18″ quilt in it! It is fun to use your scrap fabrics and make a “little” quilt. I just love adding a little wool appliqué to add some spice to the quilt. We do offer kits for Sawtooth…
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scrap basket block #12
Remember these? I know… I know…I didn’t forget about them…for those of you who are fed up with me not producing them as fast as you like, this is the 12th block of my 6″ scrap basket blocks…you can make a nice little quilt with 12 blocks…lol…now for those of you who have lots of projects going…
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Day 2…Needful things for quilters…
Day 2…Circle Templates…and the best marking pen… Circle templates are very useful and I mostly use them to trace circles onto fusible web instead of trying to trace them from the pattern…I will take my template, figure out what size circle the pattern is using then trace the circles using the template instead of the…
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Day 3….Needful things for quilters
Day 3….Light Table… Now this needful tool is essential for laying out our quilt blocks and all kinds of tracing. The one I have in my studio is this 12″x 18″ model… It is a very nice size for quilting projects. I know some of you have to layout blocks exactly like the layout…well if…
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Day 5…Needlful things for quilters…
Day 5…Rowenta Travel Iron… Now you know how it is to have a bazillion little pieces you are sewing together…and sometimes it is nice not to have to get off your sewing chair to go to the “big” iron, because you are only sewing and pressing these little seams…or you are pressing your seams open…this…
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A Primitive Christmas…welcome
A Primitive Christmas… First off you must all ‘THANK” our host Stacy, for this Christmas blog hop with 12 cookie recipes and 12 new ornaments for your tree…It takes a lot of time to organize and get everyone on the same page for one of these events. Please let Stacy know how much of a…
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Day 8…Needful things for Quilters…
Day 8…Magic Size w/spray handle…you have to get the spray handle meant for spray paint cans… Spray size (not starch) will make a huge difference in your quilting. Before, I used sizing, my quilt blocks would always come out small. This was not due to my 1/4″ seam, it was a scant and not a…
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Day 9…Needful things for quilters…
Day 9…Hera Marker… Do you know what this does? It marks your quilting lines for machine quilting! You can mark with some kind of marking pen, but they wear out, run out, or you have to keep sharpening them and the lead/chalk keeps breaking…but this baby does none of that…you will have it forever and…
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Day 10…Needful things for quilters…
I hope these posts are informative for you…that is what they are meant for…information. This countdown is not meant to be a” hard” sell to you my loyal customers/friends/shop owners/and fellow designers…I just want you all to enjoy quilting and stitching as much as I do…and what better way than to inform you on what…
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Day 11…Needful Things for Quilters
The next “needful” thing that I can’t live without is my “snips“. I mount this right on my sewing machine, so I always know where it is…I use this tool in place of a scissors when piecing. When you are chain piecing patch after patch, you have to cut all the chains apart, I reach…