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Category Archives: Quilting Tips & Tricks
How to get a perfect 1/4″ seam
This, to me, is the most important aspect of making a quilt. If you don’t have a perfect 1/4″ seam, all of your measurements will be off. If you’re making a quilt from a pattern, your pieces will not line up correctly. Not a good thing!! You need perfect seams for good quilting.
I have several [...]
An odd thing to get excited about….
Is it really okay to get excited about an ironing board? I mean over-the-top, dancing-around-the-sewing-room, my-lord-the-wife-has-lost-her-mind kind of glee? Because that was what you saw at my house when I set this baby up.
I was SO tired of constantly tugging and pulling on my ironing board cover, which would pull up and roll over the [...]
Also posted in Notions, gadgets, machines, Other Cute Projects, Show & Tell
Tagged big board ironing cover, Hedgehog Quilts, Ironing Board Cover, Press-Express
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How to quilt batik fabrics
I love batiks. Raise your hand if you love batiks – but hate quilting them.
I’ve heard that they’re rather difficult to quilt. I haven’t quilted any of my batik tops yet, but at our monthly quilt meeting last weekend, Susan brought a finished batik quilt and told us of her difficulties.
She has a Homesteader, and [...]