The prettiest part of rag quilts is the fringed edge around each square of the blanket. To get this effect, take a sharp pair of scissors to the seams of the quilt. Snip the seam about every ⅓ inch. stopping the cut before you get to the stitched line. This is a bit time-cons...
Being six foot two inches tall, a good measure higher than the indigenous population, I had a unique view of the chaos. There was a life to it; waves rushing across the room, crashing against the barriers and walls like ocean swells against the rocks. I’d heard the term crowd-surge b...
000 strips, which boiled down to about 80 large or x-large t-shirts.See below to figure out how many t-shirts you need for your rug.I sought-out garage sale and thrift store t-shirts that had minimal graphics in shades of green or any light color that would easily take on fabric dy...
After reading blog after blog and trying to figure out what the best price was for good fabric and then reading a handful of old sewing books, I was able to begin the very long journey of learning to quilt. I remember the day I was trying to cut an 18 inch square backing for a pil...
You are putting a border around a poster frame that is 2 feet by 4 feet. How much border will you need to buy? A) 6 feet B) 8 feet C) 10 feet D) 12 feet Perimeter and Properties of Rectangles: In...
i hope i can figure that one out for the afghan... the only joining method i have ever used is the slip stitch and i am not very fond of it but have never been able to find a good joining post like the list you just made, Thanks! Reply Sande says October 29, 2014 at 10:06 ...
For example, I wanted to make a 14 inch square…so I placed the end of my ruler all the way up against the right edge (which is already straight) and measured over to the left 14 inches. I made a small cut right where the arrow is pointing at the bottom.Save...
Once you’ve picked your paint color, you need to figure out how much paint to buy. For an average sized room, you’ll typically need two gallons of paint for the walls but you can use a paint calculator such as{this one}to get an accurate estimate based on your room’s measurements...
How to Figure Out How Many Pellets Per Square in a Weighted Blanket Use this simple formula to figure out how many pellets to put in each square of your weighted blanket: (number of cups x 16)/(number of squares) = how many tablespoons of pellets you need per square. ...
(Figure 1). Most of the time the embroidery is perfect and the outline lines up and all is good with the world. Sometimes though, no matter how hard I try, thing don’t go quite right. (Figure 2a) There is a gap on the snail’s back. Instead of redoing it (after cursing!) I...