So, today is my day on the Fabulous Freebees blog hop, hosted by my friend Joan atMooseStash Quilting. You’d never guess this was the first hop she’s hosted, she’s been great at getting it organized and keeping us all apprised of the happenings of the hop. Thanks, Joan for host...
During the quilting process, the weight of the quilt itself can manipulate the fabric and cause uneven edges. This unsightly result can be kept at bay by either bunching up all your fabric on the table or surrounding your workspace with something, such as your ironing board, to bear the we...
After the hours of quilting, I was eager to get the binding on and put this baby to bed. In fact, blame it on my lack of sleep, or eyes that were still crossed from the hours hunched over my machine (let’s admit it, sometimes our quilting posture isn’t so great), but I was...
There's one quilting technique that's sometimes regarded as a rule:pressing seam allowances to the side, rather than open, to help "strengthen" the quilt. However, many quilters don't think that pressing to the side is always a must. There are no rules in quilting—other than standard ...
On the quilting front, I worked when I could during the week to start the quilt top assembly for the Snapshots quilt. Here it is, starting with the bottom half. It should be no problem getting the rest of it done by Monday. I already have the outside borders cut and ready to go as...
Now say you wanted to create a flat surface where two different fabrics meet in a curved or shaped line. This is a technique that is often used in quilting, but you'll use it sometimes for other things too. To show you how to do this, I'm going to use a very simple pattern. The...
Next was deciding how to do the actual quilting. I really liked and wanted to duplicate (if possible) the concentric circles that are seen in the original quilt and I knew that probably the only way for me to do that would be by embroidery machine. So I digitized a few concentric circle...
The warp fiber direction is called thegrainand the weft fiber direction is called thecrossgrain. On most fabric you can tell which direction is the grain because there is a strip called theselvagerunning along both grain edges. On quilting cotton the selvage is usually a white strip that has...
http://quiltingdaze.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-quilt-police.html So, this leads me to my activities for today. I jumped at the chance to get a jelly roll and charm pack of the newest collection from Fig Tree Quilts called AVALON. It won’t be in stores (and when I say stores, I ...
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