A recent survey that I conducted to determine how I can better assist quilters elicited the response "more time to quilt" from a number of respondents. In most cases, a happy face emoji was appended...
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The old Singer Featherweights, which were only capable of a single stitch, have been replaced by much more advanced models of sewing machines. The fact that newer machines can sew a variety of fancy...
Have you ever looked at a block and wondered what it might look like if some of the patches were not solid but instead contained strips or squares instead of just solid patches? After asking...
The foundation of a good quilt top is the careful cutting of high-quality pieces. When you sew together your pieces of fabric, you may notice that they appear to be slightly skewed or stretched. This...
A quilter participated in a group conversation about quilting, and she posed the question, "What do you do with small pieces of batting?" She voiced her concern about wasting batting in situations in...
If you sew your blocks together while adhering to some kind of system, you will have a better chance of ending up with the patches in the appropriate locations. If you are anything like I am, you...