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 2011 
  Post Partum Pot Pizza Of the Devil Peanut Butter Bars Beat the Buckeyes Bars Taco Soup and Cornbread  How to sew a quilt top How to construct a snowball quilt block Finished quilts: 2011  2010 
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One tricky thing about choosing fabrics and using them in a quilt is working with value. Not color, mind you, but the saturation of color making value light, medium, dark, and every range in between. The quilt in the following pictures is the one I made for my nephew Jackson, he was born in February [...] I love my design wall. My dad built mine, and although I can’t tell you exactly step by step how he made it, I can tell you the materials we used and the basics of the construction. I began by searching online for automotive headliner – thanks to watching an episode of Quilt [...] Quilters love using continuous curve quilting as an easy, effective, and aesthetically pleasing way to quilt within patchwork shapes without having to mark lines. It’s similar to how hand quilters would use outline quilting to quilt 1/4" inside a patchwork shape. For machine quilting that would mean a lot of starts and stops and we [...] This is my first! With everyone else bringing sweets, treats and drinks, I’ve decided to bring fat quarters for all (it’s a quilter thing)! Phew, that was easy party prep! What am I talking about you ask? Check out Suzanne’s blog. For all of you with ties to my hometown, Suzanne is the granddaughter of [...] I love using spray starch to prepare my fabric for patchwork because of the body and crispness it gives the fabric. I first pre-wash all fabrics before using them in a quilt. After I wash my fabric in cold water (speed cycle – little detergent), I dry it in the clothes dryer on regular heat [...] Isn’t she a beaut? This is a Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt that I’m finishing for a customer. It was hand pieced – and beautifully, I might add – by a family member of my customer way back when. And when I say way back when, I mean – I have no idea when this [...] Half square triangle units are very common in patchwork. A square cut once diagonally yields two half square triangles. Two half-squares sewn together to make up a square again is what I’m referring to as a Half Square Triangle unit or HST. Here’s a visual: The following describes my favorite way to [...] I am self-publishing my first pattern soon. It’s been tested for accuracy, now I have to make the final changes and have it printed. Here’s a first look. The first booklet shows the professional color printing and the second booklet was printed on my home printer, trimmed down to size and coil bound. The final [...] |
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