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Adding Borders to Your Quilt Top

Marguerita — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:56:09 +0000

A superb tutorial on adding a border to your quilt top by Jo Baner. One of the most common mistakes when adding a border is not measuring. This can create wavy borders and lead to difficulties and puckers when quilting. Another trick for ensuring that your quilt top lays flat after adding the border is to cut the borders from the lengthwise grain of fabric.

Squaring Up Your Fabric

Marguerita — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:07:45 +0000

Dianne Dye show how to square up fabric before cutting it for quiltmaking. She also offers online quilt making classes on her website.

Scrap Crumb Quilt Blocks

Marguerita — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:06:13 +0000

Rose Smith from Ludlow Quilt and Sew shows how to make crumb blocks for scrap quilts and a nicely planned quilt top. “Crumbs” are named because of their leftover quality and the fact that they are just little bits of fabrics or blocks, trimmed from other projects.

Very Nice Bag Tutorial

Marguerita — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:33:55 +0000

A lot of quilters love bags but they can be a bit intimidating the first time you make one. Lex, of Smarmy Clothes has made one of the best tutorials I’ve ever seen for making a bag. Her techniques can be used for almost any bag pattern.

I love the “Fairytail Coats” and “Mohawk Hats” on her Smarmy Clothes.com website and her blog is a fun read with great peeks at her original clothing.