Tag: quilting
member name: Michelle W.
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September 22, 2006 08:51 PM EDT --
This is a good project for parents to help kids with.
Supplies:
1 Yard of muslin, 36" wide, white if possible
1 Yard brown paper bag, you may use parcel wrapping paper
1 package fabric crayons . . .
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February 08, 2008 09:16 AM EST --
I did a survey earlier that was sent to me by one of my RSS Feeds (and of course I deleted the survey site :( ), but it gave me some really great websites for quilting and sewing.
Here goes:
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August 30, 2006 09:51 AM EDT --
I have found a great website for free quilt block patterns.
The web address is: http://www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore15.html
It gives the directions, paper piercing, cutting directions, etc. . . .
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September 22, 2006 09:12 PM EDT --
It is now time to put your quilts together. Place your blocks in front of you in rows of three.
You see the space between your blocks? You will be placing "Sashing" between each one. You will . . .
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September 22, 2006 09:33 PM EDT --
Well, we are at the final stages of making your quilt complete. Let us get started.
Iron your completed quilt top. Measure the width across your finished top; make down on a piece of paper. Measure the . . .
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October 29, 2006 10:15 AM EST --
For anyone who needs help with all their sewing needs, I have a lot of websites bookmarked. One that I just love is http://www.wrights.com/class/class.htm
This is the same company that makes blanket binding, . . .
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October 29, 2006 10:58 AM EST --
I do not remember what website I found this on, but it has some very useful tips in it. (I, of course, am a packrat, so I save every little piece of sewing stuff I have left over that is big enough to . . .
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October 29, 2006 11:01 AM EST --
I get sewing tips in my email from Singer and this was one of those tips. Hope it helps with your next sewing project!
Facings
Sew interfacing to the facing with RIGHT sides together in a 1/4" seam. . . .
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October 31, 2006 09:10 AM EST --
Don't you just hate having to go the store and sit down and try to look through all those stupid books to find a pattern you like? I always hated doing that before our local Hancock Fabrics closed . . .
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November 06, 2006 10:42 AM EST --
Sewing Machine Tips that Aren't in the Manual
<h1 style="">Gathering</h1>
My favorite way of gathering fabric for random gathers, is to zigzag over a cord. Your . . .
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November 07, 2006 12:10 PM EST --
Sewing Terminology
A number of terms used in sewing may be puzzling to you at first. The ones listed below are all defined in their proper places in the book (see the INDEX). In case you should . . .
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April 17, 2007 11:02 AM EDT --
What do you do with your scrap fabric that is left over from your most recent sewing project? Do you throw those little pieces away or do you save them to use in a quilt? I have always thrown them away . . .
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May 25, 2007 08:49 AM EDT --
I finally got my Yo-Yo Quilt finished last night. Now I just have to wait for my husband to come home so I can take a picture of it to show everyone. My camera bit the dust and is taking fuzzy pictures . . .
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June 12, 2007 08:47 PM EDT --
The other day I was cutting out more circles for yo-yo quilts that I am making for my two daughters. Everything was going along just fine. I got most of the fabric ironed and was in the process of actually . . .
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September 28, 2007 09:27 AM EDT --
The last trip I made to Hancock Fabrics was a few weeks ago. I needed to pick up a couple of items, but as usual, I walked out spending about $140. One of the items I bought was a DVD from Hip Line Media. . . .
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October 29, 2006 11:17 AM EST --
Quilters Quarters Fridge Magnet
Take six 2-inch squares of different fabrics and pink the edges (optional, but neater) and roll each one tightly into a little roll, gluing down loose edge. Glue all six . . .
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October 30, 2006 09:47 AM EST --
Sewing Terminology
A number of terms used in sewing may be puzzling to you at first. The ones listed below are all defined in their proper places in the book (see the INDEX). In case you should . . .
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October 31, 2006 11:58 AM EST --
I thought this might be helpful to all of you who will be working with fleece since the cold weather is starting. Some of it I knew, some I didn't. When I sew the blanket binding on my blankets, I . . .
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November 06, 2006 11:03 AM EST --
More Sewing Tips
Rub Out Scorch Marks
If you scorch wool fabric by using an iron that is too hot, rub a nickel on the scorch mark. The scorch mark will disappear. Be careful to use a clean nickel . . .
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November 07, 2006 12:08 PM EST --
A Glossary of Quilting Terms
Appliqué --a piecing process using small cutouts of fabric which are then sewn onto a background fabric in a decorative design. Typically intricate and curved floral . . .
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