The fabric was a complete mystery to me when I first started sewing. I didn’t understand what selvage, bias, or any other fabric term meant. In this post, I will explain what I wish I understood back then. I will discuss precut fabric in another post but for this first lesson on fabric, yardage […]
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Checkerboard Quilt Block When I saw this quilt block I knew that I was going to figure out a way to change this block entirely. I disliked the idea of wasting my time sewing all the stitch and flip corners. I also didn’t like the amount of fabric wasted in making this block. So
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Want to quilt but not sure what you absolutely need? Are you interested in quilting but don’t want to spend a ton of money to get started? This is the article for you. When you are a beginner you really don’t know what you need and don’t need in the quilting world. There are
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Lighthearted Quilt Block The Lighthearted Quilt Block is the first addition to this quilt that is outside of the free pattern offered by Fat Quarter Shop. This quilt block comes from The Bonnie and Camille Quilt Bee Book. The best part is that the size of this block doesn’t need to be altered to fit
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For the next several months I will go over the things that I wished I had understood as a beginner quilter. This will hopefully keep you from making the same mistakes I made when I first started sewing. What is the absolute number one thing all quilters should do is….join the large and growing
