Tag: Quilting
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Creating a Monochromatic Quilt: My Charseuss Journey
95 % Chartreuse A guild challenge was to make a monochromatic quilt using one color, with the option of adding up to 5% of the complementary color. The required measurements are 15″ x 45″. It seemed like a great introduction to making a ‘challenge’ quilt. And it was challenging! Hand-dyed, Commercial Fabrics, and Repurposing The…
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Using Text With Quilts
Applique Including text on art quilts is very easy to do. There are many options from which to choose. As none of these pieces are to be laundered, all of them will hold up well. If adding text to a utility quilt, I would recommed using appliqued lettering because the fabric and stitching can withstand…
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Burning a Quilt
Complete A Quilt The small disappearing pinwheel quilt in the center of this piece was started in January as a supply item for Laura Hartrich’s Thread Rays: a Unique Quilting Treatment class at QuiltCon. At the time, I felt the USA was holding on as a people united by our country, – but just barely,…
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Quick and Easy Placemats With Free Download
Scraps or Yardage The wonderful thing about creating is that you are the boss. You can make this project completely from scraps or from yardage. Also, you can make placemats whatever size you think is best for your table and dishes. Because I have big plates, I make placemats that work for my dishes. The…
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How to Sew Three Different Easy Disappearing 9-Patchs
Disappearing 9-Patch Quilt Block Before and After Disappearing 9-Patch A disappearing 9-Patch block is a traditional 9-patch that has been cut apart, the pieces rearranged, and then sewn back together to make a block that appears different than the original. There are numerous ways to make a disappearing 9-patch. This tutorial shows how to sew…
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How to Sew a Structured Improv 9-Patch Block
Structured Improv 9-Patch Blocks Improvisational Quilting Improv Quilting is a free-form style of quilting. It can be completely improvisational when you sew as you cut without a clear plan in mind. Or it can be a minimalistic approach to improv by just changing up one thing that is traditional in quilting and throwing in a…
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Improv 9-Patch Quilt
When making an Improv 9-Patch quilt, you will make many decisions. Each step will give you another chance to change the outcome. That is part of the fun of doing improvisational quilts. There is a level of uncertainty that keeps it interesting! Start with a 9-Patch Block There are a lot of ways to…
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Easy Quilts That Go Together Quickly
Easy Quilts from Simple Blocks Quilts made with straight seams and not too many pieces sew up easily and quickly. This little roundup of some quilts that were (finally!) finished this winter fit into that favored category of Easy Quilts. And also my favorite: Ones that go together quickly! The two red and cream-colored quilts…
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Soup to Nuts Quilting
From Design to Binding Soup to nuts quilting is going from design conception through every step until the completion of a quilt. Some people enjoy certain aspects of quilting, such as piecing, and others enjoy the entire process. I like to think of working through all of the aspects as “Soup to Nuts” or…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 