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Today, we’re cutting the sashing and the dividing rows for the Cafe Comforts Cozy Quilt, a collaborative effort featuring blocks from lovely friends from all over the world. First off, change the needle on your machine. A dull or damaged needle can create a lot of trouble. A fresh, sharp …

Do I dare ask how you made out yesterday with the thread tension stitch outs?? Feel free to send pictures of your practice samples. I’d love to see how you’re making out. If you have questions – don’t hesitate to leave a comment and I’ll get back to you. I …

There are many benefits to quilting in straight lines or slightly wavy ones. The first is that it’s a great way to start doing your own machine quilting as it’s far less intimidating than free motion quilting. It also looks great on lots of different styles of quilts – so …

The most important, yet most neglected part of the quilt Go ahead, admit it… You made quilts, finished them and perhaps even gifted them without a label. Right? Really, how important is a label anyway, the person you’re giving the quilt to knows it came from you. And doesn’t it …

Today, we’re going to have fun with making circles and hexagons using the Sew Easy templates to finish embellishing our Darling Diva wall quilt. I never met a gadget I didn’t like, and recently, I came across this gadget which makes English paper piecing even easier! Let me show you …