QUILTsocial Making a quilted tissue box cover by Paul Leger August 5, 2016 by Paul Leger August 5, 2016 Like many of you, I love to shop the big box stores. You know, the kind of store that sells salad dressing by the half gallon; ground beef in 5 pound packages, and tissues 12 boxes to a package. I love the deals and will buy, buy, buy! For the … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
QUILTsocial Turn your orphan block into a quilted shopping bag by Paul Leger August 4, 2016 by Paul Leger August 4, 2016 The environment is a topic that comes up often in the news. Though I would never pretend to be a hardcore environmentalist, I do try to do my part to sustain and improve the environment by recycling, composting, doing laundry during off-peak energy use times and sometimes even washing my … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
QUILTsocial Matching grid lines on your quilts by Paul Leger August 3, 2016 by Paul Leger August 3, 2016 Living on the quilting grid There’s nothing faster and easier than taking square or rectangular pieces of fabric and sewing them together side by side to make rows; then take those rows and sew them together to make a quick and easy quilt top. Now, as much as I’m a … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
QUILTsocial The easiest way to sew up a fabric book cover by Paul Leger August 2, 2016 by Paul Leger August 2, 2016 I’m old enough to remember going to school with my school book covers carefully wrapped in brown paper for their protection. Normally the brown paper came from the paper bags our groceries came home in. Back in those days, there were no such things as plastic bags! Now, moving forward … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
QUILTsocial Use quilting dog ears to match up your points by Paul Leger August 1, 2016 by Paul Leger August 1, 2016 Yes. Today I’m going to talk about dog ears. No, not dog’s ears; remember, this is a quilting blog, not a dog blog! What are “dog ears” in quilting terms? Allow me to explain. When sewing together 2 half square triangles or 2 diamond shapes we get what we affectionately … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
