QUILTsocial Trimming makes accurate Half Square Triangle units by Sarah Vanderburgh January 27, 2016 by Sarah Vanderburgh January 27, 2016 With all of our lucky fabrics picked out and cut, the next task is to make the Half Square Triangle (HST) units for the Lucky Monkey Tail Mug Rug. For this project the pieces are cut larger than required so that we can trim our units to the correct size. … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
QUILTsocial 5 tips for organizing a new year of quilting by Sarah Vanderburgh January 25, 2016 by Sarah Vanderburgh January 25, 2016 The thought of organizing one more thing may be overwhelming to you right now. You may not have made it back to your quilting space yet even though the end of the first month of 2016 is approaching. That’s okay! Here are 5 tips for organizing a new year of … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
QUILTsocial 3 top tips for perfect strip piecing by Christine Baker August 4, 2015 by Christine Baker August 4, 2015 Strip-piecing usually means sewing long strips of fabric together, usually width-of-fabric (WOF), and then rotary cutting across the strips to create smaller, uniform units that are already pieced. You can use this technique to make simple 4 patch or 9 patch blocks or much more complex ones. The beauty of … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
QUILTsocial Elaine’s Tech Tips: Crazy Quilter on a Bike! by Carla A. Canonico April 27, 2015 by Carla A. Canonico April 27, 2015 Crazy Quilter on a Bike! I wrote a series of Tech Tips that appeared in A Needle Pulling Thread magazine from Spring 2010 until Fall 2014. These articles were chock full of information about rotary cutting, quarter inch seam allowance, pressing and a whole lot more. To be truthful – … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
