Tag: quilting tutorial
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Spinning Flower Bed – Block Two
This week we will be making Block Two for the Spinning Flower Bed quilt. This block will be the right half of the heart. Again, make four block twos. Materials Here are my materials for Block two. Prep Follow the same steps given for block one to create your half square triangles for this blocks.…
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Spiral Block
This Saturday block is going to depend a lot on paying close attention to layout. Because of this, I made a pdf file for you to download so you can print it if needed and keep it close by. The downloadable file will be linked at the bottom of this post. So, let’s get started.…
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Turning Pinwheel
I can’t believe it is already Friday! I hope you all had a wonderful week so far. This has been so much fun, and I am already thinking about more blocks I could create tutorials for! Before we get started, I want to let you know that I did design some of the squares to…
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Rotating Fan Block
I hope this post finds you all well. I am personally trying to find a shift in the way I feel right now. It is so easy to look at the news, social media, or even talk on the phone with someone and find yourself fall into a funk. There is so much negativity going…
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Easy Budget Quilt Progress
I have been working away on this budget quilt using repurposed fabric from dress shirts! I am still questioning the orange and green blocks, but I am going to keep moving forward with it and decide when I finally finish sewing all of the blocks if I need to change the layout. Right now I…
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Easy Budget Quilt
Using repurposed men’s dress shirts I really love repurposing items I already have. I hate waste and I love saving money. Right now is the perfect time to source fabric from items I already have since I can’t go out and shop because of Coronavirus! We have actually been taking this time at home to…
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My Tips to Achieve Perfect Seams When Patchwork Quilting
When I first started quilting the hardest and most frustrating part was 100% hands down getting my seams to meet up. Sometimes my seams STILL don’t meet, and if I am being perfectly honest, most of the time I don’t really care anymore! Yep, that’s right, I don’t really care that much. I am not…
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Part 5… Finishing the Layer Cake Quilt
The Finish Line! You are really in the home stretch now. And I am positive that you are very excited to see your quilt all complete. You may want to rush to complete your binding, but resist that urge! You will need to go slow and make sure your binding stays nice and even. There…
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Fabric Scissors Vs. Rotary Cutter
Why you really want a rotary cutter, cutting mat, and acrylic rulers. When you are cutting 1 inch squares for a Queen size quilt you will quickly realize that the faster you can cut those blocks with perfect accuracy the less frustrated you will be. And THAT matters. You don’t want to be frustrated while…
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