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Christmas Quilt Block in Halfsquare Triangles
Directions for a large Christmas quilt block made up of halfsquare triangles.
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Four Historic Log Cabin Quilt Settings
Here are several favorite ways to assemble blocks into Log Cabin quilts: Broken Dishes, Chimneys and Cornerstones, Converging Chevrons, and Streak of Lightning.
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Four Log-Cabin Quilt Block Variations
Four distinctive types of Log-Cabin quilt blocks use contrasts between lights and darks to help you create a variety of dramatic quilt looks.
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How to Make Four-Patch Quilt Blocks
Learn how to make a simple Four-Patch block consisting of four squares, two squares of lighter fabric and two of darker fabric, arranged in a checkerboard pattern.
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How to Make Half-Square Triangle Quilt Blocks
There are many ways to make half-square triangles, one of quilting's indispensable building blocks. Here are some of the most popular ways to piece them
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How to Make Nine-Patch Quilt Blocks
The Nine-Patch block, consisting of nine squares arranged in a checkerboard pattern, is one of the mainstays in any quilter's block repertoire. Here's how to make them.
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Keep a Quilter's Journal
Every quilt you make has its own story to tell. Keeping a quilter's journal helps you remember the details of how and why you created each quilt.
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Log Cabin Quilt Block Basics
Fabric-strip logs arranged around a central "hearth" say warmth and home. Log Cabin's simple sewing technique makes it perfect for beginning quilters and using up scraps.
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Make a Large Quilt in Sections to Reduce Strain
Make large quilts more easily in sections. It can all be done on a home sewing machine. Lovers of lots of quilting can quilt as much as they like with less strain.
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Quick Quilting
Quilted in only a day? Well, maybe not in a day, but in a few days. A fast way to get that pieced top finished as a real quilt ready to use.
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Quilt Block Construction: Halfsquare Triangles
Construction of quilt blocks with halfsquare triangles. Avoiding handling of bias edges.
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Quilt Blocks - The Long Triangle
Using a long triangle in a quilt block
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Quilt Construction: Taking the Mystery Out of Setting Triangles
Formula for setting triangles in diagonal block quilts, with directions and photos
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QUILT SETTINGS
Suggestions for quilt layouts and solving layout problems
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Review: Animal Kingdom CD-ROM by Margaret Rolfe
A veritable ark of animals paper piece, this CD-ROM contains more than 100 quilt blocks to paper piece.
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Rotary Cutting Quilt Fabric
Beginning quilters often struggle to cut fabric with a rotary cutter without wasting fabric or injuring themselves. Here are a few simple techniques to avoid problems.
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SASHING YOUR QUILT BLOCKS
How to add sashing to completed blocks
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Spice Up Your Quilt Blocks With Lame`
Photos of small quilts using lame`. Ideas and instructions on using lame` in quilts
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Money Saving Scrap Quilts
Fabric scraps are quilts waiting to happen. These leftover bits can be put to good use for all sorts of quilt projects.
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8 Tips for Successful Strip Piecing in Quilting
Strip piecing can dramatically cut the time it takes to sew together many pieced quilt blocks. Try these tricks other quilters use for strip piecing success.
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How to Sew Easy Quilted Fabric Potholders
It takes just an hour or two to make one-of-a-kind potholders from leftover fabric and batting. Potholders make great wedding shower, housewarming, or hostess gifts.
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Link collection: patterns and gift ideas
There are less than eight weeks to go until Christmas... here are some patterns and gift ideas to help you with your gift list.
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Four Easy Strip-Pieced Quilt Blocks
If you're a time-challenged quilter - or a beginner who would like to start with a quick and easy quilt - here are four basic blocks you can make fast with strip piecing.
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T-shirt Memory quilts
How to take favorite T-shirts and turn into a T-shirt Memory quilt.
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6 Steps to Finishing Your Quilt UFOs
If this year was yet another year when you didn't make much progress on reducing your stack of unfinished quilt tops, it's time to take a new approach.
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Cozy Up to Winter with a Quilt Display
Warm up your home this winter with a display of heart-warming quilts. Find out how to give these treasured items more than just a place on your bed this winter.
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How to Plan to Make an Easy One Block Quilt
Planning a quilt block layout isn't required, but can lead to a more pleasing result. The same simple one block quilt can have many looks. How to pick your favorite.
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Nine-Patch Quilt Squares
The versatile nine-patch quilt blocks work up fast and easy.
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Quilting For Beginners
Learn the secrets to making better quilts. Quilting can be challenging, but you only have to tackle it a stitch at a time.
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Embroidery and Quilting
Using Embroidery to Enhance Quilting
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Book Review: Easy Pieces by Margaret J Miller
Don't let the title of this book mislead you into thinking that it is for beginners only. The subtitle, Creative Color Play with Two Simple Quilt Blocks, hints at the true wonder of this book.
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How to Mass Produce Half-Square Triangle Blocks
Use this fast-piecing grid technique when you want to make more than a few half-square triangle blocks at once from the same two fabrics.
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Love Hearts for Valentine Quilts
Although Valentine's Day is the most obvious time to stitch up one of these heart blocks, you can make one or more for any occasion just to say "I love you".
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Shopping as Muse?
Going shopping means you're hit with a lot of inspiration all at once... and not only for the project you've gone out for. Bring a notepad to jot down what you see!
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The Hands of Time
Quilts really do mark the times in our lives. There are many different quilts, wedding quilts, anniversary quilts, birthday, friendship, baby quilts etc...
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Best Holiday Quilt Patterns for Christmas
The winter holidays is the perfect time of year to curl up with a newly made quilt, but for something that will only be enjoyed a few weeks, you want it be easy-to-make.
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Crazy Quilt Patchwork Basics
Turn those leftover scraps into stunning crazy patchwork clothing, quilts, throw pilllows, and other items for the home.
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Easy Christmas Tree Ornaments
Would you rather sit with a cup of mulled apple cider admiring your Christmas tree or get stressed out decorating it? These instructions show you how to do the former.
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Embellishing Quilts
Embellish your next quilt project. Decorative threads, beads, buttons, and other decorative materials are great choices.for quilts.
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How to Sew a Quarter-Inch Seam
While accuracy is important in every step of piecing - in measuring, cutting, sewing and pressing-you need to make sure you are sewing a consistent quarter-inch seam.
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Ideas for Mother's Day
Along with the usual flowers, give your mom a sewing or quilting book.
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Key Quilt Terms Defined
From Jelly Rolls to Bias Cuts, new quilters encounter many words they've never heard used when discussing fabric. Definitions of some of these follow.
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The Joy of Christmas
Christmas is a great motivator for making festive things, be it a present for someone special or tree decorations.
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28 Humorous Sayings for Quilters
If you're a quilter, or if you're close to a quilter, you'll appreciate these little gems of wisdom and whimsy about the joy - and the obsession - that is quilting.
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Book Review: Beyond Log Cabin by Kerry Gadd
A book which takes a traditional Log Cabin quilting block and by throwing traditional out of the window and being adventurous with colour, presents nine Log Cabins with a very untraditional look.
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Book review: Flower Garden by Jodie Davis
A review of an essential read for all quilters who are gardeners or nature lovers: "Paper Piece a Flower Garden: Blocks and Projects to Mix and Match".
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Book review: Quilting with Carol Armstrong
A review of a book that uses quilting lines, rather than pieced blocks, to define familiar patterns.
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More Rag Weaving:mug rugs, placemats and more!
Rag strips can be easily woven into many lovely useful projects. This article gives the basics of rag weaving with a project for a mug rug and several other projects using those basic techniques.
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Review: Mariner's Compass CD-ROM
If you've always thought Mariner's Compass quilt blocks were beyond you, here's the solution.
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Setting Blocks: Snowball Block
Directions and photos of the "snowball" block that is used in putting quilt blocks together
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