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Quilting Articles
Find the latest articles about quilting here! New articles are posted several times each week, and most of them can be found right here. Click on any headline below to find the full article. And be sure to click the 'view more articles' link at the bottom of the page to read articles you may have missed.
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Designing Your Quilt Without EQ6
QuiltingCoach Penny
Eons ago, before quilt design software, quilters designed quilts using paper, ruler and sometimes colored pencils. In designing the Sunshine and Shadow quilt, I thought I'd take a minute to share with you a couple of ways I designed my quilts before . . . keep reading
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Christmas Gifts for Quilters
Ronna Ross Pennington
If you have a quilter on your holiday gift giving list this year, consider yourself lucky. Christmas gifts for quilters are abundant and fit in any budget. Give a gift card or certificate to the quilter's favorite craft, hobby, or fabric store. Your quilter friend can use the gift . . . keep reading
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A Quilt Idea -- the Batik cats
QuiltingCoach Penny
The quilt began because I had 9 beautiful batik cat squares and nothing to do with them. So, I started a search for a block where I could place the batik cats in the center. As it turns out, this block is a slight variation of the Eccentric Star I used in Grandpa's . . . keep reading
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Trivia from History -- Silk Thread
QuiltingCoach Penny
Silk thread was first processed in China, and has been used in embroidery for more than 5,000 years. Originally, silkworm cocoons were collected from trees. In 2640 B.C., a Chinese Empress discovered that if a silk cocoon was placed in hot water to soften the natural glue or sericin (holds the cocoon together), then a silk cocoon . . . keep reading
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Using Freezer Paper for Photo Transfers
Quilter Diane Davis
place the freezer paper shiny side down over the fabric. I iron half at a time. I start at the top and iron down the length of the paper then lift the iron up go back to the top and do the other . . . keep reading
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Friendship Quilt Block Patterns
Friendship quilts reminds us of our friends and beloved kin who express their care by designing these quilts. These quilts at times also bring a touch of sadness since usually these quilts are designed for those who are moving to distant places. . . . keep reading
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Reversible Quilt Using Triangles
QuiltingCoach Penny
Although this quilt looks like a traditional quilt, the back is created as the front is created. Thus, you get a completely reversible quilt looking, similar on both sides. . . . keep reading
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Quilters' Half Hoops
QuiltingCoach Penny
A half hoop is yet another type of quilting hoop and is used in hand quilting technique. Since these hoops are used by quilters; it will not be wrong to call these hoops as 'quilters' half hoops'. . . . keep reading
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Making a Square Block with Diagonal Strips
QuiltingCoach Penny
First, sew strips of fabric together in the pattern you would like your block to be. Your strips can be the same width, or they can each be a different width. In the illustration here, the strips are slightly different widths, with the narrow strip in the center. If you are making a Friendship Quilt, and you want it to be signed, . . . keep reading
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Faux Pieced Sashing
It's always fun to create a quilt that looks like something that it isn't. Pictured below are blocks that look like they have pieced sashing between them. To make this as sashing, you would make a series of half-square triangles, and then sew 2 together, and add a solid squ . . . keep reading
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Sashing with a Crazy Quilt Flair
QuiltingCoach Penny
Using a similar technique, you can create a sashing that takes on a crazy quilt look. Old silk ties bought at second hand shops were used in the small wall hanging shown here. This quilt uses silk ties . . . keep reading
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Sashing with Stripes
QuiltingCoach Penny
One very easy way to add interest to your sashing is to use multiple strips of fabric between the blocks. In this quilt, I used strips of yellow and blue fabric and linked them together with a simple 4 patch . . . keep reading
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Simple Sashing with Cornerstones Adds Interest
QuiltingCoach Penny
Cornerstones are squares of fabric that are pieced within the sashing and fit in at the corners of the blocks. Although I had seen cornerstones in quilts, the first time I used them in a quilt was when I ran out of fabric in a border. . . . keep reading
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Add Interest to your Quilt with Simple Sashing
QuiltingCoach Penny
Your blocks can range from the very simple to the very complex, and they will still benefit from sashing. Sashing is what goes between the blocks in a quilt. Like quilt blocks, sashing can be very simple or it can be as complex as your quilt blocks. And some quilts have no sashing at all. . . . keep reading
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