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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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Machine Quilting the Jelly Roll Quilt
QuiltingCoach Penny
Once your quilt is layered and basted, you are ready for quilting. Because this quilt is made using batik fabric, bamboo batting and was basted using basting spray, the best method for quilting will be machine quilting. . . .
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Backing and Layering the Jelly Roll Quilt
QuiltingCoach Penny
Because I had Jelly Roll strips left, I decided to create a backing using these strips. And because the strips were not long enough to go from top to bottom or from side to side, I decided it would be best to sew them together and create blocks for the backing of the quilt. . . .
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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. . . .
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Quilting Basics - Beginner Quilting Block
QuiltingCoach Penny
Most patchwork quilts are made using a basic unit called a Block. Generally blocks are square, although they can be any shape the quiltmaker wants them to be -- rectangles, triangles, hexagons, diamonds; all are fairly common. . . .
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Should You Pre-wash Your Quilting Fabric?
QuiltingCoach Penny
To tell you the truth, I had not really thought much about the question prior to a few months ago. Long ago, I took a quilting class, and the teacher told us to arrive at class with our fabric already washed and ready to cut. . . .
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Wool Quilting Fabric
QuiltingCoach Penny
It is relatively common to use wool in quilts. The first wool quilts I saw were made for soldiers during the Civil War to protect them from the bitter cold winters. . . .
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Tree of Life Quilt Block
QuiltingCoach Penny
In early American days, clipper ships brought cargoes of Indian and Persian cotton prints into western Atlantic ports. When quilt designers were looking for pattern ideas, the Tree of Life design, common to Oriental rugs, was easily converted to a quilt pattern. . . .
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Scrap Quilt with Hearts
QuiltingCoach Penny
If you have ever made a scrap quilt, you might have noticed that, in some ways, it is more difficult to make than a quilt using all new fabric. Several years ago, I took a workshop and made the little heart wall hanging shown below. . . .
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Appliqué Animals on a Quilt
QuiltingCoach Penny
Each year when my kids were in elementary school, their teachers were the recipients of a quilt. The design for the quilt generally came from an idea that they had, and we converted into a quilt. . . .
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Irish Chain for a Baby Quilt
QuiltingCoach Penny
Irish Chain quilts are easy to make, and if you use soft pastels for your quilt, you can have a baby quilt in a short day, especially if you machine quilt or tie it. In this quilt, I used 2 inch squares for the patches in the 9 patch blocks, and simple whole squares of fabric to offset the 9 patches. . . .
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Quilted Gifts
QuiltingCoach Penny
Quilting special gifts for friends with hobbies is a lot of fun. Not only does it give you a chance to quilt, but you can specifically tailor the quilted gift you give to your friend's hobby. . . .
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Quilting Thread
QuiltingCoach Penny
As quilters, we sometimes fret over fabric selection to make the perfect quilt. Once we make up our mind, we grab matching thread and get to work. The truth is, we should probably put a little more time into our thread selection, too. This is especially important for beginning quilters. . . .
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