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Attention Quilters! - At Last, Answers to Your How to Quilt Questions When You Need Them, From Quilters Who Are Happy to Share their Secrets
We've all been there - learning how to make a quilt.
Those of us who are really fortunate had someone to show us their techniques and shortcuts.
Others just figured it out for themselves, spending valuable time and energy, experiencing frustration, and totally wasting fabric and money!
Now there is a better way!
TheQuiltingCoach.com provides answers to your quilting questions; tips, techniques and shortcuts to make your quilting fun and easy; quilt block patterns with step-by-step instructions (including photographs of what to do); quilting projects; and tons more.
Beginning Quilters or more experienced quilters, we're anxious to have you join our community!
It's always fun to start a new project, especially when you've got friends. The newest project is inspired by the recent book, Radiant Sunshine and Shadow, by Helen Frost and Catherine Skow.
In this project, we will explore choosing colors for your quilt and how the placement of colors can create the sparkling affect that the Amish are so famous for.
This is just one of the many projects members enjoy, because the projects don't just come and go, the resources are available whenever you need them.
Happy Quilting!
Penny Halgren
TheQuiltingCoach
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Quilting Business on a Shoestring Seminar DVDs
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 Video: Sewing the Flutter Wheels Quilt Block
watch a 4 part video as the Flutter Wheels quilt block is sewn together. You will see how to nestle your patches together to get pointy points and sharp corners. . . . keep reading
 Cool Fingers™ by SewUnique
This heat resistant finger protector will keep your finger safe from your hot iron. All you do is put the Cool Finger on your finger. It acts like a fingertip on a knit glove, and when you rub the hot iron against . . . keep reading
 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
 Reversible Quilt Using Triangles
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
 Designing an Irish Chain Quilt
This step by step video will show you how to design an Irish Chain quilt using EQ 6. . . . keep reading
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 Designing Your Quilt Without EQ6
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
Christmas Gifts for Quilters
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
Tidbit of History -- More about Candlewicking
Candlewicking originated in the the UK and was used in the US and Australia as early as the beginning of the 19th century. Originally the thread used was the same cotton twist yarn used for candlewicks, hence the name. Early on, women used old sheets and even feed sacks for their embroidery. . . . keep reading
Tidbit of Quilting History -- Jacob's Ladder and Stepping Stones
All Jacob's Ladder quilts are made in two tones only, with the dark patches being very dark and the lights being correspondingly light. No intermediate shades are allowed, since the fundamental idea of Jacob's Ladder is extreme contrast resulting in a series of dark . . . keep reading
 A Quilt Idea -- the Batik cats
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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