NQC LIVE! December 2016

During the December NQC LIVE, Heather Thomas discussed making blocks larger and smaller, as well as different ways to make an overall quilt pattern larger or smaller. She also explained how to keep borders straight, how to choose a quilt design, and how to work through creative blocks.

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15 Responses to “NQC LIVE! December 2016”

  1. Linda B Reagam

    Heather Thomas is by far my favorite instructor. These answers were all extremely helpful. Heather, please show us your kitty on the next session. :-)

  2. Linda B Reagam

    No comment

  3. Sandra Bergey

    I am using a polyester fusible batting on a wall hanging project & my stitches are nesting & missing on my backing, is this the type of batting I am using? I usually use a cotton batting. Thank you for you advice, sandra Bergey

  4. Connie McGuire

    when I give a quilt as a gift they ask if they need to dry clean it or can they wash it. I always prewash my material....but which is the best way for them to maintain the beauty of the quilt?

  5. Pat Townsend

    How many stitches to the inch when free motion quilting?

  6. Carol Pickens

    Why is polyester batting bad?

  7. Peggy Buzzard

    Do you ever use the binding you can buy in a package...that is the binding that is already folded and in a package various colors and about 3 yards long

  8. Carol J

    Hello! Do you ever get 'quilter's block'? If you do, how do you get out of the slump? Do your quilts talk to you when it comes to the quilting?

  9. Patricia Hanks-Thomas

    I absolutely LOVE your program. Even at my "advanced age", I still learn so much from you. Thank you so much for all your help. I am rather new with quilting, and find every one having a diffrent opinion. Find it hard to know who to go with.. so I thought you would be the best to ask my problem. So many say they "always" starch their fabric before sewing, and some others say "never" They say bugs will be drawn to it. advice please?

  10. Glynn

    If a quilt has multi colors in the blocks, how can you sew in the ditch without the stitches showing in the off colored fabric?