Diane Harris teaches you five common quilting tips that everyone should know. The five tips you will learn about involve the length of your stitch, the type of thread you are using, the difference between crosswound and stacked thread, and information about warp and weft threads.
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Found this very interesting
Great Tips! How I remember the way to sew the strips together is we read from left to right and we read from top to bottom.
you are just showing how to use the different threads. but I’m not understanding the tip. What is the tip?
Hi,
The tips discussed are the length of your stitch, the type of thread you are using, the difference between cross-wound and stacked thread, and information about warp and weft threads.
Cheers,
Ashley