If you ask Heather Thomas, once you learn the basics and rules of quilting it’s fun to break away from tradition. Start your freestyle piecing with a little help from this video, and have some fun making unique, funky blocks. You may waste a bit of fabric, but the time you’ll save and the fun you’ll have will make up for any lost material. Here you’ll see how Heather goes about designing a one-of-a-kind quilt using freestyle piecing.
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4:31How to Pin Baste a Quilt
Heather Thomas explains the benefits of using straight pin bastes when quilting. She provides helpful tips and techniques that ensure a great end result for your quilts. See the many examples provided as well as what techniques work best when using certain pins. Take these tips and pin baste your own quilts.
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3:12Choosing Between Black and White Quilt Backgrounds
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10:19Quilt Feathers Patterns and Techniques
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geez would have been nice to see the finished quilt. Heaher say’s I’ll just grab the remaining pieces and show you and it will be done….well that’s just not fair 🙁
got to agree with Lesley – where’s the rest of the video? what am i missing?