Laura Roberts teaches you how to cut novelty fabric into little squares and make it into a block. She recommends using fabric with motifs that are easy to cut out to make a block, but also shows you how to use stripes, a bias cut strip, a border stripe and templates you may have made.
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This is one of the best demonstrations I have seen on this site. Well done.
thank you for sharing all your wonderful ideas.
Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring
I’m obsessed with the blue snowman striped boarder fabric. Where can I find it?? I’m desperate to find it. Thank you!
I Like Helen Above love the snowman quilt. Just like her where can I find it……love it, love it, love it!
This tutorial it great….so much information for a beginning quilter. Thank you so much!
Very helpful with fussy cutting ideas
I have problem with cutting, always cut to small
A lot of useful information. I hope to use it soon.
Lovely video. I just loved her energy. I am a beginner-level quilter/patchwork maker and enjoyed seeing the different ways to fussy cut stripes. Very well done.
An excellent presentation but an engaging speaker! Can’t wait to grab some odder-looking or striped fabric that are languishing in my stash. Wonderful ideas and such a warm and welcoming attitude. Thank you!!