Heather Thomas likes to sew her edges on with a machine when she can. This video shows a plethora of different edging you can use for your next project. Some of the ones displayed are a satin stitch, iron on adhesive, crocheted trim, a rat tail with a whip stitch, a satin stitch with a contrasting decorative stitch, and leather trim with a blanket stitch.
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Quilting Rulers: Using an Add-Enough Ruler
Paper piece projects look beautiful and can be rewarding, but oftentimes the fabric is cut too big or too small. Carolyn McCormick gives you tips and tricks on how big to cut pieces using an Add-Enough ruler. This tool will let you cut squares rectangles, or half square triangles.
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How to Attach Binding to a Quilt
Dana Jones teaches you how to attach a binding to a quilt with mitered edging. She demonstrates some of the essential quilting tips and techniques that you’ll need to use in order to complete the binding, walking you step by step through the entire process, and shows an example of a completed binding.
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How to Make Bias Binding
Angie Hodapp helps you save time and money at the quilt store for the next time you are buying fabric for a bias binding. After figuring out the math, get into cutting and measuring to bind on the bias. Learn techniques about how to hide the seam and why you should always use a bias…
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How to Baste a Quilt
Peg Spradlin explains why she thinks basting your quilt is one of the most important steps in machine quilting your quilt. You will learn how to find the center of your table and use that to position your backing, batting, and quilt. Then use binder clips to position them and see how to properly stitch…
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