On this month’s LIVE Q&A, Ashley Hough and special guest, Colleen Tauke, chatted about how to properly hang your quilt on the wall, what to make out of Jelly Rolls and the quilt as you go method. Come back next month to get your questions answered LIVE!
In this month’s NQC LIVE with Heather Thomas, learn about accurate cutting and piecing, proper ways to enlarge blocks, and how to ensure your backing fabric is lined up. Heather also gives tips on embellishing, including how many different embellishments to use, as well as how to make sure the end result is balanced. Heather…
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In this month’s NQC LIVE, Susan Guzman and Ashley Hough discuss seam allowance, quarter inch marks, pressing sprays, backing fabric and joining diagonal strips.
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In this month’s NQC LIVE with Heather Thomas, learn about a fun way to color fabric by rusting it, get tips for sewing together hexagon quilt pieces and see alternative ways to hang art quilts.
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During the March NQC LIVE, Heather Thomas discussed what makes a show quilt – what judges are looking for and how to perfect the small details. She also shared tips on how to perfectly pin baste your quilt and how to manage the bulk of quilting a large quilt on your standard home sewing machine.
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How do you feel about cotton vs polyester or blend threads with cotton fabrics? My machine likes poly-blends, so I use them but the quilt police came by one day and gave me a warning about it!
How do you know if you have a low shank or high shank on my sewing machine?
Hello Kathy,
Thank you for your patience while I reached out to the expert, here is the reply:
Hi,
You can either consult your machine manual- as it should tell you. Or, you can measure. A high shank machine will measure approximately 1 1/4″ from the screw to the bottom of the foot, whereas a low shank will be approximately 3/4″ from the screw to the bottom of the foot.
Cheers,
Ashley
National Quilters Circle
I’m piecing a quilt of HST only. If I plan to wash it in the washing machine, would you suggest securing the seams?
Hello Cathy,
Thank you for contacting us. I would secure the seams. And I usually wash on a delicate cycle.
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Hi i am from Melbourne Australia. How to stop getting puckers on the back of your quilt?