NQC LIVE! October 2016

In this month’s NQC LIVE, Ashley Hough highlights a portion of a 5-pattern bundle set available for purchase in the shop. This fun set will expand your skills and creativity with paper piecing. Ashley demonstrates one of the blocks, providing detailed information on cutting, piecing, and assembling along the way. Ashley also answers plenty of

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In this month’s NQC LIVE, Heather Thomas answered your questions on how to deal with fullness when quilting, how to enlarge blocks and how to get started machine quilting. She also talked about how to start building a fabric stash as well as how to find inspiration to start a new project.

During the January NQC LIVE, Heather Thomas discussed where to begin quilting you quilt, whether to pre-wash your fabric or not and when to use products like Retayne and Synthrapol. She also provided tips for how to tell if you are buying a high quality fabric or not.

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.