Ashley Hough and special guest Andrea Smith of Happy Cloud Creations discuss our newest FREE quilt block challenge: The Happy Block Swap, in this month’s Q&A. They address many questions related to the challenge, as well as general quilting questions. Thanks to everyone who has already joined the Block Swap! Have you signed up? It’s not too late. Click here to join!
Did you miss April’s LIVE event? Catch the full recap here with special guest and quilting expert, Susan Guzman. Susan will be on the air answering your quilting questions live in this fun, interactive, and informative Q&A.
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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.
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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.
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In this month’s NQC LIVE, Susan Guzman shares her approach to selecting different fabric colors and prints for quilts, discusses what types and weights of thread to use when piecing and quilting and offers tips on how to ensure that your points line up perfectly on pinwheel and flying geese blocks.
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I enjoy listening to this video. I’m a quilter who’s motto is ‘It’ll never be noticed on a galloping horse, and that’s the only kind I ride’. However being a very experienced block swapper I disagree with the advice you gave. If you are not swapping your blocks being consistently the wrong size isn’t that big a problem. If you are swapping your blocks MUST be close to the right size or your blocks may not be usable to your partner. It’s worth it to take the time and making sure your blocks are 15 1/2 by 15 1/2 or whatever size is called for. Have fun ladies.
I have an AccuQuilt GO! Cutter. Is this pattern compatible with my GO! Cutter.
Hi Barbara:
Yes, you may be able to cut out some of the pieces using your AccuQuilt Go, depending on the die sizes that you have, however this pattern is not designed around the AccuQuilt cutting system like our last challenge was.
Cheers,
Ashley
Hi ladies!! I’ve never done a swap either but it sounds fun!