There are a lot of factors to take into account when making a quilt and shrinkage is a very important one! The denser your quilt, the more shrinkage there may be. ZJ Humbach provides some helpful tips for quilt making and the benefits of preparing for shrinkage in your quilts.
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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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Guidelines for Creating Great Quilt Borders
Heather Thomas demonstrates how borders can be used in several different ways. See her many examples and find out how important it is for your quilts to have border balance. Learn the guidelines for quilting borders as well as what a border system is! Use these tips to help you make good choices in your…
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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 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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