Piecing
Quilt piecing is not always an easy task! These videos feature essential tips and tricks for not only cutting and assembling your pieces, but also creative design ideas you can incorporate into your own quilting projects.
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6:58Consistently stitching an accurate quarter inch seam allowance can be difficult. Heather Thomas shows you a fun tip on how you can use a thick, sticky-backed product on your machine to mark a quarter inch seam allowance and help you stitch it with accuracy and ease. How to Use Heather explains that the key to… Read more »
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Paper piecing can be an easier way to piece quilt block designs with small pieces or long tricky angles. Heather Thomas explains how to recognize quilt blocks that can be paper pieced and shows you how to create your own paper piecing pattern. Block Makeup and Design Before you can design a paper piecing pattern… Read more »
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Many quilts are created with pieced quilt blocks being the main focal points of a design. Heather Thomas shows you a fun technique to use to create pieced quilt blocks that can be used as background blocks in a design. Fabric For this freestyle quilt block Heather explains how many different colors, types and textures… Read more »
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After a quilt has been layered and quilted, most times there will be some excess quilt batting that needs to be trimmed away from around the edges. Rather than throwing away all of your smaller scrap sizes of batting, save them and learn how quick and easy it can be to piece together small pieces… Read more »
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When it comes to quilting, almost all patterns are written using a ¼” seam allowance. If you come from a garment sewing background and are used to a ⅝” seam allowance this can seem small, but Heather Thomas explains why the ¼” seam allowance is used. Quarter Inch When piecing a quilt there is no… Read more »
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Learn how to make a square quilt every time by ensuring you have an accurate quarter inch seam allowance. Kelly Hanson shares a great way to test your seam allowance as well as a way to fix your seam allowance if necessary. Piecing Even if you are new to quilting you’ve probably found that most… Read more »
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Learn traditional paper piecing techniques and see how a complete block goes together – Heather Thomas shows you how with a fun, decorative leaf design. Block Designs When it comes to putting together a paper pieced block, it is important to understand how the block is designed before you attempt to stitch it. Heather explains… Read more »
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Are you getting tired of all those fabric scraps lying around from past projects? Do you have strips that have been cut but not yet worked with? In this video, Kelly Pederson Hanson shares a technique that will make any quilter look like a seasoned artist. The disappearing 9-patch is a quick and easy quilt… Read more »
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This unique quilting technique will add that special something to your next quilting project. Heather Thomas shows us how to use a technique called “Schnibbles”, also knows as using bits and pieces of fabric or ribbons to create a fun design. Watch this video and learn how to create your next unique quilt design using… Read more »
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