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Eyelet Lace Binding

Posted in Quilting, Tutorials, tagged , , on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

CLICK THE PICTURES FOR A LARGER VIEW This is a handy way to bind quilts or anything where you are trimming with eyelet lace or any sort of decoration. Step 1.  You will be sewing the eyelet lace onto the back of the quilt.  IMPORTANT: The eyelet lace needs to be right side up!  Don’t [...]

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Quilt Sandwich

Posted in Quilting, Tutorials, tagged , , , on April 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Before you sandwich layer the back, batting, and front, please do yourself a huge favor and make sure all layers have been washed and dried.  I do cheat with my batting by misting it on both sides with my garden hose and promptly placing it in the dryer. I use a sandwiching technique that requires [...]

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10″ Finished Crazy Patch

Posted in quilt squares, Quilting, Tutorials, tagged , , , on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Steps: 1.  Cut 9 different 12″ X 12″ Squares 2.  Stack all 9 squares in a pile.  The stacking order is not important but once determined, the squares will need to remain in that particular order for the process to work. 3.  Make a diagonal cut through all layers.  Take the top piece of the [...]

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Why Tip-Toe when I can Tango?

Posted in Quilting, tagged , , , on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

… Because I want to! … Because I can! … Seasons in your life change & so do I! … So there! Quilting came into my life before I was a fleeting thought.  It’s true!  It can be traced back through EVERY generation on my mother’s side, which is interesting.  Quilting is said to skip [...]

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Getting Closer

Posted in quilt squares, Quilting, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So close I actually laid the quilt out.  SO EXCITING!!!  I have a vision of course.  It entails two 3X3 8 1/2″ square blocks sewn together to make a very large block.  One is a windmill pattern and the other is a block pattern.  If the block pattern has a proper name I don’t know [...]

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Quilt Squares…

Posted in quilt squares, Quilting, tagged , , , on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This is consuming my every available second after all the other unavoidable responsibilities I have.  The ones that can wait are waiting.  This is top priority. I’m enjoying watching the progression.  I definitely need to take a step back tonight and think about filling in the blanks.  I’m keeping a majority of the quilt plain [...]

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