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Notions

Category: Notions

Apr
7

Seeing = Sewing

It's that simple - for straight seams, points that match and well-made blocks, you need to see what you're sewing.
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Carrie Nelson
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Trending, Notions
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Lighting, sewing machine lighting
Mar
3

Measure Twice. Cut Once.

If you're making quilts, you're using rulers of some kind for measuring and cutting. Here are a few of our favorites.
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Author: 
Carrie Nelson
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Bloc-Loc, Olfa, Omnigrid
Feb
21

Following A Dream - Sunflower Quilts

How many of us have thought "if there was only a tool that did this...?" Jill and Jamie of Sunflower Quilts did just that!
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Author: 
Carrie Nelson
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Trending, Notions
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Notions, Thread Cutter
Feb
4

Create a bit of order...

Creating an organized sewing space happens one step at a time - a drawer, a shelf, a single project.
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Author: 
Carrie Nelson
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Accessories, Notions
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ArtBin, Storage
Oct
11

Moda All-Stars. Book. Cake.

What else is there to know? The Moda All-Stars are back with Mix It Up! - 16 Quilts from Moda's Cake Mix and Cupcake Mix Recipe Papers . All My Ts by Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic - Cake Mix 2 Square Dance by Janet Clare - Cake Mix 7 Half and Half by Karla Eisenach of Sweetwater - Cake Mix 1 Frosty...
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Author: 
Carrie Nelson
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Cake Mix, Books and Patterns, Notions
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Cake Mix, Charm Packs, Cupcake Mix, Layer Cakes, Mix It Up, Moda All-Stars
Jul
31

We Be Bunting!

Bunting triangles made from Layer Cake and Charm Squares? We're all in for that! We shared pictures a few pictures of the pieces being made before Market - teasers of what was to come. Bunting had been planned but when we heard of a Bunting Tool that Jen Kingwell had in the works, we asked for a...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Notions
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Bunting, Bunting Tool, Jen Kingwell, Template
Jun
28

Quilt Retreat...

While Webster's didn't include "quilt" in their definition of a retreat, it still fits. A retreat is a place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy. The group can be big or it can be small, and the location can be a vacation home or a dedicated retreat center. Your group might be like-minded people you'...
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cnelson
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Books and Patterns, Notions
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Flatter, Handmade Getaway, Jacqueline Sava Clarke, Karyn Valino, quilt retreat
Mar
8

I've Got A Notion - Pins & Needles

If you sew, you use pins and needles. Let me rephrase that... if you stitch, you use pins and needles. Technically, you could assemble a fabric object using a stapler and/or glue. But it wouldn't look like this. Hand-appliquéd, machine-pieced and hand-quilted by Laurie Simpson. As with scissors,...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Notions
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Pins, quilting
Feb
12

I've Got A Notion - Rulers

Even if they never used one, I doubt any quilters have missed cardboard templates. Not when we can use rotary cutters and acrylic rulers to get accurate, consistently-sized pieces for patchwork. If you own a rotary cutter, it's a safe bet that you have at least one rotary cutting ruler. Probably...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Notions, Tip Jar
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Cutting Mat, Double Wide Dresden, Hex N More Ruler
Jan
11

I've Got A Notion - Cutting

Whether you're making a quilt, a pillow or bag, or something to wear, at some point you're going to have to cut fabric. So today, it's all about scissors and rotary cutters. A sampling of the scissors-shears in the Moda Sample Room. This isn't a "best of" kind of list so much as a guidebook/...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Notions
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pinking, rotary cutter, Scissors, shears