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Jun
20

How to Make a Yo-Yo With Moda

Learn how to make a fabric yo-yo with the Clover Yo-Yo Maker to embellish ALL THE THINGS!
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Author: 
Jessie Lathroum
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Charm Pack, Tip Jar
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Tutorial
Jun
23

Playing With Color

Today, we are welcoming Robin Pickens as our guest. Robin is a multi-faceted designer dipping her toes in many platforms. We first discovered Robin as the winner of a design contest that we partnered with Spoonflower in 2016. Robin explores a different series of flowers with each fabric collection...
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Author: 
modafabrics
Posted in: 
Trending, Designers, Tip Jar
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Block Heads, Basics, Color, Quilt Patterns, Robin Pickens
Apr
22

Binding Basics

It’s been a little while since we talked about bindings!
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Author: 
Michelle White
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Trending, Fabrics, Quilt, Moda Basics, Tip Jar
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binding, Creativity Shell
Aug
14

Basic Sewing Kit

What tools and notions are considered must-haves? And why?
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Author: 
Carrie Nelson
Posted in: 
Notions, Tip Jar
Tagged: 
Notions, Sewing
Jul
31

Different Directions

This is about not following instructions, about why there may be a better method.
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Author: 
Carrie Nelson
Posted in: 
Notions, Tip Jar
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Bloc-Loc, Flying Geese
Jun
4

Sewing with wovens...

Wovens - fabrics where the design is created by weaving dyed threads rather than printing on the surface with dyes. Stripes, plaids, jacquard textures and dobby dots are all woven fabrics. Texture. That was the first answer from every designer who replied to our question "why do you like using...
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Author: 
cnelson
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Fabrics, Tip Jar
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Bonnie & Camille, Corey Yoder, Lisa Bongean, Northport, Sugarcreek, Wovens
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
Mar
27

Tip Jar: Half-triangle Squares Revisited

If you've been here before, you probably know that I love quilts made with half-triangle squares. Like this one. Family Tree by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life . The fabric collection is the new Clover Hollow by Sherri & Chelsi . Two years ago, we posted about half-triangle squares and the...
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Author: 
cnelson
Posted in: 
Books and Patterns, Fabrics, Notions, Tip Jar
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A Quilting Life, Bloc-Loc, half square triangles, Half-triangle squares, HTS, Lisa Bongean, Lissa Alexander, Oh Scrap, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Sewing, Star Singles, Triangle Paper
Mar
27

Tip Jar: Half-triangle Squares Revisited

If you've been here before, you probably know that I love quilts made with half-triangle squares. Like this one. Family Tree by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life . The fabric collection is the new Clover Hollow by Sherri & Chelsi . Two years ago, we posted about half-triangle squares and the...
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Author: 
cnelson
Posted in: 
Books and Patterns, Fabrics, Notions, Tip Jar
Tagged: 
A Quilting Life, Bloc-Loc, half square triangles, Half-triangle squares, HTS, Lisa Bongean, Lissa Alexander, Oh Scrap, Patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Sewing, Star Singles, Tips & Tricks, Triangle Paper
Mar
1

Labels are for Quilts

Even though we know they’re important, lots of us don’t label our quilts. The reasons range from being too busy to already having moved on to the next project. Here's some labeling inspiration. No matter what kind of label you put on your quilt, it should contain some basic information. All People...
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Author: 
Linzee McCray
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Tip Jar
Tagged: 
Embroidery, Janet Clare, Label, Linzee Kull McCray, Quilt, Quilt Label