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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Serger for Quilting
Most quilters don’t think of using their sergers for constructing their quilt tops, but if you’re piecing together long rows of blocks, the serger can be your friend. Sergers sew much faster than a regular sewing machine and they create a perfect seam.
When you are sewing a dark and a light fabric together, do you […]
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Use the Right Thread
To get my art quilts to look “alive”, I need to create the illusion of movement and depth. Think about it, when you look at a flower, the flower isn’t a flat single color. Instead, the flower is made up of subtle tones and shades of the color with small splashes of other colors.
To […]
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
Fusible Web to Stabilize
Because I use heavy thread work on my quilt tops, it’s very easy for the quilt top or backing to shift and buckle under the needle. For years I would rip out my thread to correct this issues. Then I was introduced to the use of lightweight fusible web to stabilize the back and […]