Quilts | Embroidery | Fabrics
The July block for the Aurifil Designer’s block of the month was designed by Laurie Simpson of the duo Minick and Simpson. Polly Minick and Laurie Simpson are sisters who design fabrics for Moda. Laurie makes quilts and Polly hooks rugs, so they divide their designing time between cottons and wools. They have recently developed […]
Setting quilt blocks on point in a diagonal setting creates triangular spaces on the edges and in the corners that need to be filled in to make the quilt square. Use these simple calculations to determine what size triangles to cut for those spaces. Calculating Side Triangles Lay the quilt blocks out on the
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Interested in learning how to hand quilt? Read this article!
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Lately, I have been doing more writing about quilting than actually quilting, which is frustrating. I have a guild show in September and I am racing to finish my entry. So, I thought I would share some of what I have been writing over at Answers.com. This article offers some links to fun color tools
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This tutorial is for the block “Crosses and Star”. Download the PDF file for the templates here – StarandCrossTemplates Cut 12 of Template A Cut 4 of Template B Cut 4 of Template C Cut 1 of Template D Cut 4 of Template E Cut 4 of Template F Using this slightly wonky diagram
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