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I love paper-piecing. I like the precise points and seams that align. What I hate about paper-piecing is tearing the paper foundation off the back of the block when it is finished…pulling tiny bits of paper out of stitches, hoping the seams will hold. A couple of years ago, I learned how to use freezer […]
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Last Fall I wrote a post about making quilts using men’s neckties. The subject had a lot of interest, so obviously there are a number of quilters who are interested in ways to use discarded neckties. Indeed, neckties are made of expensive, beautiful fabrics. I posted a link to a paper-pieced pattern for this
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As I described in a previous post, this is the week that Stitched Postcards will be traveling through the postal systems of over 20 countries in the Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap. I received my swap partner: Chrissy, in Aylestone, Leicester, England. It will be great fun to anticipate what will be arriving in my
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I have published an article on Answers.com about using discarded men’s neckties for quilt-making. You can read the tips in the article, which I have linked at the bottom of this post. This subject first came to mind a couple of years ago when a friend of mine gave me a huge box of beautiful
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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
