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New Notion: Pinion Pins
What is a Pinion Pin? It is a product to keep fabric pieces together and organized! I saw this in action recently and was very impressed. When sewing for a quilt project and you have a stack of cut out...
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It is almost Thanksgiving here in the U.S. and I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you for a few things. I am very thankful to have aged another year, and now am into a new decade! How...
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Selvedges: Cute, Cuter, Cutest!
Inspiration happens at unexpected moments sometimes. Recently I was sewing with some fabric from The Blank Quilting Corp. and was thrilled to find these cute selvedges. The new line, Route 66, which...
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As I mentioned in my last blog, inspiration can happen at any time! And sometimes a designer creates a pattern and a fabric designer creates a fabric that goes together without even planning it! Blank...
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New Big Stitch Quilting Basics Book Available!
I have taken a long hiatus from blogging! It is not that I didn’t have anything to say, but rather I was busy working on new things. So my latest new thing is actually a new book I helped to put...
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Storing New Quilt Binding While the Quilt is being Quilted
I love to make binding and have it ready to go as soon as my quilt is quilted. My latest creation is a whooping 115 x 115 inches so I needed to make a lot of binding! Here is a picture of the binding...
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Alpha Fish Project
Several of my grandsons love fish. When the Alpha Fish line from StudioE came out I was very excited to see what I could create for them. There are two free projects available from StudioE Fabrics for...
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Growing Cotton in North Carolina and Virginia
One of the fun aspects of my job as a fabric sales representative is to do a lot of driving. I realize that not everyone likes to spend hours in the car day after day driving around, but I actually...
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How to Make a Quilt Finish at a Certain Size
Problem: I want to make a quilt a certain size. How do I account for shrinkage from quilting? Today’s bed mattresses are thicker than ever. If a relative wants you to make them a quilt “of a certain...
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Matching Fabric Design When Sewing a Quilt Backing Together
This project is using some antique’ blocks given to me by friend Kim S. They are from the 1890’s era so to put them into a quilt it would be necessary to find a fabric that would play along with the...
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