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How to Make a Needle Case
Check out this tutorial by Kelly Lee-Creel for a quick-to-make home for your needles.
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How to Make a Hawaiian-Style Floor Pillow
Molly at the Purl Bee created this great tutorial on how to make applique floor cushions.
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Friday Etsy Round Up: Pincushions
Check out these handmade versions by Etsy sellers for a cute take on this sewing must-have.
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National Quilting Day
1 commentCelebrate National Quilting Day with techniques from Threads.
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Machine Quilt a Supple and Stylish Garment, Part II
10 commentsFinishing touches, both inside and out, will take your quilted garment to the next level.
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Machine Quilt a Supple and Stylish Garment
24 commentsHere’s a way to eliminate the bulk and accentuate the detail when you make a quilted jacket.
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A Satin Stitch Adds Elegant Detail to Quilts and Garments
11 commentsWhen you want to add a little zing to the surface of your project, sometimes the simplest stitch gives the best results.
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SmartFlix--the NetFlix for All Crafters
2 commentsPerfect your sewing skills with the help of SmartFlix
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Get to know fabric designer Anna Maria Horner
We just love the amazing fabric designs from author Anna Maria, and now she has her own pattern line and book available, too. From her very first fabric collection for Free Spirit in 2006, to her current quilting and décor lines for Westminster, Anna Maria always has an original style full of inspiration.
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Symmetry for Quilters
3 commentsUse the simplest principles of symmetry to transform a single motif into endless quilting and appliqué designs.
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Crazy Patchwork by Machine
3 commentsLearn how to use your sewing machine's decorative stitches to mimic the random, embellished hand-piecing of Victorian crazy quilting.
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Lessons From Other Quilters
Close inspection of antique (and other) quilts reveals techniques and approaches you can use in your own work.
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Machine-Sewn Textures
5 commentsLearn how to create surface effects by stitching together shrinkable and nonshrinking fabrics, then washing them.
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Evening Purse
8 commentsHand quilting and embellishments of floss and ribbon, of my own design.
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Free Patterns: Mini-Quilt Templates in a Jiffy
4 commentsGive miniature foundation piecing a try using our four free patterns, and preview some quilt-block software that makes it a breeze to print templates.
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No-Mark Quilting
A quilting teacher explains how to create a stitching path without marking your fabric.
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Quilting Supplies by Mail
Quilters in search of quilting thread, batting, quilting betweens, and open-ended thimbles will find what they're looking for at the companies listed here.
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Choosing the Right Batting
3 commentsWill cotton, polyester, wool or silk batting work best for your project? Here's a handy chart that compares fiber content, prewash requirements, and more for 13 batting products.
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