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Online Quilt Magazine.com

Standard Issue Vol.3 No.12 – December 2012

Quick

Christmas

Projects to

Make

How To

Audition

Quilting

Designs

Favourite

Festive

Recipes

Reader

“Show &

Tell”

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Online Quilt Magazine Table of Contents

Auditioning Designs …………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………..….. Page 4

PROJECT – Christmas Quilt ……………………...…………………..………………………………………………………………………………….…….………….. Page 10

What’s New from the Fat Quarter Shop ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………

PROJECT – No Sew Quilted Ball Holiday Tree Ornaments ………………………………………………………………………………….………………..

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Book Review – ‘home sweet quilt’ by Jill Finley ……………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………

Favourite Festive Recipes ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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Reader “Show and Tell” ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

BLOCK OF THE MONTH – Crown of Thorns Block .................................................................................................................

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Today's Tips.............................................................................................................................................................................. Page 29

YES – We Want To hear From You.......................................................................................................................................... Page 30

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Letter from the Editor

Jody Anderson

Hi!

Welcome to our Big Christmas Issue! And there’s all sorts of festive goodies in this one too. There’s

plenty of time still to make our Christmas Quilt, and I found a fab no-sew fabric ornament idea, that I

just know the kids are going to love making too. Here in Australia, the big summer Christmas holidays

happen now, and my two are about to be home full time for the next 8 weeks or so!

We have some Christmas recipes (I’ll be doing plenty of this too!), and more yummy fabrics from the

Fat Quarter Shop. Aside from all things festive, Leah shows how to audition designs for your quilts,

there’s more Readers’ quilts, another block to piece, and a great new book review from Annette.

Have a wonderful month, and a Happy, Safe and Quilt-y Festive Season,

Happy Holidays!

Jody

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Rather than learn new designs, let's learn how to

play with all the hundreds of designs we already

have. By the way, if you're ever in the mood to

browse, you can find all 365 designs right here.

You can also find all 365 designs in a beautiful

picture book that's loads of fun to flip through

and pick designs quickly for your quilts. Find 365

Free Motion Quilting Fillers right here on

Amazon.com.

So how exactly do you know how a design will

look in a particular area of your quilt? By giving

them an audition and seeing which wins the part!

Yes, auditioning designs does require drawing,

but you don't have to be perfect at this in order

to know if a design will work or not. Perfection is

not the point. Just getting the general shape of

the design over your quilt is the idea.

So the first thing to start with is a photo or

drawing of your quilt. If your quilt is already fully

finished and pieced together, hang it on a wall

and shoot a photo of it.

Now get this photo on your computer or take it

to a printing store and print it out in grayscale

(black and white).

Why are we removing all the color? Because

color can be distracting. It's also hard to see your

pencil marks over. Honestly my favorite way to

do this is with a simple black and white outline of

the piecing design so that way there's no

distracting color or shading to deal with.

If you have a quilt in mind, try working this week

with a photograph of a single block or a border

corner section. This way you can play with

designs over a small section at a time and

hopefully not be overwhelmed by the full design.

Auditioning Designs

By Leah Day from www.FreeMotionQuilt.blogspot.com

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Of course, if you can't do this - either you don't

know how to take and manipulate photos this

way or don't have the capability, don't worry!

Here's an image to play with:

Yep, this is a simple Sawtooth Star block. No

frills, no flash, just a simple star block.

But how many ways are there to quilt this block?

5? 10? 100? There are literally millions of ways

to quilt this shape. How do you know what way is

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best?

Simple - what do YOU like best?

The only way to answer this question is to print

out this sawtooth star block and draw three

different versions of it. We're simply holding an

audition and any designs you like are welcome to

participate!

Here are mine:

The first is a simple combination of Stippling in

the block and Pebbling in the outside edges. The

Pebbling is much darker and denser than the

Stippling, which means the outline of the star will

show up nicely.

It's important to note that this drawing is showing

very dense quilting. You will definitely need to

pay attention to scale as you audition designs

because this can really effect how the texture

looks on your finished quilt. What is the only way

to know what it will look like ahead of time?

Draw it and see!

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This second version fills the star with Paisley and

the outer edges with Stippling. In this case the

star looks much more flowing and fluid when

filled with all those tear drop shapes and echoes.

Remember that every design type will appear

slightly differently. Paisley is a Pivoting Design,

which means it has a lot more traveling and

thread play and will show up more boldly on a

quilt, even with matching thread color. Stippling

is an Independent Design and will always appear

much lighter because it's always a single line of

thread wiggling over your quilt.

Very soon we're going to start investigating more

design types - visiting a new one each month

actually so we can gain a better understanding of

how all of these designs work and can fill the

spaces of our quilts.

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Finally this third option opens up yet another

path - adding marked elements to the piecing.

Let's imagine the star was pieced, so the extra

flower I've drawn inside was just marked on the

fabric. I call these marked designs Motifs.

Motifs are designs that are not pieced or

appliqued, but QUILTED in only with thread. They

form new shapes and designs over the surface,

and are marked to ensure their symmetry and

placement.

Many times I'm asked why I mark certain things

and why I don't mark others. I mark a motif

because I want it to show up as exactly THAT

shape. I want exactly THAT flower, formed

exactly THAT way.

I couldn't free-hand this shape. If I tried to stitch

this without marking, it would not look like this -

wouldn't be lined up properly, wouldn't fit this

space perfectly, and the effect wouldn't be the

same. Marking is required for motifs to achieve

that exact shape, in that exact placement.

Fillers on the other hand are not meant to be

perfect or exact. They flow and bend and fill in

places organically. I don't mark these designs

because they're meant to be random, and it

would also be ridiculously time consuming to

mark them over the surface of a whole quilt.

Adding the marked flower motif to the star block

has opened another world of design possibilities!

I can stitch Stippling around the flower, wiggling

into all those tight places, then fill the outer area

with Paisley. What a pretty audition!

So which of these auditions is the "right" one?

Well, all three are good designs. All three add

interesting effects to the quilt. There really isn't a

"wrong" way to quilt a quilt, so there really isn't a

"right" answer here.

The right design is the one YOU like the best.

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How will all this look in thread on fabric? The

only way to know is to stitch a small sample using

a scrap of the fabric in the quilt and the thread

you planned to use.

No, you don't have to quilt out a whole block if

you don't want to, but it's a good idea to get

some practice with the fillers you've selected with

the thread you plan to use.

Some fills like Pebbling simply won't work with

some types of thread because the layers of travel

stitching will cause weak, thick thread to break.

So that is your challenge this week! If you have a

quilt needing to be quilted, consider taking a

photograph and playing with drawing designs

over the surface.

If that is not open to you, print out the sawtooth

block and play with drawing designs over it.

Yes, this is play! Not torture! Just have fun, keep

it simple, and experiment with the many effects

you can create by auditioning different designs

and marked motifs over the surface.

About the Author: Leah Day is the author of the Free

Motion Quilting Project, a blog project dedicated to

creating new free motion quilting designs each week and

sharing them all for FREE! Leah is also the author of From

Daisy to Paisley - 50 Beginner Free Motion Quilting Designs,

a spiral bound book featuring 50 designs from the project.

www.daystyledesigns.com

Treat Yourself this Christmas!

Leah’s Brand New Free Motion Quilting

Course has just been released as a Craftsy

Class – check it out at:

http://www.craftsy.com/class/free-

motion-quilting-a-sampler/116?ext=fmqas

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Project – Christmas Quilt

From Jody Anderson at www.QuiltBlockoftheMonthClub.com

This quilt measures 48½ inches x 48½ inches

square.

Christmas Quilt

Have a play with the rather fun Disappearing 9 Patch

block to whip up a quick Christmas table topper or

throw quilt. We used a set of 8 Christmas Print Fat

Quarters for a bright scrappy look on our quilt, but you

can use whatever fabrics you have to hand.

You Will Need:

8 Fat Quarters (or equivalent) of bright Christmassy

fabrics

2¾ metres (3 yards) plain white fabric for the quilt top,

backing and binding

Batting measuring at least 52 x 52 inches square

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Preparation:

We used a red print and a green print fat quarter for the block centres. From each of these cut eight

squares measuring 5 x 5 inches, so you have 16 in total.

From the remaining six fat quarters, cut twelve, 5 x 5 inch squares from each of four different fabrics, and

cut eight, 5 x 5 inch squares from each of the remaining two fabrics.

From the plain white fabric, cut 64 squares measuring 5 x 5 inches. Also cut 5 strips 2¼ inches wide x the

width of the fabric for the binding. The remainder is pieced for the backing.

9-Patch Blocks:

As shown, arrange and piece the squares into 9-patch

units.

Eight will have a red centre, and eight will be green.

Place the Christmas prints in the corners, and the white

squares in between.

Make 16 blocks and press well.

Trim to 13½ inches square.

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Measure and cut each block in half horizontally, and then

in half vertically to make four equal quarters.

Rotate two diagonal pieces as shown to create the

disappearing 9-patch block.

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Sew together and press well.

Trim block to 12½ inches square.

Arrange the blocks in a 4 x 4 grid, with the green and red

centre blocks alternating in diagonal rows.

Sew together in rows, then sew the rows together to

finish the top.

Press well.

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Finishing:

We pieced our backing with a simple brightly coloured strip up the centre.

Cut the white fabric left for the backing in half along the crease line from the bolt. From your Christmas

print scraps left over, cut and sew together large rectangles to form a strip the same length of your

backing fabric. (Your backing fabric needs to be a couple of inches larger on each side than your quilt

top.) Sew the pieced strip between the white pieces and press.

Lay the backing face down on a large flat surface. Smooth the batting on top, and then lay your quilt top

on top of that, facing up. Smooth all layers and pin or thread baste.

We quilted medium sized ( ½ inch) stippling on each of the white cross shapes on the quilt and left the

coloured squares alone. Quilt yours as you wish. Trim to square the quilt.

Join the 2¼ inch binding strips with 45 degree seams. Press the ¼ inch seams open, then fold the strip in

half, right sides out and press.

Join the binding to the right side of the quilt edge with a quarter inch seam, mitring each corner as you

go. Turn the folded edge of the binding to the back and slip stitch it in place with thread that matches

the binding to finish.

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For More Great Quilt Patterns, go to

www.QuiltBlockoftheMonthClub.com

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We're pleased to be able to bring you a selection

each month of the Newest Fabric Releases and

the new season fabric "must haves".

Sakura Park collection by Sentimental Studios

for Moda

"Hanami" is the centuries old practice of

picnicking under a blooming sakura or cherry

blossom tree.

Experience this serene Japanese tradition with

Sakura Park, a new collection of beautiful floral

prints with an understated elegance. Tranquil

cherry blossoms in soft shades of pink flourish

while delicate petals float quietly on the sky blue

breeze.

The Sakura Park collection by Sentimental Studios

for Moda Fabrics is available in fat quarter

bundles, fat eighth bundles, jelly rolls, charm

packs, layer cakes and yardage.

Indulge in this range at:

http://www.fatquartershop.com/Sakura-Park-Moda-

Fabrics-Sentimental-Studios.asp

What's New from The Fat Quarter Shop

From Kimberly Jolly at www.FatQuarterShop.com

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Flirt by

Sandy Gervais for Moda

Flirting is saying, "Hey! I like you" without a single

word. It's a coy glance … a wink and a grin … it's

blushing when you say hello. It isn't a skill; it's an

art. Flirting makes you wonder what else is in

store. And there is more in store … much more in

Flirt – the latest line of fabric from Moda's Sandy

Gervais.

The patterns are shy but deliberate … the colors,

subtle but energetic. They're a sidelong gaze

paired with a quick smile. And just like the fine art

of flirting, they're irresistibly playful…in fact, if

you wink, they will probably wink right back!

The Flirt collection is available in fat quarter

bundles, jelly rolls, layer cakes, charm packs, mini

charm packs and yardage. You’ll love our Spring

Sampler Block of the Month!

View this Collection at:

http://www.fatquartershop.com/Flirt-Sandy-Gervais-

Moda-Fabrics.asp

Keep up to Date with What’s Happening on

our Facebook Page –

Do You Love Quilting Too?

Bonus blocks, hints and tips added all the time!!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Do-You-Love-

Quilting-Too/271888039492644

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Are you looking to make some new holiday

ornaments for your Christmas tree this year? If

so, I have a great project to share with you today.

These no-sew, quilted ball holiday tree

ornaments are super easy to make and require

absolutely no machine sewing!

What is even better yet is the fact that this is a

great project to use up all of those little fabric

scraps that you have laying around that are left

over from other sewing projects.

Supplies You Will Need:

2 ½ inch diameter Styrofoam ball

6 inch piece of ¼ inch wide lace

Various color small scraps of fabric (cottons or

cotton blends work best)

All-Purpose Liquid Craft Glue (the kind that dries

clear)

Sharp Fabric Scissors

Small Flat-Head Screw Driver or Butter Knife

Foam Paint Brush

Project – No-Sew Quilted Ball Holiday

Ornaments

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Straight Pins

Note: You can use ¼ inch wide lace or ¼ inch wide

satin ribbon for the ornament hanger. Since there

is a little gluing involved, take the time to protect

your work surface.

Tip: You will want to lay out all of your fabric

scraps and sort them into color coordinating

piles. Take the time to put colors together that

work well with one another.

Trim your fabric scraps down to odd-shaped

pieces. I have used rectangles, squares, circles

and ovals. You should use different shapes that

are different sizes to give it a true quilted look.

Use your screw driver or butter knife to slightly

indent a space that is the shape of your fabric

square on your Styrofoam ball. This indented

shape should be slightly smaller than your actual

fabric shape.

Use your foam paint brush and spread a very thin

layer of craft glue inside the indented shape.

Place your fabric shape on top of the glue and use

the edge of your screw driver or butter knife to

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push the fabric edges into the indent and push

hard to squeeze the edge of the fabric down into

the ball.

You will want to repeat that step the entire way

around your ball until it is completely covered.

Using a 6 inch piece of satin ribbon or lace, shape

it into a hanging loop. Dab the end of a straight

pin into the craft glue and poke it through the

end of your hanging loop and push it down into

your foam ball.

Let this dry for 30 minutes before hanging it onto

your holiday tree.

About the Author: Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother

living in Pennsylvania who enjoys sewing, quilting, crafting

and scrapbooking. You can visit Shelly's online craft blog

called Passionate About Crafting at

http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com for free craft

project ideas and tips. You can find a photo of the

completed project on her blog at

http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/2009/12/no-

sew-quilted-ball-holiday-tree.html

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“home sweet quilt” by Jill Finley

'Fresh' and 'pretty' are the first words that come

to mind on seeing this book. Jill's quilts are like a

breath of fresh air, combining piecing with bold

applique designs. Any of these projects would be

a delight to have in your home.

As Jill says, "They're much more than blankets or

bed coverings. They're the pop of colour, the

unexpected texture, or the softening elements of

each room."

Her projects range in size from dish towels

through pillows, table runners and lap quilts to

queen size quilts. Each design is different and

clean, some deceptively simple, but the degree of

expertise needed ranges from the beginner to

advanced.

Book Review

By Annette Mira-Bateman from www.QuiltBlockoftheMonthClub.com

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Jill's use of colour is wonderful. She has some

advice on choosing colours for your own

projects.

Her appliqueing technique - Applique the Jillily

Way - is explained well and is a little different to

anything I've tried before. The table runner made

with felted wool is an interesting and quick

project. Decorating plain dish cloths (tea towels)

is a great gift idea for any time of the year.

"home sweet quilt" by Jill Finley would be a great

addition to any quilter's library. See more at

JillilyStudio.com.

Published by Martingale, "home sweet quilt" is

available from: Martingale, 19021 120th Ave.

NE, Ste. 102, Bothell, WA 98011-9511 USA

or www.ShopMartingale.com

or in Australia from: www.candobooks.com.au

Conquer Strip Piecing

Techniques. . .

No More Wasted Time and

Frustration

Sewing Your Blocks Together

When you begin a new quilt project, do you sometimes feel like you are fighting a

war? First you face the “Battle of the Quilt Blocks.” For me, at least, sometimes it’s a

challenge just to choose a block or two for a quilt. The first one may look too hard.

The second one may use too many different fabrics.

Then after you have spent hours – maybe even days – eliminating blocks, you find one

that is just right. Or at least, you’ll be happy using it in your brand new quilt.

Ahhhh – a sigh of relief!

Next, it’s time to look at the color scheme and fabrics to use. Finally, you have

everything set and you’re ready to cut your fabric. Faced with cutting a bazillion little

squares, you stop and think “there must be a better way!”

And, truly, there is – Strip Piecing!

With the advent of the rotary cutter, quilters figured out that they could sew strips

together and then cut the “strip units” into segments to sew into blocks – rows of

squares, alternating rectangles and squares, and more.

Using this technique, your cutting and sewing time for each quilt is slashed – leaving

you time to make more quilts! In our brand new DVD Mentor – Conquering Strip

Piecing – you’ll see just how this works, and learn how to make a beautiful quilt with

complicated-looking borders, too.

To get all of the details, visit:

http://how-to-quilt.com/strippiecedquilt.php

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Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, this time

of year is always a perfect excuse to try some

good food and spend time with friends and

family. This is a couple of recipes we like: (Google

a kitchen measurements converter if you need to)

Rum & Orange Chocolate Balls

Ingredients

100g pitted prunes, roughly chopped

80ml (1/3 cup) dark or white rum

250g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), chopped

125g unsalted butter, chopped

250g scotch finger biscuits, halved (shortbread

style cookies)

80g roasted peeled hazelnuts

1 orange, zested

50g flaked almonds, roasted, finely chopped

Cocoa, to dust

Method

Place prunes and rum in a small saucepan over

low heat and bring to the boil. Remove from heat

and set aside until needed.

Fill a small saucepan one-third full with water and

bring to a gentle simmer. Place chocolate and

butter in a small heatproof bowl, then place the

bowl over the pan of simmering water and stir

until melted (don't let the bowl touch the water).

Process biscuits, hazelnuts and prune mixture in a

food processor until finely chopped. Add orange

zest and chocolate mixture, and process until just

combined. Spoon into a large bowl and

Favourite Festive Recipes

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refrigerate for 15 minutes or until firm enough to

shape.

Line a large tray with baking paper and place

almonds and cocoa in separate shallow bowls.

Using your hands and working quickly, roll the

chocolate mixture into 3cm balls and place on the

tray. Roll half the balls in almonds to coat, then

dust the other half with cocoa. Store in an airtight

container in the fridge.

*(Pack in a pretty box lined with baking paper and

tie up with a big christmassy ribbon for a special

gift too!)

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Festive Savoury Tartlets

Ingredients

2-3 tbs chilli jam

12 mini pastry tartlet shells

150g soft, herbed goats' cheese

12 cherry tomatoes, sliced

12 small basil leaves, to serve

Method

Place a small amount of chilli jam in the base of

each tart shell. Cover with goats' cheese,

spreading smoothly with a palette knife. Place

one or two slices of tomato on top, sprinkle with

sea salt and black pepper and garnish with a basil

leaf. (Serve soon after making or the pastry will

soften.)

* These mini pastry tartlet shells are wonderful to

have on hand for Christmas drinks. Other fillings

could include caramelised onion and goats'

cheese; a soft chicken liver pate; or simply pesto.

They are also great served sweet with either

mincemeat or lemon curd.

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This month we continue our new regular segment

of “Show and Tell” quilts made by our Online

Quilt Magazine Readers. We will include them as

long as you can send them to us, and that way we

can all share in the wealth of creativity and

inspiration abundant within our quilting

community.

“I went to a workshop yesterday on braiding,

using my first Jelly Roll, and a 2½" Trapezoid Non-

Slip Ruler. It was such an inspiring class, and was

amazing, at the end of the day, to see each

student's first strip of braiding with sashing, as

they all looked so different! I've always been

sceptical as to the value of jelly rolls, thinking

them to be a bit of a con, when 2½" strips are

easy enough to make, but I'm now a convert! I

thought you might be interested to see my

humble effort. The quilt I'm making will have four

of these panels across the width, with a plain

light-coloured 6" sashing decorated with hearts,

and will probably need a final border to get it to

the size I want to make.”

- Julie, United Kingdom

Reader “Show and Tell”

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“I thought you might like to see the Apple Core

quilt I finished earlier this year. It is completely

hand sewn together - even the border is hand

stitched to the blocks.

I was even crazy enough to hand quilt it - I did it

1/4" inside the seams on all the cream blocks,

around the outside edge of the blocks in the

border and again about 1.5" from the very edge.

I made it from a kit I bought at a market in

Harrietville, Victoria one Easter. It measures

approx. 150cm” – Joy, Australia

“This is the tumbling blocks cot quilt I made for

my next door neighbour’s due soon grandson. It

is also the first quilt I have made of patchwork

squares so it took me for ages to do it but I got

there in the end.”

- Ann, Brisbane, Australia

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This Month’s block is a striking pieced triangles

and squares block. Take care with the seams, and

you will have a block to be proud of.

To make this 12 inch block as shown, you will

need 5 different fabrics, and once you have

rotary cut the pieces according to the Cutting

Diagram, you can piece them together as shown.

Block of the Month

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Try in a simple layout for a fabulous repetitive pattern, or use for a medallion quilt.

For more great quilts and blocks, visit www.QuiltBlockoftheMonthClub.com

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Today’s Tips:

Reader Sandra sent in a favourite quote:

"Never let a sewing machine know you are in a

hurry" (which I sometimes adapt to "computer"

or "printer"!)

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* If your machine doesn't have the feature that

lowers the feed dogs, you can tape a business

card over them while free motion quilting. It

helps keep the materials running thru evenly.

* Clean pizza boxes make great project holders.

This is great - especially for all those blocks you

make before you complete your BOM quilt. Ask

your local pizza shop, and get a couple of

different sizes to stack your finished blocks neatly

away.

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And these tips are great for Children’s quilts:

1) For a very cuddly children's quilt, try using

fleece on the back. You don't need wadding, as

the fleece will do the job of both wadding and

backing. Not only will this save time and money,

but kids love it! (Try tying the quilt with coloured

yarn too, rather than just sewing it together.)

2) "When making quilts for children add a secret

pocket with a little love note in it...only you and

the recipient will know where it is if you disguise

it well. This is lovely for grandchildren, you can

add a new note each time you visit them."

3) Save 6.5 inch blocks of fabric from favourite

clothes your children wear. By the time they are

adults, you should have enough for a special

memory quilt for them.

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