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Terrific Tip Tuesday: Pointing Pins
Today, I’m showing you how I use numbered pins to not only keep my rows in order, but also to show me which way to press. Do you have these pins? They’re great!! I actually found out about them from...
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Terrific Tip Tuesday: Phone Pic
Today’s tip doesn’t apply to folks with fancy pants machines. You know when you’re using a specialty stitch and you get everything all set up and then you try to take notes on all the settings, but...
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Terrific Tip Tuesday: Paper Blade
Today’s tip is an oldie but a goodie! If you like to paper piece, you know you have trim up the paper when you’re done with the block. But you also know that using your rotary on paper will dull the...
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Terrific Tip Tuesday: Wonders of Washi 3
We are back to the wonders of washi tape for today’s post…with a little safety thrown in! It’s unsafe to throw a rotary blade in the trash. It’s unsafe at home but it’s REALLY unsafe when you’re at a...
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Terrific Tip Tuesday: Striped Binding
I love stripe binding! In fact, I’ve got a whole section of my stash that’s stripes for binding. I really like the pattern to align on my stripes as misaligned stripes are quite distracting. I start...
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Terrific Tip Tuesday: Thread Pull
I’m back with another thread related tip. This one is for the preservation of your machine. When you’re going to rethread your machine, clip the thread at the top and pull from the bottom so that the...
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Terrific Tip Tuesday: Extra Binding
My quilty buddy Dana is visiting today for her book signing and workshop!! So obviously I asked her to guest tip! This is brilliant!! When she makes binding, she makes one whole yard, regardless of...
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Terrific Tip Tuesday: Display Tools
Fall Quilt Market is over. There will be much sharing (and oversharing) about it next week. But it’s time for the Friday edition of Terrific Tip Tuesdays!! This is a display/photo shoot tip. I...
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Terrific Tip Tuesday: Smooth Pillows
Today’s terrific tip is pillow related. I’ve been making a lot of pillows lately and sometimes I use the store-bought forms, but sometimes I make my own. When you buy Poly-fil, you have to work with...
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Terrific Tip Tuesday: Gripper Pad
You know when you’re hand stitching and your needle just will not come through? I keep part of a can gripper in all my hand sewing kits. Since needles are much smaller than cans, I cut them in half...
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Terrific Tip Tuesday: Traveling with Rulers
It’s Tip time! Today’s tip comes from my friend Emily Herrick. When you’re packing for a retreat or a class, rulers can get very unruly (pun intended), try looping them together with a binder ring!...
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Tuesday Tip: Interfacing Scraps
Storing interfacing is always a problem. I posted a bit ago about how I write a selvage on my interfacing . But I never really know what to do with scraps! Someone suggested storing interfacing rolled...
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Terrific Tip Tuesday: Let it Breathe
Everybody loves a ziplock! They’re so handy to sort things and keep organized. However, they’re not the best for fabric storage. It’s better for cotton to have airflow, so you don’t want to seal it up...
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Tuesday Tip: Save the Zipper Pull
We’ve all been there. Just when you’re about to finish up your project, you do the unthinkable. You pull off the zipper pull. Noooo! It’s the absolute worst. Today’s tip is preventative. Before any...
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