Today, we are going to take a look back into the video archives and view the fun things that you can do with a Westalee Spin -E-Fex ruler!!
Number 16 is the ruler of the week…..
Doesn’t this look great!!
I truly enjoyed trying various designs on this brown strip quilt…..
Come back next week and we will look at another of the Spin-E-Fex designs!!
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As I have mentioned, this summer I have been working on an online class called “Let’s Get Scrappy”. It is all about learning to use your scraps…..without losing your mind in the process!
If this sounds interesting to you, and if you would like first notice of when the class goes live, please click on the photo and leave me your information…..
In putting the class together, I made TWO samples, both identical in size but with different coloring….
To further distinguish them, I did a LOT of quilting on one and just a LITTLE quilting on the other….
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“Let’s Get Scrappy is about how to decide, not about what to make.”
Let’s Get Scrappy is an on-demand online course that helps quilters overcome decision fatigue and finally make sense of their overflowing scrap bins. With four hours of step-by-step video instruction, you’ll learn simple systems for organizing, piecing, and pressing your scraps—so you can stop overthinking and start sewing beautiful, coordinated quilts with confidence and joy.
Last Friday, I talked about two methods of evenly spacing designs on a border.
The problem with this video…….there were supposed to be THREE methods!!
So, today let’s have a look at one more method…..
And honestly, this method using a Buttonhole Spacing Tool…..
….is my favorite!!
As I mentioned in the video, the gauge that I purchased from Amazon was not wonderful quality, but you might check out this one…..
It looks like it might be a little sturdier.
OR, this one from HoneySew might be okay as well…..
I have purchased several HoneySew products and they seem to be good quality.
So, next time you need to place a border design, pull out a sewing tool….
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For the past few Fridays, we have been looking at the quilting for my current Quilt-Of-Valor.
I knew that I wanted to quilt flags in the top and bottom border but didn’t want them going sideways along the vertical borders. Instead, I chose to quilt some stars and a few wavy lines./….
It worked perfectly!!
I finished off the quilt with the top and bottom flags and they were SO much fun to do……
I love how they look….
….and am especially happy that they were so easy to do!!
Thanks for following along with this lengthy quilting process!
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As a kid, I loved to doodle…..
No paper surface was safe with me around!!
Invariably, my doodling would always work it’s way around to stars…..
You know, the kind that you can draw without having to lift your pencil from the paper!!
Well, you might think that my youth was wasted drawing stars, but in this weeks quilting, I PROVED that I was doodling for a purpose!!
They were SO much fun and SO easy to do…..
Wasted youth?