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| * Play with your needle positions when piecing especially small blocks to get the exact finished size.
* I love use "Thangles" papers for making half-square-triangles. The paper texture stabilizes the fabrics very well. * When I use "Thangles" to make the half-square-triangles, I stitch slightly inside of the printed stitching line. I prefer to make the half-square-triangles just a bit bigger for trimming later to get the exact size. * When piecing, you might consider starting and stopping with scraps of fabrics so that there is not any "pulling" on the pieced pieces. |
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* It's always a good idea to sew a hanging sleeve on the back of any quilt you make - you never know when you might like to hang the quilt up. * Change out quilting needles often to improve the quality of your stitches. *When piecing a large center square in a quilt for wholoecloth-type free-motion quilting as in Breakthrough, I press the seams (where the square and any other fabric join ) open to evenly distribute the bulk. The quilt top lays flatter. * Wool batt is perfect for feather quilting on home machines. It is light and easy to handle. Better still, it gives your feathers a trapunto effect without using the traditional trapunto method. I like Hobbs' Tuscany Wool Batt. It is generally more costly than most cotton batting, but it is well worth the money.
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