Alex Tip: In A Rut? Try A Fresh Perspective
When your internal critic is preventing you from moving forward on a quilt, quilting expert Alex Anderson suggests you walk away for a while. ... [... more]
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Wave Topography
Olfe creates his designs using PhotoShop 7 and sends them to Men of the Cloth as TIFF files. His designs are printed on polyester poplin by a digital dye sublimation process. Polyester poplin has the weight and feel ... [... more]
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Quilt Planning Advice: One Step At A Time
Anderson acknowledges that it is challenging to preplan an entire quilt. She tweaks her projects as she works. From her experience she finds that each quilt has a mind of its own. This became readily apparent when ... [... more]
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Quilting Tips And Tricks
Homemade Spray Starch: Boil 1 quart of water. Dissolve 4 tablespoons of liquid starch into 2 cups of cold water; add to boiling water and return to a boil, then remove from heat immediately; add 2 more cups of cold ... [... more]
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Recycled Clothing Quilt Advice
Try using a heavyweight stabilizer on lightweight fabric when piecing it with denim. ... [... more]
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Design Embroidery Software
2. Properly thread the machine, drop the feed dogs, attach the presser foot and clamp the hoop into the embroidery module (figure K). Next, push the button to engage the machine to automatically embroidery-stitch the ... [... more]
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Ask Alex: Birthing A Quilt
Sew a 3/4-inch seam allowance all the way around the quilt (figure B) leaving enough of an opening to fit your hand in and invert the whole sandwich (quilt top, backing and batting) right side out (figure C). ... [... more]
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Make It Simpler Rotary Cutting
4. Remove pattern and replace it with one or more fabric squares. Align ruler along a registration line and cut through fabric (figure E). Do not disturb the fabric on the mat. Repeat and cut along all registration ... [... more]
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Calico Flag Quilt
This quilt is a reproduction of one made during the Civil War by Palmara Mitchell of Missouri. At the time, Missouri was at odds with Kansas, and even though both were Union states, Missouri was full of Confederate ... [... more]
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Crazy Quilts
Crazy quilting expert Judith Baker Montano visits Alex Anderson to discuss the history of crazy quilts. Baker Montano demonstrates both antique and contemporary methods of crazy quilting, and shares tips on adding ... [... more]
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Internet Offerings
Guests Judy Heim and Gloria Hansen, authors of The Quilter's Computer Companion and Free Stuff for Quilters on the Internet, meet with host Alex Anderson to discuss what the internet has to offer quilters. Heim and ... [... more]
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Botanically Correct
4. Arrange five natural leaves (not fabric fused leaves) in a circle or wreath pattern on the background fabric. To prevent movement, anchor the background fabric and leaves down with small stones (figure B). ... [... more]
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