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September 14, 2011

Each year, our family honors my grandmother who was a great seamstress and quilter by having a gathering we call the Barnhouse Bees. Every time we meet, we choose a theme for the following yearly bee.

Five women holding finished Mason jar quilts.

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November 9, 2005

I like to sew a lot. I wanted to make my friend's first baby a special quilt. I made the flock of geese pattern. The quilt was unique and I had a lot of fun with it.

lime green flying geese baby quilt

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December 15, 2008

My 85 year old mother-in-law lives with me. We've been buying fabric and notions at thrift stores for about a year now, costing us 2 dollars a Walmart sized bag. We decided it would be neat to make the family quilts for Christmas.

two finished quilts

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June 9, 2008

Update: Here is what I mean by "turning". When you make your squares, you turn one square opposite the other square so that one side goes horizontal and the other square the sides go vertical, and there is no need to match the seams.

Quilt on bed.

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November 17, 2009

When making quilts, I use old (clean) mattress covers for the fill. Cut to the size that you need.

 
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February 18, 2005

Everyone who sews has lots of small scraps. I use mine to make quilt tops. Cut muslin or light color fabric into strips 4 inches wide and as long as you want the quilt (maybe 3 yards).

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Or you can cut squares about 10-12 inches.

 
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September 19, 2005

When hand sewing, I am partial to quilting, I like to thread several needles to be ready when I have finished with one length of thread. To be even more organized, I prefer to use a magnet to keep the needles and threads straight so I don't have to stop what I am doing just to thread another needle.

 
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April 6, 2005

When quilting with thin, flimsy fabrics, use "used" fabric softener sheets as an inexpensive backing. It gives it body and makes it a whole lot easier to work with.

 
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December 22, 2009

When cutting several of the same shape, staple several layers of the paper needed or fabric needed and cut several at one time. If you are cutting paper put your staples outside your pattern lines on three sides.

Paper heart shape stapled together.

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April 2, 2005

I do a lot of quilting and, as you know, you have to iron a lot of quilt pieces. I was always running out of water for the iron.

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I have found a really neat way to have lots of water and be able to pour it in your iron without spilling it everywhere.

 
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June 8, 2005

Make the quickest most accurate quilt you'll ever make using a gridded stabilizer. It's made with one inch squares, but you can use any size squares you want. I place the squares in the area I choose, use the tip of my iron to make them stick till I get all the squares on.

 
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May 20, 2005

For drawing quilting paper-pieced blocks, I take a piece of template plastic (available at Joann's very cheap), and then cut small grooves using an Exacto knife and a cutting mat, corresponding to the lines of the pattern.

 
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May 20, 2005

When you are working on quilt squares, a perfect carrying case for all your stuff you need is a pizza box. The squares stay nice and flat and all your tools and thread fits just fine.

 
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March 26, 2005

I use iron on backing to make the quilt pieces easier to work with.

 
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February 28, 2007

Take the small pieces of soap that are left over in the shower, dry them out and presto, you've got a great marking tool for fabrics and quilting.

 
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May 20, 2005

As you're making your quilt squares, press each time you finish a seam in a pile of squares. If you trim and measure as you are building your seams, your quilt will be much more accurate.

 
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May 20, 2005

Quilting tips and tricks from our readers. Quilters are all fabricaholics. I don't even throw tiny scraps away. The tiniest scraps go into a jar labeled "quilt jelly".

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Larger pieces about the size of the palm of a baby's hand come in handy when you're doing applique.

 
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