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Sarah from The Cutting Table Quilt blog made this quilt from a charm pack, making it come together super fast. She says using precut fabrics is a great way to get back to sewing if you find yourself in a slump.…

Leah Day of 365 Days of Free Motion Quilting Filler Designs blog shares her nifty technique for hiding your quilting threads so even a judge cannot tell where you started and ended. Go here to see her video.

[tags]video tutorial, technique, hiding threads, cheater needles,…

Allison Ann Aller of Allie’s in Stitches blog shows us step-by-step how to make the Poppy flower from the book A-Z of Silk Ribbon Flowers by Ann Cox. Don’t you love her base block? Nicely done. Go here to see her demo.

[tags]demonstration, silk ribbon flowers, A-Z[/tags]

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Vicki at Sew Inspired blog shares her tips for getting sewing done with small children around. Go here to see the list. While you are there be sure and check out all her finished projects for 2009.

[tags]finding time to sew, children, quilting, handwork[/tags]

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Kelli from And Then There’s Rustic blog shares her first finished log cabin block using a double stitch technique. I hope she will share the finished quilt with us. Go here to visit this post.

Via Treadleworks by Tammy

[tags]log cabin block, double stitch, quilt,…

Don’t miss Heather Bailey’s live interview on NBC’s Studio 5 where she demonstrates how to make these pretty fabric flowers. Go here to view the video.

Via Diary of a Quilter

[tags]video, demonstration, Heather Bailey, flowers, fabric[/tags]

Dena of Threads To Fabric blog shares a wonderfully detailed tutorial on paper piecing. She includes a good tip on how to keep your blocks in shape too. Get the how-to.

Via Dena from Quilter Going Bananas

[tags]tutorial, paper piecing, scrappy, basket block, tip, sewing, fabric, quilting[/tags]

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Belinda of Brown Dirt Cottage blog shares her Leaders and Enders project; saying it’s perfect for using up leftover fabric strips and strings. It’s based on a method taught by Bonnie of Quiltville. Get the tutorial.

Also on her blog, I found a tutorial for making stars out of scraps…

Australian quilt designer Kellie Wulfsohn made and gave away this beautiful wall hanging on her blog Don’t look now! After congratulating the winner she added,

For those of you who asked … yes Lilly Pilly will be released as a pattern … probably in October…

I trolled the web looking for fussy cut fabric motifs. I found this wonderful example – a mermaid in a Dresden plate block by Rita from Free Falling blog.

Over the Labor Day weekend, my daughter Brittany fussy cut this quilt block. It’s another good example. Be sure and share…

Melody Johnson of The Lazy Dyer blog is a founding member of the Chicago School of Fusing of which I’m a huge fan. She shares her technique for dying fabrics, saying it’s not exactly the right way…just exactly my way. Go here and select…

Quilt artist and teacher Laura Wasilowski of Artfabrik blog is going to be busy in September spreading the word that it’s okay to be a fuser. Get details here.

[tags]Chicago School of Fusing, Artfabrik, teacher, iron on applique[/tags]

If you are considering taking up patchwork, don’t wait until you can have a separate sewing room. Just do what I did here and carve out a place in any workable area of your home. This was my dining room.

[tags]sewing space, patchwork, sewing, design wall, fabric[/tags]

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Konstantin of Quilted Paradise Web site provides a weekly newsletter and a forum for quilters. It’s free for subscribers. Go here to find out more. 

A big thank you to Rose Kelly for suggesting this link. She says, it is a great site for…

Go to Quilting Arts online to download your free eBook,  How to Make a Quilt—67 Machine Stitching Tips and Motifs.

If you’re a member, you will just enter your password then the download is yours. If not, you will be need to create an account first.

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