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How to Manage Your Quilt Fabric Scraps
There are many different kinds of quilters. Those who buy kits and those who mix and match fabrics on their own. Those who pre-wash and those who don’t. (NOT...
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How to Calculate Charm Pack Yardage
Charm packs of quilt fabric are some of our favorite to collect. The 5” square is an awesome size for all kinds of projects and it’s great to get...
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How to Calculate Jelly Roll Yardage
Jelly rolls of quilt fabric are totally adorable and super easy to collect. There are also a ton of patterns that call for a jelly roll or specify 2.5”...
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What is a WIP? Quilter's Acronyms
We love seeing a new quilter walk into the shop! A tentative step into the door followed by a quick overwhelmed look then scanning...
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What We Got at Houston Quilt Market
Houston International Quilt Market is arguably the largest industry vendor show in the country. On the last weekend of October, you can find just about every one of your...
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Quilter's Thread Guide
A colorful jumble of spools in the bottom of an old cookie tin. Rows of shining cones hung on the wall. Changing the spool right before it runs out....
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Quilter's Machine Needle Guide
Have you ever stood at the giant wall of needles at a big box retail store and been completely overwhelmed? All those numbers – 80/12, 130/705, 90/14 – none...
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Should I Back a Quilt with Flannel?
Flannel is warm, cozy, and soft. Perfect for curling up by the fire with a hot apple cider on a cold winter’s night. Perfect for the back of a quilt....
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To Use Wide Back Fabric or Not?
How to decide? Here are 5 considerations when thinking about the best way to back a quilt.
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Squaring Up Your Quilt Blocks
From the outside, so much of quilting looks tedious. Big pieces of fabric cut into smaller pieces of fabric and then sewn together again to make…big pieces of fabric. But...