Wayne's Quilt Tips
Hints, ideas, etc. to make your quilting life easier and more enjoyable.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Making Borders
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The border of a quilt often acts as a “frame” around the body. It can coordinate or contrast. There may be multiple borders. It (they) may u...
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Using Templates
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You can use a template when you need to cut the same shape(s) many times. Let me qualify that: if your pattern calls for squares, rectangles...
Monday, February 2, 2009
Make a large quilt in sections
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Rather than struggling to squeeze your queen-size or larger quilt through the small throat space of your machine as you quilt it, make y...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Buying Fabric On-line
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Using the internet to buy fabric is a wonderful option if: a) you don't live near a quilt store b) your quilt store does not hav...
Sunday, January 25, 2009
How much fabric should you buy?
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Always buy a little more than you need! Why? You don’t want to run short. Dye lots may vary. You may make a mistake (or even change your min...
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Avoid set-in ("Y") seams
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Whenever I do a tumbling blocks pattern it is ALWAYS with equilateral triangles sewn in rows . No hexagons, no set-in ("Y") seam...
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