fabric406 Blog — Tips
How to Sew a Quarter Inch Seam Accurately
Posted by Elaine Huff on
Today I thought I'd share some tips for sewing an accurate quarter inch seam allowance when piecing your quilt blocks. There are several things that can affect your seam allowance and we'll go through a few of them.
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Two of the Best Quilting Books for Beginners
Posted by Elaine Huff on
These are two of the best "how to quilt" books that I have found. I couldn't decide which one I like best, so I'm recommending them both. The first one is All Things Quilting by Alex Anderson and the second is First-Time Quiltmaking by Landauer Publishing. Both books are great beginners' guides to quilting and both are good reference books for quilters of all levels of expertise.
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How to Make Striped Bias Binding for Your Next Quilt
Posted by Elaine Huff on
Diagonally striped binding looks great on a quilt but unless you have diagonally striped fabric, bias binding is in order.
Quick Binding with Flange Free PDF Tutorial
Posted by Elaine Huff on
I recently found this tutorial for a flange binding that uses fusible thread so no pinning necessary! I'm going to have to try this on my next quilt.
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How Much Fabric Do I Need?
Posted by Elaine Huff on
The most common question I get regarding my quilt block tutorials is "How much fabric do I need to make a ______ (insert size) size quilt with this block?" While I would love to be able to answer every one of those questions, so much depends on what the layout would be, size of borders, etc.