Quilting with Friends – Surprise Quilt-along

Quilting with Friends – Surprise Quilt-along

Once a year I go quilting with friends in the mountains of north Georgia. I look forward to it all year long. My friend Ginny hosts us at her lovely […]

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Your Quilting Confidence Starts HERE

Your Quilting Confidence Starts HERE

Longarm quilting can be intimidating. We’ve all been a little scared when we first started, but confident quilters create better quilts, regardless of skill. Skill comes with time and practice. […]

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Surprise! Quilt-Along

Surprise! Quilt-Along

We had so much fun with the Seeing Stars quilt-along. Seeing all your quilts was amazing! So we are starting another quilt-along this month. The Surprise! Quilt-along is the perfect […]

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More Tools for Quilting

More Tools for Quilting

Last week I showed you how I use a laser level for quilting. There are some other tools I use that I may have “borrowed” (permanently) from the garage. Here’s […]

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Using a Laser Level for Quilting

Using a Laser Level for Quilting

Not all quilting tools are purchased in a quilt shop. In the last post on loading I promised to write about using a laser level to square my backing fabric. […]

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Flange Binding

My favorite binding is a hand-stitched binding. But if I want to speed up the process with a machine-stitched binding, my favorite is a flange binding or 2-color binding. That’s […]

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the QUILTING! – Seeing Stars Quilt Along

the QUILTING! – Seeing Stars Quilt Along

June is the month for the best part of the Seeing Stars quilt-along…the QUILTING! I don’t know about you, but it’s my favorite part of making a quilt. Adding personality […]

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Using the TOWA Guage

Using the TOWA Guage

Have you book-marked the 6 Steps to Perfect Tension post? The #1 question we get here at Handi Quilter is about tension. It takes a little practice to get skillful […]

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Assembling the quilt top – Seeing Stars Quilt-Along

Assembling the quilt top – Seeing Stars Quilt-Along

This month we are sewing our blocks together and assembling the quilt top! It’s getting closer and closer to the good part…the quilting! 🙂 Check your layout Before you start […]

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Seeing Stars Quilt-along, tips for the triangles

Seeing Stars Quilt-along, tips for the triangles

We are piecing the blocks for the Seeing Stars Handi Quilter quilt-along this month. There are a lot of half-square triangles in this quilt, which means there are bias edges. […]

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