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Free Canvas Lunch Tote Sewing Tutorial

Free Canvas Lunch Tote Sewing Tutorial

This bag is easy to make and works great for office lunches, summer picnics, road trip snacks, and more!  If you make this bag, share on social media with the hashtag #SCQLunchTote....

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Free Canvas Lunch Tote Sewing Tutorial

This bag is easy to make and works great for office lunches, summer picnics, road trip snacks, and more!  If you make this bag, share on social media with the hashtag #SCQLunchTote....

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How To: Baste a Quilt in a Small Space

How To: Baste a Quilt in a Small Space

  Normally, basting a quilt calls for a large, flat surface that you can spread out your quilt on. Most people use a floor. But what if you live in...

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How To: Baste a Quilt in a Small Space

  Normally, basting a quilt calls for a large, flat surface that you can spread out your quilt on. Most people use a floor. But what if you live in...

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Petal Points - The Cover Quilt

Petal Points - The Cover Quilt

  I designed Petal Points to be a block-based pattern with a secondary design. I wanted the bold, sharp flowers to “bloom” out of the corners of the quilt blocks....

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Petal Points - The Cover Quilt

  I designed Petal Points to be a block-based pattern with a secondary design. I wanted the bold, sharp flowers to “bloom” out of the corners of the quilt blocks....

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How to Machine-Bind a Quilt

How to Machine-Bind a Quilt

At this point in your quilt-making journey, you’ve finished quilting, and you’re ready to attach binding.  The kind of binding we will make today is called double-fold binding, because it...

How to Machine-Bind a Quilt

At this point in your quilt-making journey, you’ve finished quilting, and you’re ready to attach binding.  The kind of binding we will make today is called double-fold binding, because it...

How to Trim Half Square Triangles

How to Trim Half Square Triangles

Accuracy is important in quilting. Trimming our HSTs to size helps us make sure that are points are sharp and our rows are straight. In most quilts, you will either...

How to Trim Half Square Triangles

Accuracy is important in quilting. Trimming our HSTs to size helps us make sure that are points are sharp and our rows are straight. In most quilts, you will either...

How to Trim Flying Geese

How to Trim Flying Geese

Why do we trim our flying geese?  We generally sew our flying geese a smidgen bigger than their final finished size, then cut them down to the exact dimensions we...

How to Trim Flying Geese

Why do we trim our flying geese?  We generally sew our flying geese a smidgen bigger than their final finished size, then cut them down to the exact dimensions we...