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1. Should I pull the hand quilting stitches out of my quilt?
   How to Bind a Quilt Learn 6 different ways to bind your quilts with perfection – you'll have smooth and square mitered corners and even edges all the way around your quilt. www.HowToBindAQuilt.com Learn How to Hand Quilt Are you confused about how to place your quilt in a hoo ...
2. Is there a rule or principle concerning the length of stitches for a pretty quilt?
   Robin's Nest DVD See first-hand the secrets for sewing perfect points on your triangles, adding sashing between the blocks, and my special tips for hand quilting. This 9 patch block is an original design. Read more. . . Learn How to Hand Quilt Are you confused about how to place your quil ...
3. If you are hand piecing is it possible to strip piece? When cutting the strips for the unit the stitches come lose. What suggestions do you have.
   You are correct, the stitches would come out. You would really need to cut each piece the size you need for the individual patch. This would not prevent you from replacing patches with strips, however. You would cut the strips for each individual patch the size that would fit in the patch, and ...
4. How do you make a quilt fun if you just want to tie it?
   Once Your Quilt is Tied or Quilted, You'll Want the Perfect Binding Learn 6 different ways to bind your quilts with ease and perfection – you'll have smooth and square mitered corners and even edges all the way around your quilt. www.HowToBindAQuilt.com Tying Your Quilt ...
5. How do you mark flannel for quilting?
   Hmmm - now that is a slight problem. If you are quilting straight lines, I would mark it with 1/4 inch masking tape. It may take a tiny bit of the fuzz off, but that won't be noticeable. I just marked some flannel cutting lines, and they were all wavy and not straight at all, so it is a challe ...
6. How can I feel the needle on the back of the quilt for nice small stitches without leaving my fingertips so sore?
   Great question! There are about a million little devices out there for quilters. My preference is a small piece of masking tape. I generally use 1/4 inch masking tape since I have it around to mark quilts for quilting, and it is a convenient size. I just tear off a piece or two and cover the t ...
7. difficult stitching
   My Mother-in-law put together a quilt with blocks her mother mad in the 60's. She used a cotton/polyester fabric for the pieces between these old blocks and then she used a percale sheet for the back. She then safety pinned the quilt together and started to quilt it using a lap ring. She did abo ...
8. What makes a quilt valuable?
   We were honored to have Judy Lyons, a Certified Quilt Appraiser, participate in our Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation. In the call, Judy shared with us how to know what makes a quilt valuable. Here are her thoughts: That’s a very broad and wide-ranging question. Determining value is a ...
9. Transferring Quilt Pattern on to quilt
   I'm in the process of making a Dresdan Plate Quilt, which I am a very beginner. I need to transfer the quilting pattern on to the quilt. How do I go about doing that? I have tracing paper but don't want to use it fearing that it might not wash out. I'm working with white. Can you please help me. ...
10. What exactly does a template do?
    A template is usually made of plastic and has a pattern etched into the plastic or is a specific shape. They can be used in a couple of ways. As a plastic shape, they can be used as a tracing or cutting pattern for patches in quilt blocks. In the template set on the left, each piece repr ...
11. How do you transfer quilting designs from your patterns onto a quilt?
    I make templates from the thin plastic template material you can get at your quilt shop or online. Often I am able to find some nice pattern in one of those big books of quilting designs. Pictured here is a quilting design from "It's Not a Quilt Until It's Quilted" by Shirley Thompson. She sugge ...