Roxanne™ R.O.S.E. Thread Counter
Months ago, Dierdre McElroy joined us for our Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation. Dierdre is an expert hand quilter and very knowledgeable about fabric, thread, thimbles and most everything that can affect the quality of your hand quilting. During our Conversation, she talked about how ...
- Paper Templates and Quilting
If you use any quilting software or print out templates on paper, but are limited by the size of the paper – i.e., the whole template doesn’t fit on a sheet of paper, here is an option: try folding the template and your fabric in half. I had a template that was a trapezoid (boa ...
- Short-Arm Quilting Machines
If you have been using your regular sewing machine for your quilting projects and now find yourself considering a dedicated quilting machine, here are a few things you should consider. First, are you going short-arm or long-arm? You may be wondering what the difference is. Other than money ...
- Cleaning a Steam Iron
If you use your iron for quilting, you have probably had an experience in which sticky stuff from the iron found its way onto your quilt work. Ugh – nothing is more frustrating. Some people simply replace their iron when it develops build up from fusible products or mineral grunge. That ...
