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Dear Colleen,
Greetings fellow quilters!! The holdiays are here! We are here to
help with any holiday projects you may need to finish! We have many
new arrivals including Batiks from Moda! Don't forget we also carry
Quilters Dream batting and Aurifil thread! So let's finish those
projects and get them wrapped! Don't forget our new address is 62
Center Street.
Our class schedule is updated for 2006!
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Border Basics |
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Wavy borders getting you down? Here are a few tips to help
flatten those borders!
- Measure the quilt across the quilt not only in the middle
but also top and bottom. Use the average of the measurements.
- Cut your fabric to the length measured in step one.
- Pin border, starting in the middle of the quilt and ease
fabric in on ends.
- Press borders once sewn in place with the seams going
outward (away from the quilt)
- Use an accurate 1/4" seam allowance.
- If the outer border is pieced, sew a 1/8" stay stitch all
around the outside edge to keep the pieces from coming apart.
- Never stretch or pull your border to fit.
Keep in mind these guidelines and your borders should be less
wavy!
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A Fat Quarter is NOT A Body Part! |
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We quilters have our own lingo that we share some of which may be
unfamiliar to those who do not share our enthusiasm for fabric!
Many quilters and fabriholics alike collect fabric, much in the
form of fat quarters. A quarter yard of fabric is 1/4 of a whole
yard, approximately 9" by 42". A fat quarter is still a quarter of
yard, but cut approximately 18" x 22". Rather than long and
"skinny", its more square.
I was once asked what I do with all those fat quarters that I
collect. I chuckled. Make quilts! Duh!
What kind of quilts can you make with a fat quarter? she so
kindly asks.
Well, I thought about that. So here is a list of some of my
favorite projects that use fat quarters.
- Yellow Brick Road pattern by Atkinson Designs
- Wrap It to Go Notebook cover pattern by Hedgehog Quilts
- Baby Magic 9 Patch pattern by Beverly Ingram
- Totes for Kids pattern by Pine Meadows Designs
- Fat Quarter Frenzy Book by Susan Purney- Mark
- Super Simple Fat Quarter Quilts book by Possibilities
- 40 Fabulous Quick Cut Quilts Book by Evelyn Sloppy
- Turning Twenty pattern by Tricia Cribbs
- Phenomenal Fat Quarter Quilts book by M'Liss Rae Hawley
The list goes on, and yes, they are all available at Shoo Fly
Quilts!
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Have a Happy "Handi Quilter" Holiday |
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Okay, its now time to ask your loved ones for that gift you
have been wanting all year long! Why not get it while it is at its
lowest price of the season! HQ Sixteens are now on sale through
December 23 and will go up in price with the new year. There has
never been a better time to purchase your very own home quilting
system! We even come to your house and set it up for you!
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Help! I need a last minute gift!
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Cookies baked? Check. A little burnt maybe, but baked never the
less. Kids presents wrapped? Check. Order the ham for holiday
dinner? Check. Greeting cards sent out? Check. Binding done on
quilt to show at guild meeting? Almost check, I will finish that
at 3 a.m. when I watch all those taped episodes of Oprah. Gift for
secret pal? Yikes, help I need a gift quick!
- Fat quarter bundles of new fabric arrivals
- Tin box sampler mini quilts from Moda
- Jim Shore Figurines and ornaments
- Clover needle threader
- Fat Quarter is not a body part T-shirt
- Pre-quilted fabric and handbag pattern
- Candles
- Wallhangings & other small projects with backings included!
- Books and Patterns telling me what do with all those fat
quarters I bought at the last sale.
- Gift Certificate to my favorite Quilt shop...Shoo Fly
Quilts.
Yep, those are some good ideas, I can get something for
everyone in my bee!
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