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Charming quilt. Thanks for the demo. HOpe you are all dry now~!

So pretty!

Missouri Star Quilt tutorial will have the measurements, for this block

Thank you for this review. What size sew steady table is this? I really want to get one and I like this size.

I was wondering if you ever do a " tacked" or "tied " quilt? Thanks 😊

What are you using as batting😊

Btw.. it says David but I'm a wife...Tami

I keep ALL RIBBON!!😊😅😅I must be part crow. But it's great for crafting❤

I'm 63, and I still have, and treasure, the quilt that my grandmother made me for graduation. This is exactly how she finished her quilts!! Sweet memories 💖

I was amazed you found shirts for $1!!! They are much higher here - $6 to start - and of course the more expensive brands can be $10! I try to look mostly in the very large shirts. There is a youtuber called Catbird Quilts who will show you how she cuts her shirts, etc. The yardage from a big shirt can be a yard or more! I found a beautiful circular table covering with truly elegant crocheted lace on it. I dyed it periwinkle with rit dye -1/2 Cup Indigo and 2 Tablespoons Fuchsia which needs to be in 6 gallons of water or more - and now I have to figure out how to detach the lace! It was crocheted on over the turned up hem. I would love suggestions by the way! The inner part of this table covering is too thin and holey but the lace is amazing!!!!! I tend to cut 10" squares from the backs because I love quilts made from shirts. If you look on line you will see some very different examples. I am in the St Louis Missouri area. I found a lot of short sleeve madras shirts a few years ago and am treasuring them.

That animal fabric would be nice as a whole cloth quilt. Use a red linen border and a bright solid back! Quilt it with a zebra pattern or something animal like!!

Looking forward to the tutorials!! Gorgeous quilts!

is the plate on your iron super smooth? mine feels ever slightly gritty like little bits of sand is scattered on it?

Worth noting that there is absolutely no starch in vodka. It is simply water and ethanol (and may include smoothing agents such as citric acid and glycerol). All of the starch is consumed in the fermentation process where it is converted to alcohol. What you get, then, is the residual from the ethanol and any additives which is imparting the "body". Regarding Isopropyl alcohol: it is a solvent; one should exercise real care in using this in the sewing room as it will mess up your flooring and finishes of any furniture. So adding it to a spray bottle means you might have overspray that might cause some unintended consequences. I know many people like and use this method (vodka). I use StaFlo 50:50 which suits my preferences (utility and economy). I'm not sure why one would add essential oils as generally oils and fabric do not mix (at least in my universe).

I use dryer sheets or fabric that is incredibly ugly…Wonder what I was thinking when I bought it…It’s great…Don’t have to rip anything out

Thanks for demonstrating this technique using the quilt backing folded over. The flange will work particularly nice to offset a plainer, colored binding. Love it. I make lots of baby quilts as my children, children's friend and friend's children are at child bearing age. My current quilt is a big LeMoyne Star center block set on point. (Middle is easy to piece, and the corner setting triangles mean.....NO PIECING). I've been insetting a flange between the big block and the CST's. It is so easy to do and adds both interest AND texture. Isn't glue the most wonderful thing? I glue my binding fully in place. (And a Hot Hemmer will ensure perfect miters. Just spray some starch and press them in place). After I stitch it, I use 1/4" fusible webbing to press it over. It means at the machine, all I have to focus on is topstitching. I glue baste my blocks too. I don't have to spend much time with a seam ripper. I can phase my production because you can just stack basted pieces because no pins means no pricks and the sticking blocks. (Can you tell that I'm evangelizing for the Church of Glue and quoting from the Book of Elmer?)

A teflon coated fiberglass mat works perfectly as a pressing aid to protect the batting. (And they are perfect for pressing your blocks as your iron will glide over them with no distortion in bias; works well with any fusible techniques). Some cotton batting has some polyester in the scrim which will scorch.

You bring up a good point. I have never had fabric color rub off during handling. That is a problem. I do not prewash my fabrics as I don't care to work with prewashed fabric. I DO prewash all of my quilts as I don't want to pass along a quilt with high contrast that gets washed without a safety net. I'm one of those people who loves light background quilts with darker colors. I wash with synthrapol so that I know that I'm washing away excess dye and setting the colors. A recipient would not know to do that. I have never had bleed. Not once. Not with reds, blacks, blues batiks. But this situation...that would have really put the utility of synthrapol to the test! Now, I did have a problem when my husband took a black cotton bathroom rug and washed it with a quilt (a quilt we take on the boat). It turned the white fabric grayish. Ugh! In your instance, I would have washed the test block in synthrapol to be satisfied that the end result would be satisfactory (no bleed; color fixed). Synthrapol has so much more efficacy in managing color issues in the fabric than color catchers. A color catcher does nothing to lift excess dyes, rather just catches them. So there could still be a problem in a subsequent wash.

Love this trick!

Your #short started in a funny place, with the word DOWN. Intended to get us to probe further? Like the flange. I've done this on a couple projects. As you said allows for the placement of a pop of color. TFS

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Oh no.....hows it going now?

Greatest idea very secure until stitched down ❤

Fun. Surprise. 🎉

This is amazing 😂❤😅😊 Thank you!

I really like this idea

It's pretty but what is the surprise?

Very pretty and Easy!

I watched many videos on using this ruler, and I don’t think you are using it correctly.

Would t it be quicker to do,this block as quilt as you go?

Oh no Becky! Turn the fans on, shut the door, and go to LA for the week 😜

Looks like a nice way to finish a quilt! What is the size of the backing fabric beyond the quilt edge? Sorry if you said it in the video-I missed it.

So sorry. Keep calm and carry on. We need you and like you very much. ❤

Sorry that happened to you. I have one floor in my home. It’s a 3 bedroom house. Long story short, my master bathroom sink pipe busted and was splashing water everywhere. I was out shopping with my daughter for about 2 to 3 hours and came home to not only my complete bathroom floor full of water but into my entire bedroom. It was all carpet at the time. I shut the main outside and we started to cut the carpet and thru it out thru the window. There was no damage to the subfloor, thank goodness ,but my bedroom furniture was water damaged on the bottom. I laugh now but cried then. But it all worked out. I now changed all carpet to laminate flooring.

Sorry, Becky!

At least you noticed it before it caused major damage or mold got started. Look at it as a chance to reorganize. Again.

I feel your pain, so sorry this happened to you! Hang in there!

😢😢😢 oh my heart hurts for you.

Sorry to hear about your flood. I had this happen about two months. It was overwhelming to move everything. We had to take up the carpet. I kept reminding myself how lucky I was there was minimal damage. It was an opportunity to reacess what I needed. Best of luck!

That looks great! I’ve never tried a flange binding ❤

What is the purpose of the flange, is it instead of a border or just decorative? I've never seen or heard of adding a flange. I mean no disrespect and I'm not the quilting police. Heavens, I've only made one quilt when I was a teenager in the '70's. I'm very interested in anything quilting now and want to learn as much as possible. Thank you for posting this video. Happy thoughts! :)

I love a flange, just adds a pop of interest & really sets off a project. Planning to do a ricrac one this afternoon if I can get myself organized...and caffienated! Have a lovely day

FYI don't use thermal tape (often confused with adding machine tape) as thermal tape has harmful chemicals in it that can transfer to your skin when handling. Thats why its recommended to wear gloves when handling cash register tape. I ordered my adding machine tape on line.

That is super cute! Really adds a nice little pop of color.

Very nice.

Thanks for this tip reminder. A seam ripper works great as well instead of scissors.

It looks like you're using cotton batting. Will this work on poly batting?

been doing this by hand (I don't like how it comes out by machine) - nice to have an option

Why is it called a "hack "it used to be called a tip let me show you a little tip. The language nowadays.