Cutting Fat Quarters Frugally and Efficiently ~ Saturday with SederQuilts
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Thanks for joining us for another Saturday with SederQuilts! Grab a cup of coffee... Let’s have fun visiting while we cut a bunch of Fat Quarters into strips and squares so we can start sewing a new quilt! Paola Jo shows you how to prep and cut multiple layers into 5 inch, 2.5 inch and two inch squares (with a variety of Ruler Options) and explains some important stuff to be Frugal and Efficient. SederQuilts.com 🌸Tutoluu! We have several Quick Tip Tuesday Tutes about cutting Yardage with Two Rulers... watch • Two Rulers to Cut Mult... and • How to Square Up Yarda...
I accidentally came across this video and I was instantly charmed. You have a real flair towards the funny/quirky side I found endearing and looked like someone I would love to take classes from. Thanks for the tips and I look forward to more of your videos!
Terri Taylor 💗Awwwwww thank you! If you love my tutorials, I hope you will also enjoy my classes at SederQuilts.com 🌸 “WiggleDitch WackyGrid” is fun, forgiving, and fabulous! This class is the best way to get comfy with Free Motion Quilting, even if you plan to use robotic quilting 95% of the time!🤓 And if you are new to ProStitcher, or ready to step up your game with Chunking Borders, oh boy oh boy, you will absolutely love Love LOVE my classes! 💃💃💃Shameless plugs for my ⏰10min/$10 classes, most of them have printable handouts, and I’m a bit silly and charming, too😉 Seriously, thank you so much for your kind words! 🌸Breathe and Enjoy 🌸
Omg after 50 years of sewing, I never knew about salvages. Makes sense now. Lol. Thank You
🌸You are so welcome! 🥰I love to share Quilty Stuff! 🤗There’s always more stuff to learn! 👩🏫I hope you enjoy my other tutorials, too... I have over a Hundred Helpful Videos! 💗Thanks for watching & commenting, it helps more Quilty Friends find my stuff! 🌸Tutoluu!🌸
Learned garments first, always important there.
This was VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. I always need reminders and ways to be efficient. I have 13 grandchildren, so i need to use my fabric efficiently. Happy Healthy Quilting. 😊❤🎉
I like using a weight on the far end of my ruler. Helps a ton!
🌸Yes! I agree! A weight is sooo helpful to keep the ruler from moving! 🏋️♀️ I sometimes even lift the weight up and down a few times 💪... waaaay more than I ever did when I thought I might use them for exercise!😉
I use an old cast iron as a weight, my cutting did improve
I've gain a lot of cutting confidence from your video .Thank you
I like your personality!! Light hearted. Thank you 😊
I am new to all this; quilting differs from what I remember. My sister quilted, and it is different than now. I want to learn as much as possible; learning about these "fat quarters" and making them into smaller squares is fascinating. Thank you very much for sharing your expertise.
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You crack me up and make me smile. Ty
🌸🥰😆🤗🥰🌸Thank you Peggy! It’s good to smile! Enjoy!🌸
Thanks Paolo Jo . Just love your vids . Keep um coming plz. Thanks for your time , sooo appreciated. You remind me of a younger me. I am just trying to set up a newly acquired Juki machine and nz made swiftquilter frame. Until now I have managed with an ordinary Janome machine . Now looking foreward to greater production with no crawling round the floor to pin things. Also revamping tidying and organising sewing room ,so this is very helpful. My material comes from thrift shops , including pure Egyptian cotton sheets for three to five dollars. My poor linen cupboard is bursting at the seams !!!! Hahaha . Hoarder with a purpose !!!! Cheers love from Pat nz
Thank you Pat! Blessings upon blessings for the Whole New Decade! May you piece and finish many many quilts, and may they all be soft, well loved, and comforting!
Oh boy, you will be amazed at how much easier and faster it is to quilt on a frame! Be sure to watch my "How to Load All Three Layers" ...it's a full length video of Saturdays with SederQuilts, and full of wonderful info ... We show several options for different frames, including a Juki on a Grace frame.
You might also enjoy watching my "How to Make a Quilt Design Wall" ... I recently saw the option of fusing CherrywoodHandDyedFabric to a door... it makes a Beautiful Art Statement when not in use, and is a fabulous little design space... I bet a soft fuzzy flannel sheet would fuse nicely to a door, too... I kinda sorta prefer having lines or grids (plaid gives lots of measurement options, for laying out blocks... but a solid doesn't distract from the creative design process) ... Either way, using a Design Door would be a great use of untapped space! I'll have to experiment and let you all know my helpful hints for that process!
And then, to Efficiently Piece your Blocks Together... my "CLOTHESLINING" class at SederQuilts.com is very useful... it saves time and space (Stack & Label first, then Sew like Crazy Accurate)... and eliminates the Twisty Turny Oopsies... it was a game changer for my piecing productivity!
Thanks for watching and commenting! Keep coming back for more... Lori and I hope to finish editing some of the thousands of video clips we have in our vaults... (I hoard photos and video clips with great ideas for more tutorials and classes to share!!) Hope this will be the year (or decade) that we post lots of new ones again!! Tutoluu!
i really enjoyed your style of teaching. thank you for helping us out by making this video. your personality is gorgeous.
Mel Smith 💗Awwwwww thank you! Your kind words fill me with joy!💗 I’m glad you find my tutorials helpful! We have over a Hundred Helpful Videos here, and short affordable classes at SederQuilts.com 🤓Clotheslining (efficient & accurate piecing) cut my Piecing Time in Half 💃 Thanks for watching & commenting😊 Tutoluu!🌸
I love your personality; you make the mundane fun!
I'm a two-ruler cutter myself~ I find that it gives really good stability to ensure that the ruler edge that you are using to cut is completely lined up with the edge (and isn't veering). Still my go to method.....But I did swing for the Creative Grids Stripology XL ruler, and it is a game changer if you have strip intensive projects. It saved me a ton of time, and is very accurate. The XL also has the squares incorporate for squaring up blocks.Thank you for your video!
Leisa -VA 🌸 yes ma’am! I agree😊 two rulers are better than one... and Creative Grids rulers are fantastic! And I love the Stripology rulers! 💗Thank you for your kind words, for watching and commenting! Check out our new classes on our Newly Remodeled LearningSite at SederQuilts.com 🌸Tutoluu!
The summary section at the end was very helpful. Thank you for the super instruction!
🌸You're very welcome!🤗I’m glad you find my Quilty Stuff helpful!🤗 Tutoluu!🌸
I have watched umteen videos and have never seen anyone use two rulers to cut anything. I have used two rulers by somewhat an accident. I found that with one ruler the cut can be on the left and I am right handed. This makes an accurate cut awkward and allows slippage. I needed to make the cuts easier, more safe and more accurate. The two rulers allow this. Thanks for showing me that using two rulers is sometimes the way to go.
Great minds think alike!!! You obviously have Great Puzzling Skills!!! I hope you are enjoying many of my Hundred Helpful Tutorials!!! Blessings upon Blessings to you and yours!!
Me too Janice, figured it out by accident, it was just a logical step to get a second ruler the same length.
You are so very likable and you teach very well. Thank you.
curr c 🌸Awwwwwww, thank you for your kind words💗 It fills my heart with joy to know you all find my Quilty Stuff helpful 🤓 After you watch all my CZcams tutorials, I have some wonderful Quilty Classes for sale at SederQuilts.com 🌸
Thank you! I love learning options! I know I can now cut fat quarters more efficiently!
🌸🎉💗🎉🌸Yeaaay! Thank you for watching and letting me know you find my Quilty Stuff to be helpful! There are always Oodles of Good Options at SederQuilt.com 🌸Tutoluu!🌸
thank you so much for your detailed cutting instructions. I usually err in the cutting and it really messes things up. It takes me days to cut a quilt because I have to be exact, exact, exact. It's a relief to get cutting instructions that demonstrates why I go wrong. Also I don't like wasting fabric. Bless you.
curr c 🌸You are so welcome! We all have different learning styles, and sometimes seeing and hearing the “what if’s” and the “why not’s” is just as important as the basic “to do’s”🤓. I’m glad you found this helpful! I have over a Hundred Helpful Videos... 🎥Thanks for watching and commenting! If you like things to stay exactly the way you want them to be... you may find my Design Wall video helpful, and my class on Clotheslining (efficient and accurate piecing)...it eliminates the Twisty Turny Oopsies, it cut my Piecing Time in HALF! ✅ SederQuilts.com/shop 🌸 Tutoluu!💗
Great! I actually keep those throw away strips to tie together my jelly rolls. I hate waste. 😊
I save selvages, too, if large enough to serve as "twill tape" when a seam needs stabilizing. (A shoulder seam, for example.) As long as the seam is hidden, in the finished garment, I'd rather use what I have, than to toss same and buy another equivalent in function. Plus: Often those bits and pieces are large enough to use for testing purposes, such as best stitch length, adjusting tension. Use for leaders, when needed, to start a seam. Stack works well for "seam jumpers" as in sewing over thick seams in denim. Easy to keep some in a Cool Whip container (another re-purpose, with lid, item). ✔👍
Also the sharper your rotary blade the less wear and tear on your cutting mat.
You and I are so much alike. We both ramble on about fav subjects and have a similar sense of humor. Love your videos, SO glad I found you! Subscribed.
Marcelle Speake 🌸your sweet words gave me goosebumps! 💕 I want you all to feel like you are here in my studio live and in person... so if we ever get the chance to really meet in person, you will still recognize me! That includes my rambling and side notes and important tidbits and sudden funny memories. 😊Thanks for Subscribing and Sharing SederQuilts with your Quilty Friends! See you soon, Tutoluu!😉
I like to cut 2 ×10 " squares, 4 ×5" squares and whatever else comes. 10" squares can be cut into 4 ×5", 8 bricks, or 9 ×3" or 16 ×2 1/2" squares later. You can also cur them in 1/2 for larger pieces. You can always cut them down later, can't put it back on. 5" can be cut in half or quertered too, depending on your choice. I live in Aussie, so our fat q's are slightly larger, and we can sometimes get 3" strips along the edge.
First timer, and new quilter. The tutorial told me exactly what I needed for cutting fat quarters. WOOPPEE!
Allayne Donnelly-Everett 🌸Woohoo! 🎉Yeaaaaaay! 🎉Yippee! 💗You made my day! 🤓I’m glad you found me helpful! I hope you 🛎subscribe and 👍like many of our Hundred Helpful Quilty Tutorials! 🌸 Welcome to Quilting... Enjoy! Checkout my Clotheslining class at SederQuilts.com/shop It’s all about piecing efficiently to eliminate Oopsies and save you time.⏰ You’re gonna love it!💗
0.38 "And so fun for a holiday with your friends" *sigh I remember those days - now I'm finding fun new solo projects! Lol
Great video. Thanks. I subscribed for all videos.
🌸Thank you so much Scottydog! 🥰I hope you enjoy all my videos! 🎥We have over a Hundred Helpful tutorials on here... and wonderful OnlineClasses at SederQuilts.com 🌸 Breathe and Enjoy!💗Tutoluu!🌸
Got a lot better
I use a ironing formula that gives the fabric the feel and look as if you starched. Take wrinkles, lines and created lines where you do want them.
1 1/2 cup of water mixed with 1/2 of plain white vinegar(not the cooking kind). It’s usually in the cleaning products at Walmart.
🌸Thanks for the great tip! I will try it... We use white vinegar/water mix for many things around our house... love that it is natural, non-chemical, non-aerosol, affordable, and effective! 🤗Thanks again! Tutoluu🌸
Lady,
Consider cutting first the 2.5 inch strip and then cutting the 5 inch strips the other way. Reason for that.., you get long 2.5 strips to cut further in different sizes or use them for binding.
🌸🥰Thank you! Great idea!!🌸
I was nervous about making a “Postcards From Sweden” quilt, (all those HST 😖) thanks for showing me how to efficiently cut multiple squares from fat quarters all at one time. 😘
You are so welcome!! Oh that sounds like a lovely quilt!! Yah sure ya betcha!
Absolutely love your videos, thanks for taking the time to make them
Beverly Cook 🌸Thank you so much! Thank you for watching and commenting! Please subscribe, too, if you haven’t already. We have over a Hundred Helpful Videos! I hope you enjoy them all🤗 Tutoluu!💗
Heyyy hello there. Bad me, I forgot your name and I enjoyed you so much. I lost track of you. I’m sorry, I’m sorry for me. Hope you’ve been well with all this C-19 going around. I’m ok. You do such fun things and I accidentally found you today. Hooray for me. Ok, that said best get back to watching what you’re doing.
Donna.
🌸🎉🥰🎉🌸Hellooooo Donna! 🔎Search for SederQuilts!🌸 I’m so happy you found me! We are doing well, and I hope and pray you are doing well, too! 🙏Please keep Lori in your prayers. 🎥We have a few new videos, and hope they will be helpful for many Quilty Friends. I’m very busy helping individuals with one-on-one 👩🏫TutorTime👩💻Thanks for reaching out. 🤗Blessings upon blessings 💗Tutoluu!🌸
First time watching. I subscribed. I liked your video. Thanks!
🌸Thanks so much for watching!!! I hope you enjoy watching all our videos! 🎥We have over a Hundred helpful tutorials. Thank you for subscribing! 🌸Tutoluu!🌸
Just found you. What a hoot!!!!!! You kept me laughing and learning. I'm definitely a new subscriber.
Christine Davis 🌸Thank you for subscribing! We have over a Hundred helpful (and slightly silly) tutorials and videos 🤗 Please follow me on Facebook, or checkout my ⏰short affordable classes 10m/$10 at SederQuilts.com 🌸We have lots of fun puzzling through oodles of options! 😎Breathe and enjoy!🤓 Tutoluu 💗
I completely agree
@@agathadolan362 🌸Thank you dear!!! Welcome to SederQuilts!🥰
Just came across your video. Love, love you are just wonderful, subscribed!!
Yeaaaaay! Thank you! I hope you enjoy more of our videos!! We have over a Hundred Helpful Tutorials here... and dozens of classes at SederQuilts.com ... and better yet TutorTime to answer all your Quilty Questions about YOUR Quilty Stuff! Thanks for Watching, Commenting, and Subscribing!! Tutoluu!
I am legit only 5:23 mins into your video and I stopped just to subscribe and to tell you that you are a kindred spirit! 🦋🌸🌿🌞 I look forward to learning from you! 💕
Janet 🌸Awwwwwww🥰🤓🤗😎🥰You are wonderful! 💗Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy the rest of my Quilty Tutorials... we have over a Hundred Helpful Videos... some super short, some with Oodles of Options... all with lots of fun and real-ness!😉 Tutoluu till next time!🌸
...and thin strips at the end of cutting the F1/4 can be used for string quilts...so keep 'em!
I wash all of my fabrics (except pre-cuts) as soon as I get them. Then I give them a good steam-iron press. (Then they're put away until I can get to them!!) I have allergies, too, and it makes it more "pleasant" working with them after they've been washed!
Joanne Donovan 🤓 Excellent idea! Washing and pressing all fabric right away is a very good habit! I used to do that, too, especially when I sewed mainly garments. 😉I would serge or zig zag the cut edges before washing, so they would not ravel into a knotty mess. I still do that with home decor fabrics and smelly yardage to remove fragrance, chemicals and to prevent shrinkage later on clothing I sew.💗 Thanks for sharing your helpful idea! Tutoluu!🌸
I love your videos! Your personality is splendid!
Thank you so much!! Glad you like them! Subscribe, then go back to watch more... we have over a hundred helpful tutorials!! Enjoy!! Tutoluu!
Smart lady.
Thank you sweetie!! That is so kind of you. Thanks for watching! Tutoluu!
Great cutting tips
Thank you!!
I might be OC too because I alllllllways take the selvage off too !! I learned that one very quickly when I made my 1st dress (100 years ago ...shhhhh)
I like the way you teach .. you've taught this old dog a few new tricks 😃
Thanks - keep up the good work.
watching the stars ⭐️ Thank you for watching... I’m glad you found me helpful... it’s always fun to learn a few new tricks!... 😉even when we have OCD tendencies 🤓 thanks for sharing SederQuilts.com 🌸 Tutoluu!
This is so amazing I'm trying to learn to quilt and my last two have been a little wonky and I think this toutorial is going to help so much. My grandma passed last year and she is who I would have called to help me thank you Soo much
Lisa Sprague 🌸Thank you Dear! I’m glad you find me helpful. I have many more videos that will hopefully also convey the wisdom your grandma would want to share with you. 💗Enjoy each quilt you make, especially the wonky ones. (Do we only love the “perfect” quilts our grandmas made, or are those wonky quilts even more unique and therefore extra special?) 🤓Allow yourself to be a beginner and learn something new each time! Thanks for stopping by🤗 Tutoluu!🌸
@@SederQuilts the last one was less wonky than the first and my newest top isn't as wonky as the one before so I'm learning. Thanks so much! My grandma said the mistakes are how you know it's homemade haha
Oh Lisa, that is wonderful! 🌸See, you are making progress! Your grandma would be tickled that you are following her example! Homemade is full of love... 😉and a few creative opportunities to embrace the Oopsies!💗
Oooo, there's definitely Scot in your make up flower, as i absolutely hate excess waste in ANYTHING. I do all sorts of crafts and have done all my life because of a wonderful lady called Mum. She taught my brother Jim and I everything that she knew in crafting, but she was frugal as you put it with all resources. Me, i'm just a miserable Scot who hates putting anything in the bin. At the moment i have been card making and i keep ALL bits of matching card for that just in case scenario that some of us know about and quite often i was right in keeping it, although it drives my husband nuts. I need a she shed that's all mine that i can go out and play in, making a mess without someone narking about the place being untidy. I do tidy up my crafty diningroom, but i prefer playing as it's a lot more fun. I have had fun listening to you as you went thru your process and oh how i can relate to the things that you said. Thank you flower for a lovely, funny time in your playroom. Crafty hugs from Norah, Glenochil Village, Central Scotland
about Paola, please do a video about the white quilt on the wall with the raised seams. I’m so curious and love to see what you’re creativity has dreamed up.
Cindy Griffis 💗ohhhhhh, yes! That is the back side of a white on white wedding quilt... I customized some ready made digital designs... using ArtNStitch, Free Motion Quilting, Record-Record in ProStitcher... very cool quilt...
🙁unfortunately, most of the photos don’t show up real well...
😊but I have some new photo editing features to try... 🎥we might still do a video, or tutorial, or class featuring that quilt!😉 Thanks for the suggestion and reminder!🌸
Cindy Griffis check out my photos on FB😉
Dam it’s great to have found you again. You are such a nut. My kinda lady.
🌸🎉🤗🎉🌸Hot dignity dog! I’m so glad to hear from you, too! I missed your comments! We do enjoy our Quilty Stuff here at SederQuilts! 💃💃💃 Enjoy! Hey... I have some NEW CLASSES available at SederQuilts.com and if you need some specific help with your quilting, sign up for TutorTime to talk with me LIVE! I’d love to answer YOUR specific questions! 👩🏫👩💻 It’s like a house call or one-on-one training, without the traveling! 🌸Tutoluu🌸
Awesome video and truly enjoyed!!!!
Can anyone tell me where to find the handle on the cutting board? I think it would make cutting so much easier.
Too much talk at times...but you are helping. Thank you.
🌸Ahhhh yes, bits of chatter while trying to be helpful and informative… thank you for watching along with my silliness. Enjoy your Quilty Stuff! 🌸Tutoluu!
Excellent!!!! Thank you ❣️ 🧵 🪡
🌸You are so welcome!! 🥰Thank you for watching and commenting! 💗I appreciate the encouragement 🥰 Tutoluu 🌸
I just came up on your channel, I love it.
I'd like to know how your friend sewed those small strips, by machine or by hand??
Brenda sews those darling blocks by machine. I think she has a bag of scraps, a small pressing board, and a small cutting table, all efficiently placed by her machine. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Gotta love that Brenda! Everyone should have a detail oriented friend like her 🙂
Virginia Valentin 💗Oh Yes! Brenda is so easy to love! She is wonderful and yes, everybody should have a friend like her, or BE a friend like her💗
Your rulers cost & what material yours table top? Mine is glass table top.
Please give some information about quilting tools .I have domestic sewing machine . Please
Just found you also and from one seiter to another seder it's fun to watch you.
Elizabeth Seiter 🌸Welcome! I’m so glad you found me! Enjoy the tutorials🌸
They do have Unscented Mary Ellen Best Press. I have same odor and smell problem.
Mary Piette 💗Thank goodness for options! I hope you are able to control your environment enough to avoid reactions.🌸 I should try their unscented. Thanks for watching! Tutoluu 🤓
Fun Fun Fun!!!
When we buy the fat quarters are we supposed to wash them first? Just trying to get myself psyched up to start a simple quilt. There’s so much I don’t know.
🌸Excellent question! No. You do NOT need to prewash for quilting.
If most of your fabric for the quilt is already prewashed (recycled clothes, red fabrics that might bleed, or stinky for some reason...) you might also want to prewash “yardage” (new fabric that is a yard or more)...
But No, you do not need to prewash for quilting
Many of us use pre-cuts now (5” squares, 10” squares, or fat quarters) and you certainly don’t want to pre wash those
If you mainly SEW or make CLOTHING, then yes, you want to prewash yardage before cutting out pattern, so it doesn’t shrink after you have it all sewn together.
Cherrywood hand dyed fabric is ALREADY prewashed eight times during the process of adding their yummy colors to it... and many people use it to make clothing.
Here I am again. I can’t find that black hand holder your using. Where you get’em?
🌸🥰👋Hi again Donna! I have looked everywhere for those handled rulers!!! They are no longer available. ☹️☹️☹️ I tried talking a manufacturing friend into making them... but no luck so far! You be sure to let me know if you ever find them somewhere!!!😉 Thanks so much for watching, liking, and commenting!!! 👍You help others find my videos when you do that!! 💕Thank you dear! 🥰 Tutoluu!🌸
Paola Jo, thank you so much for your video - I loved it and your uniqueness, My absolute best friend has latex allergy which has curtailed her life so much even going to the doctor is dangerous never mind a hospital! However, as for me, I'm not a very experienced quilter (have oodles of books and going short-sighted watching videos) I DID appreciate how you explained cutting fat quarters. I found your video while searching for the most efficient way to cut fat quarters into 2 1/2" strips. As you were cutting 5" squares I was desperately trying to work out how many 2 1/2" squares I could get from a fat quarter :-) I was scribbling madly while trying to watch. I bought three FQ and need to make 40 x 2 1/2" three strip sets and was trying to see if I have to buy more. They arrived this morning in the post and, if I won't have enough fabric, I will have to phone the shop to try and order three more before they are gone. I live in Dublin, Ireland, and it is so difficult to get supplies; for a capital city we don't have a quilt shop, just a few small stockists (like home businesses). If I order from the UK postage is bad enough, but it's impossible to order from the US as it would put fabric out of my price range altogether, hence my search for efficient frugality!! Again, thank you so much for giving so much information besides cutting, I really appreciate it and have hit the subscribe button, bell and thumbs up. Best wishes from my part of the world. Sorry for the long comment.
elizabeth mullhall 💗❤️💗You are most certainly welcome, my dear! God bless and sustain your friend. 😷 Thank you for your kind words. I’m glad you enjoy my explanations and find it helpful. We have over a Hundred Videos... hopefully many of them will give you a giggle along with useful ideas. 🤓You might also enjoy my Clotheslining class at SederQuilts.com/shop (Chainpiecing Columns instead of rows, and how to Stack and Label your pieces, for efficient accurate piecing.) Thanks for subscribing and commenting! 🤓Breathe and Enjoy! 💗Tutoluu!🌸
@@SederQuilts Thank you 😀
elizabeth mullhall 🤓56... you should be able to get 56 2.5” squares from a fat quarter.🌸
@@SederQuilts Many thanks - brilliant 🌻
elizabeth mullhall 💗Blessings upon blessings to you and yours!💗
If you’re cutting for kits, how do you know what sizes?
Very informative, thank-you!
Alan Madison 🌸You are so welcome! I like to be helpful 😊 Enjoy💗
Just found you hope you are still making videos x
🌸Hi Maran! Thanks for finding my channel! 🥰I’m so glad you enjoy my videos🎥 Yes, we hope to be adding new ones again soon. We’ve been moving, and renting, and building the past couple years! So most of my Quilty Tutoring has been on the road lately. We’re looking forward to settling into the new Quilty Studio in our Little Forever Home very soon! See you soon! Tutoluu!🌸
Hi loved your video, I have fibromyalgia and sensitivities to smell too. I would love to know what the board is you were ironing on. It looks much easier than the usual ironising board.
My first quilt lesson was with a nurse who told us there were many toes cut off from rotary cutter accidents, please make sure you Close the rotary cutter when you put down, a good habit to get into.
I have seen people sew the selvedges cut off for book quilts as the spine of the book.
Scraps can be used to stuff things with we came up with in our group door sausages that keep the wind out.
Have subscribed and hope to check out more of your videos. I've been quilting for awhile and have to every now and then get back to basics again.
Jodie McNamara 🌸Thanks for asking! 😎MrTallDarkHandsome&Helpful made my huge cutting tables from old church office doors, AND he built my huge ironing board! 🤔I should ask him what kind of wood he used (not regular plywood... more of a pressed partical board, but not stinky)... it’s 30x59 inches... wider than width of fabric for most bolts! So I can almost fit a full yard of fabric on there at one time! I can press most of a two yard cut in one fell swoop! he rounded the corners, and added three small but sturdy side boards underneath to fit securely around my biggest regular ironing board... then we added three layers of Hobbs Heirloom batting. We’ve covered it with a fresh layer of fabric every so often... an old cotton sheet, super smooth chintz, old white cotton tablecloth, a nice striped quilting cotton... it’s due for a new layer again. We use a staple gun most of the time... but sometimes the staples bend too easily...so he adds some fancy fencing staples in a few spots. I’ve tried thumb tacks, too... and upholstery tacks. Recently we moved it onto a sturdy rolling cart. 🤓
Omni have a 5 x 24” ruler on Amazon sept 2021
Love this video. I am frugal about my fabric. Do you cut all fat quarters like this and what do you create?
🌸Thank you so much! Excellent question! 🤗You and I would be great neighbors! 💗No, I don’t cut all fat quarters this way, but I design quilt tops, then stack and label them into ready to sew kits for my ✝️Cross of Many Squares Quilts...nearly a thousand 2.5” squares per quilt. I have an entire playlist of videos on the process! 🥰Thank you for watching, commenting, and asking questions! I love to be helpful... I hope you enjoy more of my hundred helpful videos! 💃💃💃 Follow me on Facebook, too... 🤓Search for SederQuilts ... Thanks! 🌸Tutoluu!🌸
What brand and where can I find your 5” ruler mention on the video?!
Just found your videos. I enjoyed two - this one and the one on uses for batting scraps. Very informative and entertaining. I will be watching others. I did subscribe too. Thank you
DesigingJ 🌸thank you for watching and subscribing! I’m glad you found me helpful!🤓
Lol! 😃 I will watch you again
Danie Daniels 🌸🎉Yeaaaaaay!🎉Thanks for watching and commenting! 💃💃💃Come back again real soon! We have over a Hundred Helpful Quilty Tutorials here... 🤓also check me out on Facebook... and at SederQuilts.com
🌸Tutoluu!🌸
@@SederQuilts I enjoyed watching, I am new at quilting.
Danie Daniels 💗I love to help newbies... you’ve come to the right place!💗. Breathe and enjoy! Search for “SederQuilts Perfectly Wonderful”🌸
My first time watching your videos. I love it! Thanks for so much good info and your pleasant, FUN attitude.
Hi there, can you use old clothes for fabric?
🌸Absolutely!!! There are Oodles of Good Options... and everyone has their own preferences... but yes ma’am, you may certainly cut up old clothes for fabric!
🥰100% cotton is usually best for quilts.
👗Thin, or delicate, or stretchy fabrics are easier to use if you add an iron on stabilizer (interface or adhesive) Pelion 101SF is excellent, Mistyfuse is fabulous for appliquéing those fabrics onto stronger fabric.
✅Heavy or thick fabric (sweatshirts or denim) are also usable, but the seams get bulky and can be difficult to sew across or quilt through the seams.
💃💃💃Breathe and Enjoy your quilting! 💗Come back again 🤗Tutoluu!🌸
Please demonstrate how you sharpen your rotary blades
Carol Ann Mancuso 💗It’s a great little tool... a two part handle and a donut with two grits... it’s on our list of videos to make😉
Love watching you lmao just how I would describe things hahaha
A little giggle now and then is good for us!! Useful tips are also very helpful... I'm glad you find me helpful! Tutoluu!
Just found your channel!!! I love 💕 your laugh and humor; suggestion- Don’t throw away the selvedge edges use as stuffing in smaller projects or donate to senior center. You are amazing 🤩 how do I sign up for one of your kits? Oh and I don’t think 🤔 you’re putsy
Wendy Allen 🌸Thank you dear! Yes scraps of all sizes, even the tiniest... even the lint from washing & drying loads of gorgeous fabric... are certainly usable for all sorts of projects! 🥰I sell my kits, classes, and cool tools at SederQuilts.com ... but my kits are all sold out right now... 🤗 I’m currently custom quilting dozens of client quilts, and editing more tutorials and classes...💃👩🏫💃👩🏫💃... hopefully we will start assembling kits again soon. 💗Thanks for finding my channel & commenting... please subscribe and share, too! 🌸See you soon! Tutoluu!🌸
Where can we get these type of ruler mam
🌸Excellent question! Creative Grids are frequently available at Local Quilt Shops, and online from most quilt shops! Same goes for the June Taylor tools (also check JoAnns or MSQC). Jamie Wallen rulers with the angled red handles are available on his website Quilters Apothecary. And the fabulous SmallMagnets are available exclusively at my website SederQuilts.com 🌸Enjoy!
Excuse my nosiness... But what is that white pieced thing that you have hanging beside your ironing cable... Inquiring minds want to know???
🌸Excellent Question from inquisitive minds!! Thank you for asking. 🤗 The White project hanging on my DesignWall is a beautifully pieced client quilt top, that is folded up, to partially hide it from the camera. 🌸
@@SederQuilts Haha ...Thanks for the answer. Found it unique....pieced but all white. Worked in a Jean factory. Was allowed to take excess muslin pockets home for free. Wanted to make a whole pieced quilt top with it
All in the natural off white muslin. So that quilt top caught my eye. Love your energy and quirky sense of humor. It clicks for me!💕👍😂
@@damarisrempel9147 ❤It was a beautiful wedding gift… many shades of white on white delicate prints… snowballs and sashes… I did custom LongArm quilting on it… fancy digital feathers (AnneBrightDesigns) in the rectangles and triangles… then hand guided “LoveNotes” in many of the “circles”, with digital floral wreaths in some circles, and then some custom heart wreaths (digitally modified in Art&Stitch with some guidance from Marilyn @ KKsStudio) … the quilt turned out lovely!
😊Ohhhh the creamy pocket fabrics would be darling!!! Oodles of good options with piecing and Quilty designs!! 🌸Thanks for enjoying my silliness and helpful advice! 🤗Tutoluu!🌸
Just found your channel. My biggest pet peeve is having to keep buy blades too. I love a super sharp blade that glides through like butter. You mentioned that you sharpen yours. Can you provide a link to where you buy the tool you use. I would love to have one.
Thanks for watching and for asking!! The sharpener I'm using is quite old. We've been trying to find a good source for them, to sell on our website @SederQuilts.com
Good video. What are you cutting your fabric on? Looks like a table top but couldn’t be. It goes clear to the wall
Donna Bailey Hi! It’s actually an old wooden door! Works great🤓. I love the space!!
Donna Bailey 🌸I apologize for my “much too short” answer! 🥰We have a new grand baby and I was distracted.
😎MrTallDarkHandsome&Helpful made my cutting tables from old church office doors and 2x4s, then we put a huge cutting mat on top (36x70). He trimmed one edge off to fit perfectly, and rounded all the corners and edges slightly, (even rounded and sanded the wood corners) to not catch or snag fabric.
🙃I prefer the mat to be wrong side up, so I don’t wear out the same exact line all the time. You can still see through it enough to line up the straight edge, but I “measure” with the rulers 📐or a metal construction tape. (Cutting mats can warp and are not always exactly the same as the other measuring tools.)
🔄I often rotate fabrics a bit, too, so the cut marks are more random and we don’t end up getting stuck in a rut on the mat that way!🤓
💗Thanks for watching and commenting! I love your excellent questions and observations! Please tell your Quilty friends to Search for SederQuilts 🤓and come back again! Tutoluu!🌸
I absolutely love your dress. Can you please tell me where you got it? What is it called? :)
tuwanda37 🌸🥰🤗🥰🌸Thank you! I’ve had all three of these pieces of clothing for about a decade... they are so comfy and practical for me...
💗The solid gray vest with huge gathered pockets was an expensive purchase from a cute little specialty shop, but goes with nearly everything in my wardrobe, so it has worked out to be a penny per wearing! It’s a rayon knit paperweight T-shirt fabric... washes beautifully, never shows wrinkles, doesn’t add any weight or pressure to my neck... and can be tied closed, or worn inside out (pocket side in) for a changed up look. I plan to make some of these in other colors!
👗The black&white paisley dress is also rayon... it’s a comfy loose version of a “babydoll” sundress, with adjustable straps, and a gathered ruffled bottom edge... the neckline is scooped in front, and straight in back (with a bit of covered elastic). I have about 6 of these in various colors! I think LORI found these at Target years ago... works great with leggings and a turtleneck, or over a long slender t-shirt dress, or alone as a comfy sundress on a hot humid day... and it’s perfect under my vests and cardigans... or to add just a ruffled skirt look under a plain T-shirt.
🧣The pink rayon scarf was probably also purchased at Target. Again, I have several colors of this style, but was very disappointed that some get staticky or scratchy and don’t drape as nicely as this one.
😷With all my allergies and sensitivities, I’ve used these long loose layers for years to cover my nose/mouth... or used a corner of them to open doors, (tie one knot to assign a constant clean corner vs dirty corner... and wash them after each use)
(👩⚕️As a dental hygienist for 30 years, I had the habit of always using my right pockets as clean storage and left pockets as dirty storage.)
🌸Thanks for watching, commenting, and sharing my videos!🤗Tutoluu!🌸
@@SederQuilts Thank you so much for the detailed response. :) I did not realize that they were 3 separate pieces. They go perfect with each other. Just fabulous! I really do enjoy your channel and as a beginner, you make it seem a little less daunting to the machine sewing world. I appreciate you and the time you spend to share your love and knowledge.
tuwanda37 🌸🥰🌸You are so welcome.. I’m glad you find me helpful. Have a wonderful weekend!🤗
Can you do a video on sharpening rotary blades?
Audrey Vorkoeper 👍That is a great idea for a Video Tutorial🤓 Stay tuned... thanks for the suggestion! 🌸
hey Paula can you use fat quarters to make your cross quilt with maybe use a rainbow color fat quarter bundle or two with light to dark fabrics and cut them like you are doing here in this video
Donna Lawrence 💗Hi Donna! Yes! Excellent puzzling question! 🤓Absolutely! 🎉A few fat quarter bundles in jewel tones, or rainbow colors, or blush tones, or teeny assorted florals, or Ombré groupings all work well for the ✝️Cross of Many Squares Quilt! And then, if you can mix and match with a friend or two, and add a few more pieces from your stash, will have a perfect scrappy mix for the CoMS Quilt!💕Blessings to you my dear!❤️Tutoluu 🌸
kudos to your camera person.
Pam King 💗Thank you! 🤗Lori does a wonderful job filming and editing to make me look good😉
You are so funny! Love your expression! 10:48
Love the Brenda blocks. Wish I could get my hands on some or to have my own Brenda!! You have a lovely personality and I love your accuracy
Thank you so much! Oh my goodness, everyone needs a Brenda... she is the sweetest, most helpful lady... and she's a wonderful math gal... I just love her!!! Thanks for watching my tutorials! Tutoluu!
Very helpful! What type of mat are you cutting on?
Sharon Nagy 🌸Thank you for letting me know you find my Quilty Stuff helpful! I have several HUGE cutting mats... I usually buy them at JoAnns when I can use a 50% off coupon🤓 Tutoluu!🌸
But a straight cut 2.5 does not give you “bias” binding.
TRUE!! If you want to use Straight Cut binding, be sure to cut Width of Fabric, there is a little bit of stitch there... Do Not cut Parallel to the Salvage edges, there is NO stretch that way.
Bias Binding is cut at a 45 degree angle to the Salvage... that has the Most stretch.
Thanks for watching and commenting! Tutoluu!!
I wish instead of sending a “heart” you would answer the Questions…..
🌸Hi Linda! What was the question I did not answer... I would love to take time right now to answer it.🌸
Two questions....Is your cutting mat turned with the wrong side facing up? If so, what is your reasoning for that? Thanks in advance for your response.
Cheryl Taylor 🤓Good eye! Yes it is! There are several reasons... (and several mats😉) My first two cutting mats wore out...
🌸I had 6.5” repeats marked in one color, 10.5” repeats marked in another color...(our church ladies use those sized blocks) I worked out of town full time and couldn’t attend the Quilting time, so I cut LOTS of squares , and eventually cut all the way through the mat in those main tracks.
🤓Then I moved those marks over to a new starting spot... and wore through those tracks, too.
So I flipped that mat over on one table and bought a new mat.
🤔Then Marcia Stephens told me to not trust the mat markings, Always Trust Your Ruler Markings; and Don’t Cut On The Lines All The Time... it creates trenches and inaccurate cuts... Marcia recommended cutting at all sorts of different angles on the mat, whenever possible, to increase the life of the mat... just trust the hard ruler and a metal construct tape measure.
The next reason is NOT ALL RULERS AND MATS ARE MARKED EXACTLY THE SAME. So be sure your ruler and mat are marked equally.
Mats can warp. They melt a twitch from hot things (tell me you never set the hot or still warm iron on there while cleaning up!) or from sun ; or they bend while standing behind the hutch next to a heat vent, etc.
Goodness that was a long answer. And I have more to say, but it’s too hard to read back far enough to see what I typed so far. 🤔I should do a video on this topic. Thank you dear for your excellent questions! 😉Hope I was helpful 🌸Tutoluu!💗
Seder Quilts Makes a lot of sense to me. Especially the part about cutting right through the mat!! LOL That would take tons of cutting that an average quilter wouldn't be doing. I've also heard not to trust the lines on the mat. Don't remember who said that, but I do use one of my mats in the "up side down" position for squaring blocks, primarily because I find the lines too confusing and they definitely are not accurate. Thank you very much for your response! Good luck on your future tutorials/videos. I'll be watching!
Cheryl Taylor yeaaay! I’m glad it made sense. My earlier cutting table was huge and low, I would hold the ruler w my knee... I probably used waaay too much pressure cuz I was too frugal to replace blades often enough. And I cut through one while using a carpeted floor instead of a hard surface. 🤓I’ve experimented and puzzled and made lots of good mistakes... so it allows me to be a good teacher. 💗 Please check out more of my Hundred Helpful Quilting Videos and follow me on Facebook 🌸Tutoluu!😊
I've only been a quilter since 2013, but I've made a LOT of quilt tops, & worn out 2 cutting mats so far!!
Joanne Donovan 🌸Glad to hear I’m not the only one!😉 I buy the huge cutting mats at JoAnn’s with the 50% off coupon... and use the backside as much as the topside.🤓
TY and Love all your tips, BTW I own those rulers you used and love them also. I'm a ruler hoarder. What do you use to sharpen the blades?
Barbara Furrow 💗you are welcome and I’m chartreuse!! Oh boy... we have several new videos in the works... you we’re paying attention 😉... sharpening rotary blades is coming up pretty soon. 🌸Tutoluu!
I forgot to mention that I always "overcast" the non-salvage edges before I wash the fabrics! (It's similar to serging, but nothing is cut off. My Janome has that stitch.)
Joanne Donovan 🤓yes! Great minds run on the same track!😉 I usually “lock” the serger blade to the non-cutting option for pre-wash finishing; it prevents wasting the edge threads that otherwise get so tangled. 🌸
FatQuarters purchased in U.S. are different measurement than Canadian fat quarters so be careful when following a pattern that calls for fat quarters...Canadian metre is 36".....a U.S. yard is 39"....so 18" and 19.5" would be the fatquarters measurements...
D H good point... the USA and Canadian measurements are different... a US yard is 36 inches, so half a yard is 18”... a Canadian meter is 39 inches, half a meter is 19.5”... Width of fabric varies, usually 40-42” wide for a regular bolt, (even though many of us grew up calling them 45” bolts of fabric.) 🌸
What attracted me to your presentation is using the Fats
🌸Fat Quarters are a wonderful way to get a good mix of fabric without having to wait for the clerk to cut 9” strips off yardage!! Just look through the Oodles of beautifully folded fat quarters on display and get a nice selection!! 🌸
One more thing, no fabric won’t smell of vinegar after it has evaporated. I iron my husband’s dress shirts and trust me if they would smell he would NOT wear. them.
Sara Davila 🌸I agree. Smells bother me, too. Vinegar just leaves a fresh clean smell. I often use baking soda and vinegar in our kitchen, laundry, bathrooms, ceramic tile floors, etc. Very handy! Search for my “how to clean glass stovetop” video. 🤗 Thank you again!🌸
Rulers are not all the same. I always use the same ruler to cut a quilt.
JoAnn Pilgrim 😳Isn’t that the truth! 🤓Oh my, there can be a noticeable difference! But even a tiny difference over many seams can add up a lot!🌸
What about washed?
🌸Uffdah!! I do prewash fat quarters if they smell musty, or if they are not soft (some cheap fabrics have lots of starch). The problem is they SHRINK, and sometimes get WONKY, and might RAVEL quite a bit... so all the more reason to iron them nicely!🤗🥰🤗🥰🤗
Nice
cdvax11🌸 thanks!
Missouri Star Quilt Company has 5 inch wide ruler
Sheri Sterling yes there are 5” rulers available; and MSQC did offer the Olpfa no slip handle ruler (pins push down to hold fabric in place) at one time. But they are out of stock and no longer available. I believe the Olipfa company is no longer in business.
Get to the point!
Can you let me know what kind of sharpener to use to sharpen my blades, thank you so much and enjoying your video. This was from May 25 2018 cutting fat quarters. Its hard to find a good spray bottle, the lids are cheap and fall off, I get so frustrated.
Donna - if you ever use Febreze, keep the empty spray bottles. Their spray attachment is perhaps the best one available. The empties from window cleaner fall apart a lot faster, but I use those until I use up the Febreze.
I saw a video with an awesome spray bottle. They got it at a hair supply store. I’m going to check that out now that you reminded me.
@@NaomiC336 You didn't answer about what kind of a sharpener and if it works well. Thanks
Naomi -- whatever works! I just happened to have a Febreze bottle and noticed how sturdy it was, so am saving it for dampening fabrics. I'm simply one of those "re-users" of anything not broken. :) Sometimes cheap, in other words.
@@donnarichey144🌸Oh my goodness! How did I miss answering your question!?! We started filming a great little tutorial about the sharpener I use, and looked into carrying them… Being a bit of a blended “perfectionist and procrastinator” with a healthy scoop of oodles of good options popping into my head (and misplacing my lists) …. Oh dear! It’s still on several of my lists of videos to make!
I don’t remember the brand name of the sharpener… it’s a green round, two sided circle with a coarse and fine option…. And then a two pieced handle that screws together to hold the rotary blade. It must be 40-50 years old… I’ve had it forever!
🤗Now I’ll have to start researching again, and move this closer to the top of a fresh list! 🌸Thank you for encouraging me to start making new helpful videos now that I am healthy again!🌸 Tutoluu! 🤗
I like the cherry blossom scent too! Could you tell me the brand or generic name of the black handle on your 5" wide long ruler or where I could buy it? Thanks.
newbeequilter 🌸ohhhhh my FAVORITE cutting ruler is no longer available... anywhere. But... the handle has two retracted pins that stick through the fabric into the cutting mat when you push down on the handle🤓 it’s the bomb! The handle can be positioned at an angle for left handed or right handed cutting. Here’s the link to my video with the information...
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SederQuilts - It seems that you find the handle on the ruler the most useful, if my opinion is correct. Have you ever considered making your own handled ruler? Why not buy the suction cup "handle" that contractors use to handle installation of mirrors? You can find those gizmos on Amazon. That way, you can unhook that handle and transfer it to another ruler when necessary. Here is a description of the thingy: The cheaper ones are about $12 --- Useful - This handy Double Handle suction cup lifter can firmly stick to any clean non-porous flat surface, an ideal tool for lifting and moving glass, sheet metal, granite, furniture, home appliances and so on. Save handling time and labor. Design - Aluminum Alloy shell, Electric Polishing, natural rubber,2 year life span Notion - for anything that has a smooth surface where suction can be created. No water, No oil Quality -The vacuum suction cup through the CE, SGS, RoHS, PAHS certification. Warranty: 1 year 100% satisfied quality guarantee.
You are frugal like me. I hate strips cut on the crosswise grain. They don't work for me.
grandmav2014 🌸they have too much stretch when cut in cross grain! So we have to be careful about that. 🤓Frugal is good... I’m glad Brenda puts my donated scraps to good use!💗
Thank you for your speedy reply. Which make, fiskars? Size? 💐
Martha Hershey 🌸oh boy.... I think it is a no name ... it’s big🤗... (36x59, I think...) not quite clear, but almost fairly readable from the backside... 🤓
Only just found you, entertaining and educating, thank you. I’m intrigued by your cutting surface - you don’t seem to need a mat, what is it? Thanks, Vonney x
Ooh you didn’t answer my question about your cutting surface ... is it top secret? 😀
Vonney Wright 🌸🎉🌸🎉🌸Welcome to my channel! I’m so glad you found me!!🥰 Ahhh yes... I have several huge cutting mats... from Joannes ... and flipped over... so I can still kinda sorta see the lines, but prefer to go by the RULERS, instead of cutting trenches in the same mat lines all the time (ask me how I know that ruins your mat quickly😳😬😉). Thanks for stopping by! 🥰Come back again! Tutoluu!🌸
I am here I am a happy medium lol
Kathleen Quinlan 🌸💗❤️ Yeaaay! Happy medium is the best! 🌸And I grant you permission to wander into either extreme... 😉just remember to dance back to Happy Medium frequently!💃🎉💃🎉💃
@@SederQuilts I am known as Caitlin Clairvoyant when I am working but Quilting is my passion and love your videos I have learnt such a lot from them x