Maurine Henry
Maurine Henry
Maurine Henry
Maurine demonstrated on how to make a
"Easy Square in a Square Table Runner". See the PDF directions below.
Bonny Peters
Maurine Henry
Maurine Henry
Bonny demonstrated on how to make a "Making a Nine Patch Block without cutting individual squares" See the PDF directions below
Sara Fredette
Maurine Henry
Stephanie Labanowski
Sara demonstrated on how to make Hexagons for English Paper Piecing projects. See the PDF directions below
Stephanie Labanowski
Stephanie Labanowski
Stephanie Labanowski
Stephanie demonstrated on how to "Work smarter not harder" using her tips and tricks and some of her favorite quilting gadgets. See the PDF below for a list and where to purchase items.
Bev Hill
Stephanie Labanowski
Bev Hill
Bev demonstrated the Martelli 2.5" strip ruler as one of her favorite quilting tools to make bindings. See the PDF below for the "Broken Courthouse Steps" pattern she handed out at the meeting using the 2.5" ruler and Stephanie's Labanowski's Tools PDF for the Martelli information.
Lisa Huckins
Norma Jean Holmes
Norma Jean Holmes
Lisa presented
"Scrap quilting using adding machine paper rolls". See the PDF directions below or go to this website link to get the full directions. Source: https://sewcanshe.com/receipt-roll-scrap-quilt-using-adding-machine-paper/
By Caroline Fairbanks-Critchfield; Updated on May 15, 2024
Norma Jean Holmes
Norma Jean Holmes
Norma Jean Holmes
Norma Jean presented a multitude of items during her presentation. She had many inexpensive hacks from places like Harbor Freight and Dollar Tree. See the PDF below for the full list of items that she presented.
Peggy Fischer
Peggy Fischer
Peggy Fischer
Peggy showed us her favorite quilting tools for making life easier.
Tim Holtz Small Scissors - 5 Inch Mini Snips with Micro Serrated Blade
*BladeSaver Thread Cutter
https://a.co/d/0iScLBOi
*This one allows you to get more use out of a less than perfect rotary cutter blade.
Rdutuok 17x13.
Peggy showed us her favorite quilting tools for making life easier.
Tim Holtz Small Scissors - 5 Inch Mini Snips with Micro Serrated Blade
*BladeSaver Thread Cutter
https://a.co/d/0iScLBOi
*This one allows you to get more use out of a less than perfect rotary cutter blade.
Rdutuok 17x13.5 Inches Wool Pressing Mat
https://a.co/d/04Nty3N5
*She recommends you make a custom fabric cover (or two) for the wool mat that you can then wash to remove all the starch you may use on your projects.
Peg Smeltz
Peggy Fischer
Peggy Fischer
Peg demonstrated a nifty way to make perfectly pieced squares using Pellon gridded fusible interfacing. HTC now makes a Quilter's grid (multiple sizes) that is probably easier for us to obtain since the 2" Pellon product is not carried in many stores.
2" Grid HTC
https://www.amazon.com/Quilt-Fuse-Fusible-Nonwoven-Layout/dp/B001BLPBCY
1" Grid
Peg demonstrated a nifty way to make perfectly pieced squares using Pellon gridded fusible interfacing. HTC now makes a Quilter's grid (multiple sizes) that is probably easier for us to obtain since the 2" Pellon product is not carried in many stores.
2" Grid HTC
https://www.amazon.com/Quilt-Fuse-Fusible-Nonwoven-Layout/dp/B001BLPBCY
1" Grid Pellon
She also demonstrated us a neat way of finishing bindings that eliminates the bulk. A YouTube video on binding and this technique is listed below: