Our guild members have a wealth of knowledge when it comes to quilting hacks, tips and tricks. Here are a few that were shared at our July 2024 guild meeting. Hopefully you can learn from some of these great hacks, tips and tricks. If you have any to share please email us so we can list them here for other quilters to use.
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 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 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 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:
Scrap quilting using adding machine roll paper (pdf)
DownloadNorma Jean Holmes cheap quilting hacks 2024 (pdf)
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