Monthly Archives: July 2018

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Video tutorial: Two seminole inspired borders

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Video tutorial: Two seminole inspired borders

Check out these two seminole inspired borders. They’re made with fabric strips sewn together and cut at different angles.

Learn to make this pattern in 2 minutes:

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Two disappearing hourglass quilt blocks – video tutorial

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Vídeo tutorials. 2 disappearing hourglass quilt blocks

This technique has been around for a while but it always generates great looking blocks.

Use 2 or 3 colours to increase the variety of designs.

How to make 2 Disappearing hourglass quilt blocks

Learn in just over 2 minutes:

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Video tutorial: Quilting with hexagons

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Video tutorial: Quilting with hexagons - 3 layouts

This is a tutorial exploring hexagon layouts. Have a go and try to find even more layouts!

Don’t worry if you don’t have a 60 degree ruler, you don’t need one if you ruler has 60 degree markings.

Or use my 60 degrees triangle paper ruler (PDF).

If you plan to cut at 60 degrees a lot you may consider investing in a 60 degree ruler.

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2 strip blocks using tube quilting techniques – video tutorial

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2 tube quilting blocks with strips of fabric - video tutorial

Tube quilting is a quick technique that produces results in a short time.

Both blocks are made of half square triangles. One of them uses scrap fabrics and the other coordinated fabrics.

Learn tube quilting in 2 minutes:

Order my book Turnabout Patchwork

“Turnabout Patchwork. Simple quilts with a twist” is all about playing with blocks – making a block, slicing it up, and turning or repositioning the pieces to make a completely different block (sometimes two smaller blocks) to yield endless quilt tops.

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Video tutorial: 2 easy bargello quilt blocks

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Video tutorial: 2 bargello quilt blocks - tube quilting

Tube quilting is one of my favourite techniques.

This video demonstrates how to make 2 bargello blocks using tube quilting.

Learn to make 2 simple Bargello blocks

Learn in 4 minutes:

If you enjoyed the video and would like to try a simple bargello quilt, here’s a pattern for one.

Eccentric diamond quilt

Eccentric diamond quilt pattern

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Eccentric diamond quilt pattern.

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