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How to Survive Cutting for a Quilt, Part 3

I have one more strategy I employ when cutting up fabric to make scrap quilts. Once I've done the work of pressing, layering and squaring up fabrics that I'm going to cut, I never cut just what is needed. I make other cuts, too. Here's what I mean. I've layered these four fabrics for an [...]

2018-12-06T14:15:05-07:00December 16th, 2018|Ideas and Inspiration, Quilting 101|1 Comment

How to Survive Cutting for a Quilt, Part 2

Most of us would love to get through the cutting quickly, so we can move on to the sewing. I have some strategies for cutting because I don't enjoy it much. Twinkle uses many shades of green from my fabric stash. I make mostly scrap quilts—not necessarily quilts cut from a scrap basket, [...]

2018-12-06T13:35:42-07:00December 11th, 2018|Ideas and Inspiration, Quilting 101|1 Comment

How to Survive Cutting for a Quilt, Part 1

A few days ago, Carolyn in Florida left a comment about how much she disliked doing the cutting for a quilt project. I knew just what she meant. The cutting is never as much fun as the sewing. Over the years I have come up with some strategies that help me survive the cutting process. [...]

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