Paper-piecing hack – slip sliding away!
I was paper-piecing in the studio last week, and ran into that pesky problem of getting one of the bottom pieces folded back on itself ONE TOO MANY TIMES. Harrumph. Nothing like holding the seam [...]
Quarter inch, SCHMuarter inch!
Ah, the quarter inch seam allowance. The holy grail of quilting. Love or hate it, embrace it or ignore it - it can be friend or foe. For those of you who do most projects [...]
Process – tools!
If you recall, one of the things I pointed out in my original post about process was my desire for efficiency. I like to feel that I waste as little time/fabric/money/regret as possible so as [...]
Process – storage ideas, part 2
In the last post, I got halfway through describing some of the storage goodies in my studio... here's some more stuff that lives on the big bookshelf: Machine needles and spare blades live in their [...]
Process – storage ideas – part 1
And so, back to the studio and the conversation of process. In this post, I'm going to show you some of my storage set-ups, and tell you a little about why I use what I [...]
Process – how’s your space?
I've been musing a lot about PROCESS of late. How I work, how I navigate my space, how I navigate my time. While I was in graduate school (MFA in Fiber) I was "encouraged" to [...]
All Printers Are Not Equal
My trusty testers and I have been trying out some new pattern ideas that include paper piecing. I like to use paper piecing when I need accuracy in small places, although I can find it [...]
Tutorial – Pieced Backs
Often times at the quilt store, we have a customer agonizing over having purchased a few inches too much fabric (can there be such a thing?!) and fretting about having to keep it around when [...]