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Tag: quilting

  • I just started throwing fabrics on the design wall yesterday, no plan. I started sewing it together. Turns out you need to have two straight edges for fabric to lay flat. Enter seam ripper. I’m not sure what is going to become of this, but so far I’m learning a lot and having tons of fun with it. Go do something out of your comfort zone today. I doubt you’ll regret it.

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  • While I was going nutso trying to finish my monochromatic quilt Tuesday was definitely interested in what I was doing. I got out the design wall for her and let her mess around with her fabrics. For a while that appeased her, but then she wanted to “ho!” (a.k.a. sew!). As you saw in the video the other day, she has the  main functions of my machine down. So I helped her line up pieces and let her push the buttons to make the machine go, stop, and cut. She picked out the fabrics and mostly…

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