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TutorialsCategories » | Craft Recipes | Fabric Printing | Home Decorating | Paper Crafts | Quilting | Sewing | Soap Making | Welcome to our tutorials page. Here you will find a variety of craft tutorials and easy everyday or holiday projects that you can create. If you would like to submit a tutorial or project you can use our submission form. With the submission form you can upload a couple photos that go along with your project or tutorial. You can also grab these tutorials to place on your own website, blog or in your newsletter by clicking the "Grab this Tutorial" button at the top of each tutorial page. Simply copy and paste the entire tutorial. In order to use the tutorials, you MUST include the authors info including the website URL.
Most Recently Added Tutorials20 Easy Tips to Make a Rag Quilt Posted on 2008-11-12 by Trish Wilson (Viewed 2662 times) I've been making rag quilts for almost 9 years. Below are tips that I wish I had known when I first started making rag quilts and thought I'd share them with you. I hope you find these tips very helpful. 1. You do not have to wash the fabric for a rag quilt before you begin. 2. Use at least two or three different, but coordinating, fabrics to make your quilt from. Don’t forget to buy back fabric to complete your rag quilt (I use a coordinating flannel for my back squares). 3. read more... Lap Size or Crib Size Rag Quilt 45 x 60 Inches Posted on 2008-02-13 by Trish Wilson (Viewed 3421 times) Materials List 2 yards of Fabric 1 1 yard of Fabric 2 2 ½ yards of Fabric 3 for backing 1 bag of crib size batting (cotton, traditional or low loft) Sewing machine & Size 12 or 14 needles 900 yards of thread Scissors Lint roller Other helpful tools: 36” cutting mat Rotary cutter Cutting ruler Instructions 1. Cut 72 (6”) squares from Fabric 1. 2. Cut 36 (6”) squares from Fabric 2. 3. Cut 108 (6”) squares from Fabric 3. read more... Quick Cuts (Squares) Posted on 2008-01-02 by Trish Wilson (Viewed 2494 times) Materials List fabric of choice rotary cutter self-healing cutting mat cutting ruler Instructions 1. Double or quadruple your fabric to make cutting go faster when you need to cut several squares. All edges must be aligned evenly. If you are using stripes, checks, plaids or the like be sure the patterns line up on all 4 sides before attempting this. 2. Cut your strips. 3. After cutting your strips line them up in rows, as seen below, so that you can cut several squares at read more... |
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