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How to Cut Fabric for Quilting (Beginner Tutorial)
Beginner Quilters

How to Cut Fabric for Quilting (Beginner Tutorial)

Cutting fabric accurately is one of the most important steps in quilting. In this post, you’ll learn how to cut fabric for quilting with a simple, beginner-friendly demo that walks you through preparing your fabric, lining up your ruler, and safely using a rotary cutter for clean, accurate pieces every time. This cutting tutorial is…

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All About Fabric Sizes
Beginner Quilters

All About Fabric Sizes

Hey hey! Today I have a video demo for you showing you the more popular fabric cuts, sizes and the details. This post is a part of a series called Notions & Tools. I am always ready to find notions or tools that can help make my quilting life easier and happier. View all the…

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Basic Quilt Making Skills – for beginners
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Basic Quilt Making Skills – for beginners

Complete Basics If you already have sewn some, then some of what we are learning today you may already know.  If you’ve bought your very first sewing machine with big plans to jump straight into quilt making then this will be even more helpful to you. We will walk through some of the basics including: …

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Quilt Making Terminology – for beginners
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Quilt Making Terminology – for beginners

All those words One of the ways in which I was most confused when I first started quilting was all the terminology with quilters and quilt patterns.  It’s a deep well of words you may not know or have never heard. There is much to unpack in this lesson, so we’ll jump right in. The…

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Basic Quilting Supplies – for beginners
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Basic Quilting Supplies – for beginners

Everything You Need Today we will get into the nitty gritty of what you need to get started. There are only a few basic supplies you need to get started, but these supplies have a way of lasting for the ages. So think of the majority of these supplies as items that rarely need replacing.  Most…

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Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine – for beginners
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Getting to Know Your Sewing Machine – for beginners

Today we are getting to know your machine. Obviously, this is a bit of a harder lesson to teach due to the fact that we are probably using different machines and machines all have little differences, BUT most machines have massive similarities as well.  They all do the same thing, but levers and buttons or…

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