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Piecing Demos

Master the techniques that bring quilt blocks to life. These step-by-step demonstrations cover common piecing methods, helpful tips, and practical skills you’ll use again and again in your quilting projects.

What to Do When Your Quilt Block Is Slightly Off
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What to Do When Your Quilt Block Is Slightly Off

You know that moment when you finish piecing a quilt block, lay the next piece beside it, and realize things…

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How to Speed Up Snowball Quilt Blocks
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How to Speed Up Snowball Quilt Blocks

If you’ve made quilts with snowball corners, you know they can add up quickly. Drawing a diagonal line on every…

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Stop Fighting Your Snowball Corners
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Stop Fighting Your Snowball Corners

Snowball corners look simple. Draw your line, place the square in the corner, sew it down, trim the excess, and…

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Easy Half Square Triangle Method Using Only Basic Supplies
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Easy Half Square Triangle Method Using Only Basic Supplies

Today I am showing you an easy half square triangle method using basic supplies. This is the budget friendly way…

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How to Make Half Rectangle Triangles (HRTs) | A Quilter’s Guide
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How to Make Half Rectangle Triangles (HRTs) | A Quilter’s Guide

Half rectangle triangles (HRTs) are one of those intermediate quilting skills that can seem tricky at first, but once you’ve…

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Mastering Flying Geese Quilt Blocks – Two Easy Methods + Free Dilly Dally Blocks!
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Mastering Flying Geese Quilt Blocks – Two Easy Methods + Free Dilly Dally Blocks!

If you’ve ever found yourself frustrated by flying geese quilt blocks… chopped points, uneven sides, or just a lack of…

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How to Make Hourglass Units
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How to Make Hourglass Units

How to Make Hourglass Units – A Peek Inside the Dilly Dally Quilt Class In today’s video, I’m sharing a…

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Master Half Square Triangles: Easy 2-at-a-time Methods
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Master Half Square Triangles: Easy 2-at-a-time Methods

If you’ve ever struggled with making half square triangles (HSTs) or want to sharpen your skills, this video is for…

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3 Ways to Snowball Your Quilt Blocks: Which One is Right for You?
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3 Ways to Snowball Your Quilt Blocks: Which One is Right for You?

Snowballing quilt blocks is such a simple technique, but the way you do it can totally change your experience–especially if…

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How to FUSSY CUT Fabric ON POINT | EASY Quilting Tutorial
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How to FUSSY CUT Fabric ON POINT | EASY Quilting Tutorial

Let’s talk about fussy cutting–but with a little twist! Instead of cutting straight up and down, we’re fussy cutting on…

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How to FUSSY CUT Fabric for Quilting | EASY Step-by-Step Tutorial
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How to FUSSY CUT Fabric for Quilting | EASY Step-by-Step Tutorial

Fussy cutting is a simple but powerful technique that allows you to highlight specific details in your fabric, creating unique…

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How to Fix Quilt Blocks That Are the Wrong Size! ✂️ Easy Trimming Trick
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How to Fix Quilt Blocks That Are the Wrong Size! ✂️ Easy Trimming Trick

Uh-oh! Have you ever sewn a quilt block only to find out it’s not the size you need? Don’t worry–I’ve…

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Some S-curves. LOVE the look of these because it e Some S-curves. LOVE the look of these because it ends up with a geometric vine look.
Pretty pleased 🤭 Pattern is: Lulu Louise. Fabric i Pretty pleased 🤭 Pattern is: Lulu Louise. Fabric is: Pretty Please. Come learn how to quilt this quilt at quiltyclass.com
A few pics from chapter 5. We FMQed feathers in th A few pics from chapter 5. We FMQed feathers in the foreground and s-curves in the background.
We’ve finished quilting our first quilt in the Lul We’ve finished quilting our first quilt in the Lulu Louise quilt. 👏 The first lesson details the plan. Then we move onto practicing a feather on a scrap sandwich. Next we quilt feathers in a V from the inside to the outsides of the quilt. And then finally we quilt the s-curves in the background. 

Next chapter we will FMQ a different top in a whole other way. 🩷 quiltyclass.com
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This one is called Well Loved. And I love the plai This one is called Well Loved. And I love the plaid effect 🥰 this is another mini from my new book, Book of Many Mini Quilts. It’s also my favorite thing I’ve ever quilted. The book releases Thursday. Find it at https://meanderandmake.com/kits/book-of-many-mini-quilts/
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