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Specialty Ruler Tutorials

Discover how to get the most from your quilting rulers. These step-by-step tutorials will help you confidently use specialty rulers to create accurate cuts, unique shapes, and beautiful quilt blocks.

How to Strip Piece + Use the Stripology Ruler – Video Tutorial
Piecing Demos | Specialty Ruler Tutorials

How to Strip Piece + Use the Stripology Ruler – Video Tutorial

I’m currently working on a new quilt pattern called the Inner Beauty quilt. I’m not prepared to tell you anything…

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How To Use A Dresden Ruler
Dresden Plates | Specialty Ruler Tutorials

How To Use A Dresden Ruler

A video tutorial demoing how to use the Dresden ruler and cut Dresden blades.

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I designed a ruler!  The half rectangle triangle ruler + video tutorial
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I designed a ruler! The half rectangle triangle ruler + video tutorial

  I have been waiting for this day for almost a year.  I designed a ruler for making half rectangle…

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Ruler Tutorial – The Quilt in a Day Half Square Triangle Ruler ( video tutorial )
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Ruler Tutorial – The Quilt in a Day Half Square Triangle Ruler ( video tutorial )

Today’s post is part of a series of video tutorials showing you how to use some of my favorite rulers….

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How to Make 2-at-a-time Half Rectangle Triangles Without the HRT ruler
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How to Make 2-at-a-time Half Rectangle Triangles Without the HRT ruler

    So last week I posted a brand new and improved video tutorial on how to make half rectangle…

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Modern Sewcialites Blog Hop – New Beginnings Quilt (quilt reveal) + How to square up a large block (video tutorial)
Quilt Reveal | Specialty Ruler Tutorials

Modern Sewcialites Blog Hop – New Beginnings Quilt (quilt reveal) + How to square up a large block (video tutorial)

Hey sweet friends! Today I’m showing off my New Beginnings quilt.  The block was designed by the talented Stephanie Kendron…

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Friday Tuts – How to use the EZ Quilting Dresden Ruler ( video tutorial )
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Friday Tuts – How to use the EZ Quilting Dresden Ruler ( video tutorial )

This is not a tutorial on how to make a Dresden quilt.  It’s a tutorial on how to use the…

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How to use the Hex N More Ruler to cut half hexies +  Quilt Reveal – Hexagon quilt #7
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How to use the Hex N More Ruler to cut half hexies + Quilt Reveal – Hexagon quilt #7

  This ruler can be used for SO many things.  With this ruler you can make 4 different size hexagons…

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How to Piece like a Rockstar – Part 1 – Better Cutting Methods
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How to Piece like a Rockstar – Part 1 – Better Cutting Methods

This post has been edited to add in this video on 10/12/2017.    I want to start this off my…

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How to make a hexagon quilt with half hexies – free quilt pattern – 5 different sizes
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How to make a hexagon quilt with half hexies – free quilt pattern – 5 different sizes

Hey, hey! This week is MY week of hexagons.  I have cut up 3 different hexagon quilts, one of them…

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3 free quilt patterns now!

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This one is called Finding the Way. It’s a mini qu This one is called Finding the Way. It’s a mini quilt pattern from my new book, Book of Many Mini Quilts. Releases this Thursday: https://meanderandmake.com/kits/book-of-many-mini-quilts/
My Happy Home fabric collection is now in stock! My Happy Home fabric collection is now in stock! 

Happy Home is an 18-print collection filled with sweet florals, little houses, checks, and those soft, cheerful colors I love so much.

We have a limited amount of bundles and yardage available now, plus two Happy Home wide backs for finishing your quilts. Find all of it at meanderandmake.com
One of the new lessons up in the Lulu Louise class One of the new lessons up in the Lulu Louise class. We’re planning our FMQ. Come quilt with us! Quiltyclass.com
The Lulu Louise quilt top is finished! 💕 Chapter The Lulu Louise quilt top is finished! 💕

Chapter 4 of the Lulu Louise Quilty Class is all about bringing everything together, and I tried something a little different with this one.

Instead of attaching all of the background pieces to each foreground column individually, I chain pieced them. It definitely required a little extra brainpower to keep everything in the right order 😆, but it made the process feel so much quicker.
Then it was just a matter of sewing all those finished columns together and watching Lulu Louise finally become a quilt top.

And now we get to move on to one of my favorite parts... free motion quilting!

Chapter 4 is available now inside the Lulu Louise Quilty Class. 💕
• Pattern included
• Beginner-friendly
• Completely self-paced
• Quilty Club members already have access
There are 4 of these Balance Background bundles le There are 4 of these Balance Background bundles left over at meanderansmake.com all 1/2 yards, all low volume.
I LOVE my job! 🥰 Chapter 4 of the Lulu Louise quil I LOVE my job! 🥰 Chapter 4 of the Lulu Louise quilt class is now available at quiltyclass.com (pattern comes with). We are FMQing it next!! 👏

I haven’t been journaling much, so I thought I’d just put a few things here…
• 🎶 - currently obsessed with Benson Boone
• 🏃🏽‍♀️- up to 4.75 mi
• 📖- Knave and the Moon
Handful of new bundles at meanderandmake.com Handful of new bundles at meanderandmake.com
Some pics from chapter 3 of Lulu Louise Quilty cla Some pics from chapter 3 of Lulu Louise Quilty class. LOVING making this one in all the new sizes. 🩷 quiltyclass.com

Cabinets from @arrowsewing
Time to cut the strip sets for my Lulu Louise. 🩷 Time to cut the strip sets for my Lulu Louise. 🩷
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