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WFMW–Storing Stabilizer Rolls

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

It seems like all my tips are about storage and organization. Can you tell it’s a hot topic in my current small, cramped quarters? I buy stabilizer for machine embroidery off the bolt at my LQS, and I can’t see folding it up when I get it home to store it like [...]

WFMW–Storing Quilting Stencils

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

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Note: Works-for-Me-Wednesday is hosted at an alternate location today, because it’s usual mistress is away in Africa! Thanks to comments from Kim and Kristin, I was able to finally come up with a solution for storing quilting stencils. I ordered binder rings from the States (I had to order a box of 50 to [...]

WFMW–Storage for slightly used needles

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

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What do you do with sewing machine needles that have been used, but aren’t ready to be thrown away? If you have to change the needle for one of a different size, where do you put the one you take out of the machine? It’s best not to put it back in the [...]

WFMW–Sizing images for your blog

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

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Adding pictures to the posts on your blog is a good thing, providing interest and illustration and giving readers a glimpse into your quilty world. Sizing images correctly is a must though, since images that are too big for the layout of your page will cause other elements like sidebars to move around and [...]

WFMW–Basting quilts with a tagging gun

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

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For many years I’ve used plastic tags and a tagging gun to baste quilts together for quilting. In fact, this is the only method I’ve ever used, since I purchased the tagging gun when i was making crafts to sell (BQ) and needed to tag them with prices and info. When I started [...]

WFMW–quilting stencil help!

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

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WFMW (Works-for-Me-Wednesday) is a “blog carnival’” hosted by Rocks in my Dryer (great name for a blog!). Basically, the idea is that on Wednesday you post a little tip you’ve learned on any topic–anything that has “worked for you” in making your life easier. I liked the idea, and I thought I’d [...]