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Some Swanky Quilting

February 27, 2009

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Some Swanky Quilting

Here’s a little more “stream of consciousness” quilting on the Swanky quilt: I drew a loopy little quilt design to coordinate with the border stencil I chose, and then only used part of it! I decided the middle part was okay since it was just four little loopy bits, but the side parts were just [...]

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When is an Inch not 1″?

December 8, 2008

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Have you ever compared the markings on your rulers to the markings on your cutting mat to see if they are the same? Can you even imagine that they wouldn’t be? Are the markings on your rulers really accurate? Is that inch really 1″? It never occurred to me that the markings on the rulers [...]

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The Organized Cutting Table

October 4, 2008

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I’ve spent years with a cluttered, unorganized cutting table with all of its essentials either laying around or slung in baskets, and wishing there was a better way. I always wanted pegboard, but never had a place to put any. I finally have it, and here are some pictures I took a couple of weeks [...]

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