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Tips for Trimming and Matching Points on Strip Quilt Blocks {like in the Let’s Mingle Pattern}

The Let’s Mingle Quilt Pattern is one of the latest quilt designs I have released for sale in my pattern shop. The design is a repeat of one clever little quilt block that I call the Mingle Quilt Block. When grouped together, the block creates a great secondary pattern that has a clean and modern vibe to it. In this post, I share a bit about my design inspiration and some tips for trimming and matching points when setting the blocks.

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Top Five Basic Quilting Rulers for Beginners

A friend recently asked me what rotary cutting tools I would recommend to a beginner, so I decided to post a partial answer to that

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A Quilt Binding Primer (Part 4): How to Attach Binding to a Quilt

Hello, and welcome back to the Quilt Binding Primer Series! In today’s post we finally tackle how to attach binding to a quilt. Wow! It’s

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A Quilt Binding Primer (Part 3): How to trim a quilt before binding

After my quilt is quilted, I trim the excess batting and fabric from each side. Sounds simple enough, right? But better results are in the details. One of the hallmarks of a well made quilt is that the corners are perfectly square. This post will walk you through some of the steps I take in order to get my quilt as perfectly square as possible.

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A Quilt Binding Primer (Part 2): How to Make Quilt Binding

Welcome Back! Today we continue our primer on quilt binding with a lesson on how to make quilt binding. This post may contain affiliate links, which

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A Quilt Binding Primer (Part 1): What is Quilt Binding?

This post is Part 1 in a primer on Quilt Binding that covers the following information: What is Quilt Binding and what is it’s purpose? The various ways to construct binding, How to calculate how much binding and fabric you need, How to attach quilt binding to your quilt, and Techniques to get a beautiful mitered corner and a perfect finish.