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How to Prepare Your Thread for Quilting
How to Apply Wax to a Quilt
How to Braid Thread
What is Rotary Cutting?
How to Change a Rotary Blade
How to Choose Fabric Patterns for a Quilt
How to Choose a Binding for a Quilt
How to Cut a Bias Binding
What is String Piercing?
How to Join the Binding Strips
How to Attach Binding to a Quilt
How to Attach a Bias to Your Quilt
Create a Mitered Corner to Your Quilt
How to Finish the Mitered Edge of Your Quilt
How to Use a Hera
What are Thangles?
Learn the Basics of Thangles
How to Sew Thangles
How to Cut Thangles
What is the Quilt Log Cabin?
How to Paper Pierce the Log Cabin
How to Set Up a Quilt Log Cabin
How to Use Velum in Your Log Cabin Quilt
How to Trim Your Velum for Your Log Cabin Quilt
Attach the Raw Edges of Your Log Cabin Quilt
How to Tear Away Paper from a Quilt
What is a 16 Patch?
How to Press Quilt Strips
How to Cut Pieces & Patches for a Quilt
Utilize Various Hand Appliqué Techniques When Quilting
How to Sew a Quilt Together
Learn What Materials are Needed for Appliqué
How to Prepare a Patch for Appliqué
How to Run a Stitch for Appliqué
How to Turn Needle for Appliqué
How to Complete the End Knot for Appliqué
Choose the Right Quilting Class for You
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Jeanette White is the owner of Piper's Quilts & Comforts in Sugarhouse, UT.read more
"JEANETTE WHITE: Hi. I'm Jeanette White for Expert Village and Piper's Quilts & Comforts. And today, we're going to be talking about using a hera. A hera is a tool that is not very well known but is really one of my favorites. A lot of times when you're doing marking on a quilt top so that you can prepare it to do your hand quilting, the problem is, is by the time you going to mark on your quilt so that you can see it, it becomes very problematic in how to remove it. This little tool is very inexpensive. We have these here at Piper's, and it is called the Hera and it's just a little plastic tool but I want to show you how this works. You can do this on mixed colors, plaids, polka dots, whatever or any solids, and the line will show up equally as well. So, we're just going to push this and you can see here I've gotta line that I can follow and I have not damaged my fabric and if I want to remove that, I can just take a little spritz bottle and just dampen it and the line is gone. The other side of this is very pointed and you can use that for doing circular designs or using it in conjunction. You can see this line follows right along here with a stencil. This is really one of the best tools I've ever found for making marks that you can see on anything and there is no problem in removing it. And that's how you mark for a quilt top."
eHow Article: How to Use a Hera
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