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Summary: Don't take pin out of quilt squares until you have sewed them together. Learn techniques for creating a basic quilting pattern in this free quilting lesson from an expert quilter and sewing class instructor.
Misty Swift began sewing from home for herself and friends after being distraught over a beautiful bag she purchased only to discover it was horribly made and almost immediately fell...read more
"Ok, you're going to go ahead and do that to the other one, too, so I draw the line and sew on either side. Once you have it done, you can unpin it. Cut it down the center. And that'll give us one, two. And this is when you're going to pull out your other pieces that you had cut. And, actually, they are going to be smaller than the original squares we cut, so you can now either put one of your squares--your finished squares--on there, or you can wait to cut them until after you have all these cut. And, actually, wouldn't hurt to iron them again one more time. We're going to go ahead and place the pieces, though. And you're going to want--this is my outside piece, so I'm going to put that to the outside. This is going to be my center piece. So, if I can remember, since this is my outside piece, this will always be my inside piece, so I can just find that turquoise and set it towards the center. And then, you take your extra background pieces and put them in. And once you have them in, you're ready to start making your rows."
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