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  • Tutorial: Choosing Fabrics for a Quilt

    fabrics, Tutorial   |  0 Comment tutorial: choosing fabrics for a quilt

    Remember this stack of fabric?  They are for a quilt for my son’s bed.Although I sew quite a bit, I am not a quilter.  I am lucky enough to have a mom who is a very talented quilter.  She has taught quilt classes for years.  And it’s always so tempting to let her “help” me… with her accurate seams and points.  And her flare for color and fabrics.  Her talent for color is quite wonderful.But this time, I want it

  • Tutorial: Cutting Fabrics for a Quilt

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    I hope there are a few other beginning quilters out there who can benefit from the lessons I’m learning from my mom as I make a quilt for my son.  Choosing fabrics was the first in my series of posts on beginning quilting.My next step is to cut all my fabrics and get them ready for piecing.Now I cut fabrics all the time for various projects, but cutting for a quilt requires precision.   So I dropped by my Mom’s house