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Combining Kaleidoscope, machine piecing and English paper piecing + a trick

January 28, 2023 2 Comments

How to turn a square into a hexagon

As you know, you can piece 6 equilateral triangles into a hexagon.  And if you want a special hexagon, you can make a kaleidoscope one. The kaleidoscope technique  is about stacking multiple layers of fabric with identical print (fabric repeats) and cutting shapes to create a block with a unique kaleidoscope design. You might also like: Easiest Kaleidoscope pattern With the same technique … [Read more...]

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Origami hearts and a fusible web trick

January 11, 2023 2 Comments

Fabric heart ornament pattern

This is my latest pattern - fun and easy origami fabric heart ornaments. The pattern includes instructions for three different styles.  You need some quilt weight fabric and fusible web interfacing squares; some folding and pressing and in minutes your first heart ornament is ready to be used. Pretty ornaments, great for any celebration. Do do save your fusible web scraps? At the … [Read more...]

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How to cut diamonds with the regular rectangular ruler

December 18, 2022 7 Comments

How to cut diamonds with rectangular ruler

Learn how to sew this pretty little quilt, based on 60 degree diamonds. Cutting diamonds looks like a hard task? Do you need a special ruler?  NO! I will show you how to cut diamonds with the regular, rectangular ruler that any quilter owns. You will cut the diamonds from fabric strips, so you can cut strips in any width you want. I started this tutorial with a 5 1/2'' wide … [Read more...]

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Kaleidoscope quilt patterns made easy

September 26, 2022 3 Comments

Kaleidoscope quilt patterns

Have you seen my latest kaleidoscope quilt patterns? If this technique is new to you, check out the patterns then come back here for a few tips. When you say KALEIDOSCOPE, you say PATTERN REPEAT. A pattern repeat is the design that repeats on fabric, lengthwise and crosswise, so it has a certain length and width. Depending on how many repeats you have on your fabric, you can create different … [Read more...]

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Taking advantage of fabric print- bargello style quilts

April 12, 2022 1 Comment

Bargello quilt pattern

The fabric industry offers us so many wonderful fabrics. The variety of prints is AMAZING, giving us endless possibilities to create different types of designs. Have you seen my latest patterns? They teach you how to take advantage of a certain type of print to create not only beautiful designs, but to sew the quilts quicker and with ease. It's all about piecing strips and the placement … [Read more...]

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Incredible texture with matchstick quilting

April 11, 2022 2 Comments

Heart quilt patterns

I am back to blogging! My blog remains my favorite way to keep in touch with you! Here is one of my latest patterns - an easy patchwork heart design, stitched in horizontal rows. All the pieces are cut from strips of the same width, making the piecing of the block quick, easy and fun. The designs made out of narrow rows are so easy to quilt with straight lines, with the walking foot.  … [Read more...]

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Heart placemats and coasters- free pattern

January 12, 2022 8 Comments

Free heart placemat coaster pattern

If you have a few beautiful fabric pieces that you don't know what to use for and need a relaxing sewing experience, how about a few heart placemats and coasters? I took pictures, wrote instructions and I am glad to share them with you! You might also like: Enhance a heart design with faux trapunto Flanged binding tutorial Heart quilt and heart coaster Whether you make a few for … [Read more...]

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Placemat with pocket- a tutorial

December 2, 2021 8 Comments

Placemat with pocket tutorial

Last year I made a beautiful table runner in Christmas fabric (pattern here). This year I found in a box a few orphan blocks... ... and I thought to make a few placemats. The blocks were 12'' x 12''; I added 7'' x 12'' pieces to make a rectangular piece- about 12'' x 18''; I quilted and bound the pieces. I thought to add something cute to the simple part of the placemat and … [Read more...]

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Half square triangles – a tip and some formulas

October 9, 2021 7 Comments

Any quilter knows how to make half square triangles (HST), and there are several techniques that you can use, depending on the number of units  you need and the size of initial squares you have on hand. You can make 2, 4 and even 8 units at once- obviously, for 8 units you need bigger squares than for 2 units. I needed sets of 4 HSTs made from the same fabrics so I used the technique that makes … [Read more...]

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How to add borders to EPP quilt projects

September 11, 2021 3 Comments

Triangle quilt pattern

Have you seen my latest quilt? It is made using the English paper piecing technique. It was such a joy to sew the top...But at the end, I wanted it bigger so I thought to add borders. But how to do it? How to combine EPP with machine piecing? At first I was in panic - no idea how to do it... ... but then I found a technique that works really well! If this is a first for you, too, … [Read more...]

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