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Each month Lynelle shares her patchwork experience to help you master new skills. We’re making this column available on the website for you to print out – that way you can store them in a separate folder and always have them to hand, without cutting up your precious magazines! |
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TOP TIPS FOR MACHINE-QUILTING
Our Editor, Marianne Roberts, has put together some handy hints for machine-quilting.
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PERFECTING NEEDLETURN APPLIQUE
With all the glorious possibilities that applique offers, we thought it timely to look at some of the basics for perfecting the freezer-paper method needleturn technique. |
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HOW TO USE FEATURE FABRICS
If you're anything like me, you find yourself drawn to beautiful medium and large-scale floral prints. |
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TIME FOR CLOSURE
The art of closing a button...is there such a thing? There are two main types of buttons that you will encounter in your mending career, sew-through and shank buttons. |
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ENGLISH PAPER-PIERCING
This traditional form of patchwork involves basting the fabric over paper templates and is most commonly used for designs with straight seamlines and set-in seams. |
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ALL IN THE FOLD
An important part of quilt care is how we store them. Lynelle shares the best way to fold away your precious items. |
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QUARTER SQUARE TRIANGLES
As with many things in patchwork and quilting, there are several
ways to make these. Each method is worth mastering so you
can choose the appropriate one depending on the application.
Here is editor Lynelle Slade’s expert how-to for making them. |
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BRODERIE PERSE
The technique of isolating a specific motif in a print and cutting it out to be appliquéd has been in use for centuries. It gained particular popularity in the 17th century with colourful chintz fabrics from Europe. |
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FUSSY-CUTTING
This is a process of isolating a specific pattern or section of a print and cutting it out. |
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