Welcome to the final Tips and Tutorials Tuesday link up for 2017! Thank you so much for your generosity and sharing, and I look forward to seeing what you link up this month. Changes for 2018: Bi-Yearly Tips and Tutorials Festival! I am very excited to announce that I am partnering with Cheryl from Meadow Mist Designs...

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With Thanksgiving just two days away, the holiday season is officially here. If you are like me, you might be starting to have a bit of "how can it be the end of the year" thoughts coupled with "can I get this all done" and "what are my plans for next year" all tumbled together. One...

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Welcome to Tips and Tutorials Tuesday for October! The link party will be open today through the end of the month, so be sure to come back and link up any tips and tutorials you share later in the month and check out what others are sharing. With the holiday season fast approaching, I thought I'd...

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Welcome to Tips and Tutorials Tuesday for September! The link party will be open today through the end of the month, so be sure to come back and link up any tips and tutorials you share later in the month and check out what others are sharing. With the kick off of my Wayward Transparency Quilt...

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Welcome to Tips and Tutorials Tuesday! There is a really fun month long (well, 32 day) blog hop underway right now that you might want to check out: the 2017 Back to School Blog hop hosted by Sam from Hunter's Design Studio. I'll be back later this week with video tutorials on how to create circuit...

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Welcome to Tips and Tutorials Tuesday for July! I am leaving the linkup open through the end of the month, so be sure to come back and check out what the community links up if you are here early. Speaking of Tips and Tutorials, Sam from Hunter's Design Studio is going to be hosting her second...

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June is passing by in a blur for me! I want to share a quick tip in the form of a link with you today. You don't have to have an Instagram account in order to benefit from it. Check out the #TipsAndTutorials hashtag by clicking on the link to peruse the information shared there!...

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Welcome to the May Tips and Tutorials Tuesday linkup! As I was working on my bright version of Layered Diamonds last week, I thought to capture a few photos of how I sew the trickiest part of piecing on point blocks together into rows: connecting the final block when there are no seams to pin...

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Welcome to Tips and Tutorials Tuesday! My quick tip for today is to clean your rotary cutter! Lint accumulates quickly, and a lot of accumulated lint can decrease the life of your blade. I like to use a piece of scrap batting to wipe down my rotary cutter when I change out my blade. Now I...

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Many thanks to Stephanie @Late Night Quilter for hosting Tips and Tutorials Tuesday last week. I am still getting back into a normal routine this week, and I want to make a quick announcement about the regularity of Tips and Tutorials Tuesday. We are going to scale back from a weekly link up to an end of the month link up....

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One of my most popular tutorials on my blog is the How to Modify Your Ironing Board into a Rectangular (Quilter’s) Ironing Board photo tutorial, so when I saw the DIY Pressing Table & Rolling Storage Cart for your Sewing Room tutorial by By Laurie Russman of NeonKitty Quilts on the Quilter's Planner website, I was hooked immediately! And beside that, the transformation from...

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Amy from Amy's Creative Side is hosting the #IGQuiltFest as a month long event in March this year (note: I am one of the sponsors). The prompt for March 13th was "Best Tip Ever" and I loved getting to scroll through the feed and see so many great ideas. I thought I'd share a handful of the ones that...

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I have to admit that I came home from QuiltCon and hit the ground running. Sure, I took a nap on Wednesday and another nap on Thursday, but I went straight back to my life routine: going to the gym in the afternoons, general household catch-up, and I jumped in and finished the quilt that...

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I'm heading home from QuiltCon today! I can't wait to put all my thoughts together and share with you about my time and experience once I catch up on some sleep and tackle the long to-do-on-March-1st list I left for myself (I'm not thinking that was a good idea right now; maybe a few of...

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Welcome to Tips and Tutorials Tuesday! I am going to be starting working as part of the QuiltCon Crew marathon today. Pondering all the lifting, squatting, walking (running) and movement I have in store, I want to highlight my online friend Sandra from mmm! quilts who has a lovely series called Sunday Stretch for Sewists - Yoga Poses. If...

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I am currently quilting away on some secret sewing and using very, very dense quilting. I have realized this might not have been the best choice for the deadline that is looming, but hopefully in the end the texture will be all worth the hard work! Many thanks to everyone who added to the Troubleshooting Thread Breakage discussion yesterday. I...

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My co-host for the 2017 New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop, Beth from Cooking Up Quilts shared a fantastic photo tutorial for how to spin seams last week. Christa Watson of Christa Quilts, is offering a limited time offer of 50% off her new Craftsy class, The Quilter’s Path. You can get this special deal by clicking on the image above...

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Stephanie from Late Night Quilter and The Quilter’s Planner is back this week with her first free motion quilting video geared specifically toward using a longarm. To watch her free motion quilting videos, simply visit the 2017 Free Motion Quilting Designs page or click on the image above to watch the latest video on Elegant Loops on the Longarm. Did you catch the...

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Stephanie from Late Night Quilter and The Quilter's Planner has launched her free motion videos that compliment the 40 weekly inspirations that she shared in the 2017 Quilter's Planner! You can enjoy these videos even if you don't have a Quilter's Planner, and I am looking forward to learning tips and new motifs from her throughout the year. She...

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