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Marianne and Liz show how to make a simple, stunning quilt using large-scale floral prints.
Learn how to make romantic fabric valentines, complete with printed, heartfelt sentiments, embellished details, and a fabric envelope. Instructions for Be Mine are in the January/February 2006 issue of Love of Quilting magazine.
Guest Faith Reynolds from Bernina shows how to use your machine’s embroidery stitches to create unique fabric you can use in your quilts.
Liz and Marianne share great techniques and hints for making Double Wedding Ring, one of the most popular traditional quilt.
Learn how to handle binding for Double Wedding Ring quilts and others with irregular edges.
Guest Joyce Drexler shares several design options for a fun, easy quilt. Start with a border print, and then choose from free-motion thread embellishment, computerized embroidery, or fabric paints to create your own look.
Liz and Marianne use stencils and texture plates to create interesting patterns on fabrics. Instructions for the Sunflower quilt shown are in the July/August 2006 issue of Love of Quilting magazine.
Multi-talented machine quilter and musician Ricky Tims demonstrates ways to build basic free motion machine quilting skills. He also shows an easy technique for mock bobbin machine quilting.
Marianne and Liz show how to cut and combine odd-shaped pieces for a hexagonal quilt block and how to make yo-yo centers for blocks. Instructions for Wheels for Mary quilt are in the May/June 2006 issue of Love of Quilting magazine.
Guest John Flynn shows how to make a better quilt back using less fabric, how to mount a quilt in his frame system and plan quilting designs for home machine quilting. Don’t miss his tip segment on fluffing rag quilts with a garden weed whacker!
Fons & Porter teach you how to choose and combine light, medium, and dark value fabrics to make a wall quilt with a 3-dimensional feel. Instructions the Weaver Fever quilt are in the March/April 2006 issue of Love of Quilting magazine.
Guest Faith Reynolds from Bernina demonstrates ways to use special, decorative threads in new, unique ways by putting them in your machine’s bobbin.
Liz and Marianne show a special technique for using fusible interfacing to prepare pieces for appliqué. They demonstrate several machine appliqué methods.
