National Quilt Museum
Holly and I visited the National Quilt Museum in Paducah one Saturday afternoon. As expected, the quilts were spectacular. Here's some info about our visit. Unfortunately, you can't take photos there. But you can see some of the quilts on display at the museum's website. This is the same policy as most museums I've visited and I guess that keeps people coming through their doors instead of watching a slideshow or viewing a photo album on the internet... . . .
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A Super Fast Kids Quilt!
Sally Fravel
Would you like to be able to do some embroidery on a super fast quilt for Kids In Distress? Or would you like to speed up the time it takes to make a rail fence quilt while focusing on a great n . . .
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Why choose cotton fabric? For safety!
Sally Fravel
When quilting, making children’s pajamas, items for your kitchen, PLEASE choose 100 percent cotton fabrics! I have always been a cotton fan, I’ve used only 100 percent cotton for so . . .
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Tools for Quilting
Sally Fravel
Have you wanted to learn and not known what you needed to buy? What does it REALLY cost to start quilting? Starting to quilt does not have to be an expensive endeavor…it can be done . . .
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Quilt Down Memory Lane
Sally Fravel
As a child, I loved to color. I can remember taking notebooks and crayons or colored pencils up the tree with me in grandma’s back yard, I’d sit in that tree and color. It&rsqu . . .
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Quilting 101: Binding, Part 3
Sally Fravel
Sewing your binding down to the other side can be done in two ways, hand or machine. I choose machine, it’s faster, and it can look every bit as good, or as decorative as you wish it to be. . . .
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Quilting 101: Binding, Part 2
Sally Fravel
In Part 1, I told you about a few kinds of binding, and how to determine the length of binding you need as well as how to construct you binding and prepare your quilt sandwich ready to attach the bind . . .
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Quilting 101: Binding, Part 1
Sally Fravel
What makes binding so hard for so many people? I admit, it’s not my favorite part of quilting, but it’s a necessity that needs to be done. This will be a three part article; the first will . . .
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Embroider Your Quilt Blocks!
Sally Fravel
When I first got my embroidery machine, I went to the local stores and bought every brand of stabilizer and interfacing there was out there, as well as a bolt of a white on white fabric to practice wi . . .
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How to Make a Quillow!
Sally Fravel
Quillows, a Quilt and a Pillow all in one! These are fun and fast to make, and everyone loves them! Here is a Step by Step picture tutorial with additional sizes included, as well as how t . . .
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Quilting 101: Press for Success!
Sally Fravel
Pressing can help make or break your quilt tops! With careful pressing, you will not be stretching the fabric and you will find it much easier to match seams and get perfect corners and triangle . . .
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Quilting 101: Scant Quarter Inch Seams!
Sally Fravel
In quilting, the standard seam allowance is for a Scant Quarter inch seam. If you need your quilt to measure exactly what the pattern calls for, then this is necessary! However, it’s more . . .
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Rail Fence Removable Pillow Covers!
Sally Fravel
Rail Fence is a wonderful block to use when learning strip piecing as well as for practice on your quarter inch seam allowances! It’s a very easy block and the project going along with thi . . .
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Quilting 101: Pillow Turn your Quilts!
Sally Fravel
Pillow Turn Your Quilt! Pillow turning is a very fast way to finish off your quilts! I use it for Quillows, and any time I need a fast quilt, using fat battings. I tend to only tie the . . .
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Quilting 101: Machine Tie your Quilt
Sally Fravel
Using your sewing machine, you can tie your quilt much faster than machine quilting or hand quilting, and in about the same amount of time as hand tying. You can pillow turn your quilt or treat it . . .
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Quilting 101: Stay Centered!
Sally Fravel
Have you ever noticed that some days you may be doing those quarter inch seams perfectly, and other days, you can’t hit one without a major battle? Where are you sitting? A few weeks back I . . .
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Stack and Slash it My Way!
Sally Fravel
I’ve often looked for the original pattern I found a few years ago for this quilt online, with no luck, as I would love to thank the person who came up with this method! I’ve made se . . .
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Quilting 101: Strip and Chain Piece!
Sally Fravel
Now that I have your attention, it’s Strip Piecing we are talking about today! You can keep your clothes on while chain piecing, never fear! Strip and chain piecing are the two best things . . .
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Quilting 101: Fat Quarters
Sally Fravel
There are so many fat quarter quilts out there, and a lot of the projects I will be posting will be calling for fat quarters, I use a lot of these! Hopefully, this will give you some hints and t . . .
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Quilting 101: Rotary Cutters, Rulers and Mats
Sally Fravel
When you see Quilting 101 in the title, you will know that you are about to find a hint, tip, suggestion or how to on something that will help in basic quilt making! These will be short and sweet! I will try to have a new one up a couple times a week! Today’s topic is Rotary cutters, mats and rulers, the tools that are going to make your quilting life much easier! . . .
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Quilting Dictionary
Sally Fravel
Confusion in the different use of terminology in quilting is a common problem with this art form. Hopefully, we can define some terms here that will help us to better understand not only what I . . .
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Introduction To Basic Quilting
Sally Fravel
Have you wanted to learn to quilt and just not known where to start? Do you hear the word quilt, and wonder, what exactly does that mean? What makes quilting so much fun? And w . . .
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Pink Ribbon Quilted Wall Hanging
Here's a project created by Sally Fravel in Virginia. The embroidery designs were sewn out by Kathie Spears in California. This Pink Ribbon Fairy Quilted Wall Hanging will be given away in a drawing t . . .
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How To Make A Crayon Quilt
by Sally Fravel
This is a fantastic rainy day project for the kids, classroom project at your school, (makes a wonderful teacher gift for the end of the year), and a great pick me up project for when you want to reme . . .
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Learn To Quilt
by Sally Fravel
WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN TO QUILT? Hi, my name is Sally Fravel, and I'm a quilter. I'm new to embroidery, but once I saw how embroidery could enhance my quilts, I've jumped in feet first and I' . . .
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