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How To Make a Pieced Back for Your Quilt

A pieced quilt back can really make your quilt sing! It’s a great way to use up fabric from your stash, or enhance the design by incorporating fabrics from your quilt top into the back. It can be a lifesaver if you’ve invested in a wideback that’s too small. 

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Wavy Slice – A New Pantograph Design

DIARY A quiet place to share work away from the hustle of social media… I’ve been making a lot of new pantographs and Wavy Slice is one of my favourites. It’s an offshoot of Slice, which is part of the

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100 Days of Pantograph Design Challenge

Have you ever done a 100 day challenge? The concept is that you create something every day for 100 days to “explore the impact of daily repetition on creative output”. I’m in the middle of one right now, called the #100daypantodesignchallenge,

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Avoid tension trouble. Test before you quilt.

Longarmers, this free tension test will save you time and help you deliver quality quilting.

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