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 Useful Sewing & Quilting Links

Guides, tools, tips, tutorials


For Quilting:

Fabrics:
Picking your quilt colors.

Fabric-& fiber types
   Fiber information Chart

How-to-care-for-fabric
   Washing and care guide


 Calculating:
 Putting on the Point

How many squares in yard.


Piecing:
Patchwork Placemat Tutorial

Matching perfect points

Hand sewing hexagons part-1


Cutting
Trimming dog ears on triangle squares.

How to make a Simple quilt block /cut


Binding:
Quilt binding-101: Beginners quilting series

Sew 4 home: step-step-binding-quilts-throws



Quilt Sewing 101:
Blog.weekendkits.com/:baby quilt kit tutorial

Sew-easy 3-color hourglass units

Matching perfect points

Jaybirdquilts/spiderweb potholders tutorial.


Quilt Seaming method:
Stitch-in-ditch-quilting.


Tools:



From Purlbee.com: Rotary-cutter tutorial tips before you-start.

Sewing 101 with Lynette: Using a Rotary Cutter

Charts & Guides:
  Sewing half square triangles
    Chart for cuts with yardage amounts

  Minnesota Charms- page of charts
    Yardage guides with references, charm packs diagram, and much more

  Handy little chart
    Block size- Quilt finished sizes

Yardage card
   Printable yardage guide card

 Patscorner- sew101-chart-guides
    Pinterest board with more sewing charts

Handy made ready sewing tools:
   Mary's stilettos
    Pretty made tool for pining etc....

   Best seam guide
    Sewing aid  for quarter n straight quilting seams.


Patterns:
Crazy Creek Quilts: Free jelly roll patterns links


Label your Quilt:
From Quiltmaker :A quick quilt label method




For Heirloom sewing:
Threadsmagazine: Transformed heirloom christening-gown

Sewbeautifulmag.blogspot: turn wedding dress into christening-gown

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