Category: Tutorial

2021 FMQ Design of the Month

12/31/2021

Join us as we sew up a different FMQ design each month! You can use your practice swatches to sew up some small projects or join them together with a Quilt As You Go technique to create one quilt!

May and September were catch up months--no new files!

Inset Cicles

7/20/2021

6 Minute Insert Circles by Dale Flemming
Notes on Dale's technique by Carole Lyles Shaw

Notes from Amanda:

Iron your two layers of freezer paper before starting
Templates can be used multiple times
I like circular ruler templates for making my circles, but they constrain you to the set sizes. Use a 28mm rotary cutter or smaller for best results.
For more flexibility in circle sizes, consider a compass with an exacto blade.
I found it easier to use a bottle of white glue as opposed to the the glue stick
The Sewline glue pen did not hold as well as the white glue---great for the gluing to the freezer paper step, not so good for the gluing to fabric step
I found it a bit difficult to see the crease as I was working around the circle. Might want to consider marking the crease before starting to sew.
A little hard to wrap my head around just watching but once I did it once, it clicked!

Fabric Painting

3/16/2021

West Michigan “Quilt’s on the Grand” quilt show in Oct 2019

Helen Godden Quilts

Lady Bugs Cabin, Monique Kleinhans – shows how to draw on black and white fabrics, embroidery designs, enhance appliqué and quilted projects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8co83R0lAM&t=131s
https://www.ladybugscabin.com/

Tsukineko All Purpose Ink

Download the full presentation by clicking the icon below.

Fabric Postcards

6/16/2020

Sarah Has Tips and tutorials on her blog SAROY.

Block of the Month Skillbuilder

1/31/2020

Beginning in August of 2018 and continuing through January 2020, we worked our way through a dozen blocks selected from Pile of Fabric's 2013 Quilt Along (scroll to the bottom). The blocks are quilt as you go, so the final steps are attaching the blocks and adding borders.

To see other members' work, check out #rcmqgqal on Instagram. Feel free to add your own!

Click the icon to download the overview, including a list of skills covered, supplies needed, and fabric requirements.

Monthly Links

Block 1: The Sound Wave Block (Lesson 1) [ Block | Quilting]
Block 2: The Mood Block (Lesson 2) [Block | Quilting]
Block 3: Woven Star Block (Lesson 3) [Block | Quilting]
Block 4: Switz Block (Lesson 5) [Block | Quilting]
Block 5: Broken Arrow Block (Lesson 6) [Block | Quilting]
Block 6: Saturn Block (Lesson 7) [Block | Quilting]
Block 7: Candyland Block (Lesson 7) [Block | Quilting]
Block 8: Pixelate Block (Lesson 8) [Block | Quilting]
Block 9: Phoenix Block (Lesson 8) [Block | Quilting]
Block 10: Modern Beauty Block (Lesson 9) [Block | Quilting]
Block 11: Strip Triangle Block (Lesson 10) [Block | Quilting]
Block 12: Starlight Block (Lesson 10) [Block | Quilting]
Joining the Blocks
Border and Binding

Zipper Installation Tips

4/16/2019

This demonstration on various installations and improvements for the zippers in the Sew Together Bag was given at the April 2019 meeting.

1. Installing the zipper as directed in the pattern
Zipper Technique 1 Video (Basic Zipper installation starts at :45)
Zipper Technique 1 Tutorial

2. Trim down a longer zipper
Zipper Technique 2 Tutorial

Zipper Magic Tip
Zipper Pull Video (Start at 1:28 for the directions)

3. Zippers with tabs #1
Zipper Technique 3 Tutorial

4. Zippers with tabs #2
Zipper Technique 4 Tutorial/Video

5. Outside Zipper
Outside Zipper and Binding Video (start at 1:52 for outside Zipper Installation)

Or click this icon to download a file with all the links in one spot:

Bullet Journaling for Quilters

3/20/2018

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Paper Piecing Tips

1/16/2018

This tutorial covers how to paper piece without sewing through the paper! The tutorial shows freezer paper, but you can also use regular printer paper and just a dab from a glue stick to hold your fabric in place.

This tutorial shows how to quickly and easily make sure that your fabric will cover the entire area needed for a given section.

Checking Your Seam Allowances

8/15/2017

This tutorial from Poppy Creates was demo'ed at our August 2017 meeting.

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