Moonlight Quilters
Tip of the Needle
"Quilting for Real People in the Real World" by Megan Best
Real Life Quilting Tips
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Megan passed on many great tips and shared her philosphy on quilting. Here are a few highlights.
- Relax about doing things perfectly. Balance your enjoyment level with your desire for perfection.
- Save your scraps from children's clothing and home projects for use in quilts that help you keep your memories
- Quilting evenly over the quilt is very important
- Don't waste a lot of time studying your quilt top, just start quilting
- Practice stippling on something small, like a table topper
- on using metallic thread, "Save your swear words!"
- White Quilts - use washed top, unwashed back & batting for best results.
- Mark on white with a blue watersoluable pen. Rule: no heat and no soap may touch the quilt top while there is blue on it. Rinse completely when done. If no blue left, wash w/mild soap in washer.
- Make a sandwich of muslin & batting - try out quilting designs on this. Fill the space, then slap on another layer of muslin
- Great Tools- curved tip scissors, bank teller quick grip for fingers during quilting
- Relax about doing things perfectly. Balance your enjoyment level with your desire for perfection.
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- Applique
- Binding-Mitered Corners
- Bindings-Joining Ends
- Bindings-Scalloped
- Complimentary Colors
- Design Wall
- Ergonomic Quilting
- Flying Geese
- Hanging Sleeves
- HST & QST Cutting tips
- HST- Sharon's method
- Labels for Quilts
- Marking Quilts
- Miniatures
- Nine Patch Blocks
- No Loose Ends
- On Point Setting-Corners
- Pins & Needles
- Quick Quilt Sizes
- Quilter's Knot
- Real Life Quilting
- Scraps
- Snuggling Seams
- Storing Your Quilts