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Quilting Best Practices Lead to Success

By: Dimi Atanasova

If you have been quilting for a while, there’s a good chance that you’ve picked up one or two habits along the way that you should try to avoid. Some of these habits appear fairly harmless like sticking a pin…

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What to Include in Your Quilt Labels

By: Janice E. Frisch

After decades of studying historic and contemporary quilts, I have become more and more of an advocate for labeling your quilts, especially as adding a label or signature seems to be a final step that often gets overlooked. When I…

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The History of English Paper Piecing

By: Sarah Ashford

English Paper Piecing (EPP) is a trend in modern quilting that shows no signs of abating, yet its origins go back centuries, transcending time and cultures. Given its popularity today, I wanted to explore its roots, understand more about how…

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Free Motion Therapy

By: Christa Watson

Learn four free motion designs that are fast, fun, and forgiving to stitch. Let go of perfection with Christa’s easy-going techniques that will enable you to finish those UFOs in a flash!…

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#MQGKeepCalmandSewOn No. 04: Designing Mini-Minis

By: Yvonne Fuchs

Mini-mini quilts are a great way to explore design in a low-risk way. They can be gifted as wall quilts or mug rugs, or even traded among friends. Mini-mini quilts are a great tool to unlock your creativity or break…

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Quilt Pattern Design in Inkscape

By: Yvonne Fuchs

Inkscape is a free, open source, professional vector graphics editor for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Yvonne will walk through the basics needed for using Inkscape for quilt pattern design; from installation, set up, tools, and using fabric swatches for…

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Tips of the Trade

By: Lee Chappell Monroe

From cutting to stitching to pressing and everything that happens between picking your pretties and snuggling under your quilt, this webinar will be packed full of tips, tricks and lots of “why didn’t I think of that?” moments. You’ll learn…

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Then & Now: Community and Creativity with Jenifer Dick

By: The MQG

“I joined the Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild in 2010 and have been happily making modern quilts ever since!” – Jenifer Dick  For Jenifer Dick, the MQG is all about community, creativity, and going outside of your comfort…

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#MQGKeepCalmandSewOn No. 03: Flour-Resist Surface Design

By: Bianca Springer

Creating unique fabric designs can be achieved with a few simple items that can be found in a kitchen pantry. Using flour-resist, boring fabric can be painted to give a crackled or layered appearance. With this technique, a base fabric…

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Assembling Quilts with Negative Space

By: Sylvia Schaefer

Do you have ideas for quilts featuring a bunch of negative space, but aren’t sure how to actually go about constructing your idea? We’ll discuss options for assembling quilts with a lot of negative space and go over the math…

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Hand Quilting for Calm

By: Riane Menardi Morrison

Keep your hands busy and your mind calm with a bit of handwork! In this demo, Riane will discuss her favorite materials and basic techniques for high-contrast hand quilting. She’ll demonstrate her favorite methods on a simple pillow with a…

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Color Theory & Technology

By: Steph Skardal

Explore the basics of color theory using an exciting visualization tool to demonstrate complementary, analogous, and triadic color harmonies. Steph will discuss popular modern quilters and their evolution of color choices and trends, inspiring you to make new color choices…

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