Valley Quilters Guild
Every quilter has a masterpiece inside.
Tips & Tricks
VQG Jess Tubbs sewing machine tips June 2023
Five Quilting Tips from National Quilting Circle Video
Tips are:
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Stitch Length
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Thread (TNT=thread, needle, tension)
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Grain of Fabric
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Popular Technique-Stitch & Flip for diagonal seams
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Joining Strips With Diagonal Seams.
Ten Quilting Tips for Beginners: One Stitch at a Time Series
Homes & Gardens of the Northwest Staff, by Debbie Ingamells
Tips are:
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Cotton Fabric
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Cutting Mat & Ruler
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New Blades & Needles
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Bobbins Prewound, Fabric Purchase
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Cutting Work Space
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Accurate 1/4″
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Classes
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Labels
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Photo/Album.
Superior Threads has a great TROUBLESHOOTING guide to help you determine if you have a machine that needs cleaning or service, unbalanced tension, or are using a bad spool of thread. Check out the education tab which has educational articles, educational videos, and reference guides.
How to baste a quilt with safety pins – Quilting Tips & Techniques 086
By Susan Claire – https://www.gourmetquilter.com/ *Video Time: 5:35 min.
https://youtu.be/MqiUQFXV-vI
Learn to Quilt – Layer and Pin Baste A Quilt (+ more in this series)
By Needlepointers *Video Time: 6:25 min.
https://youtu.be/hG50jcN2xSE
Beginner Machine Quilting with a Walking Foot – Easy Quilting Tutorial with Leah Day
*Video Time: 11:15 min.
https://youtu.be/_7ak-rIgXsw
How to Quilt Using A Walking Foot By FaveQuilts
https://youtu.be/sk-rFXSiWbg *Video Time: 8:38 min
Scrappy Quilt Backs Part 3: Just Not Big Enough and Bonus Footage
Diagonal backing plus other tips By teaquilts *Video Time: 5:24 min.
https://youtu.be/1faAdTkKH-E
Color Theory By Canadian quilter Karen Brown of Just Get it Done Quilts
Colour Theory Part 1 “How to Choose Colours for Your Quilt"
https://youtu.be/DxxKfjfNtq4
Colour Theory Part II – “Colour Harmony"
https://youtu.be/n-RIOf9uBi8
Colour Theory Part 3 – “Beginner Quilting – Finding Your Color Zone”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUuYajyijmw
Colour Theory Part 4 – “Beginner Quilting – How to Choose Colours for Your Quilt, Use the Colours that You Want to Use."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOJYAs5hpUc
FREE Color Wheel Mug Rug Photo Tutorial
https://www.craftystaci.com/blog/color-wheel-mug-mat
A great App to download to your device (look up in the App “store” for your device.
The Guild may have a demonstration on how to use this App at a later date.
How to draft a quilt block using Excel-Kathy Buirge
https://youtu.be/6Tsktv5CEbA
Ironing board Borders-Judy Morrison
Second video includes a discussion among the group of quilters
#1 https://youtu.be/0ua4FJtZCso
#2 https://youtu.be/eR9pyopQeoo
Binding
A great video on how to bring a binding from the back, a self binding, and how to miter the corners
Binding like a boss-easy to follow
https://youtu.be/onjcpIz4xgo?si=EuqZCR5Fc4aSdH1g
In this video, Christa shows how to spray baste a quilt, shows various free motion and walking foot
quilting techniques on a domestic machine, and how to make and attach binding by machine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pQGxc3BX_o
Continuous Bias Binding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dgB4Hc_Xe4
Great Tips and techniques on Bonnie Hunters website
https://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/tips-techniques.html
2 videos (start and finish) for Mini Hourglass Quilt using 21/2″ charm squares
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAkAjQgvB6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QqDQspoFWY
Sashing Alignment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=vSBUVro0wFc
Orphan Block Sewing and Coping strips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqR5NjwR5Ig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbnylOfW-qY
