Valley Quilters Guild

VQG Jess Tubbs sewing machine tips June 2023 
 

Five Quilting Tips from National Quilting Circle Video

​Tips are:

• Stitch Length 

• Thread (TNT=thread, needle, tension) 

• Grain of Fabric 

• Popular Technique-Stitch & Flip for diagonal seams 

• Joining Strips With Diagonal Seams.

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​Ten Quilting Tips for Beginners: One Stitch at a Time Series

   Homes & Gardens of the Northwest Staff, by Debbie Ingamells

​Tips are:

• Cotton Fabric 

• Cutting Mat & Ruler 

• New Blades & Needles 

• Bobbins Prewound, Fabric Purchase 

• Cutting Work Space 

• Accurate 1/4″

• Classes 

• Labels 

• 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.

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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

https://youtu.be/eFjIEru

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Binding like a boss-easy to follow
https://youtu.be/onjcpIz4xgo?si=EuqZCR5Fc4aSdH1g

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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

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Continuous Bias Binding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dgB4Hc_Xe4

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Great Tips and techniques on Bonnie Hunters website 

https://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/tips-techniques.html

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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

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Sashing Alignment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=vSBUVro0wFc

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Orphan Block Sewing and Coping strips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqR5NjwR5Ig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbnylOfW-qY