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Lots of Quilting Tips

by Tonya Grant |Filed Under: Quilting, Tips Get a Weekly Update of all Articles

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I love quilting and I’m guessing if you’ve dropped in to read this post, you’re probably interested in quilting too. I’ve mostly taught myself to quilt and over the years I have read lots of tips and tricks. I’ve also gathered a few of my own so let me share some with you.

Quilting Tools 

  • Keep your scissors and rotary cutters just for fabric and never use on paper – it will blunt them
  • It is worth investing in a large cutting mat to cover your whole table – it will make your cutting quicker and easier if you don’t have to keep moving the fabric or the mat
  • Different brands of quilting rulers can have measurements that are slightly different so try to use the same one for a whole project for accuracy
  • Store sets of acrylic templates in zip lock bags to keep them clean and together
  • Read more about my favourite quilting tools here
  • Read about how to use acrylic templates here

Quilting Fabric

  • Use the same type of fabric for your whole quilt – I use 100% cotton quilting fabric
  • There are different opinions out there but I choose to wash my quilting fabric before I cut it except when I’m using pre-cut fabric (like charm squares or jelly rolls) so they don’t fray away

More Quilting Tips

  
How to Personalize a Quilt Pattern (1)   How to Square up a quilt block
Tutorial: How to Spray Baste a Quilt   pegs holding quilt binding
quilting start middle   Quick Tip- Cutting Fabric Strips
Quilt Binding Tip   Tutorials
 I've collected a bunch of quilting tips over the years as a self-taught quilter so now you can read them too in this collection.

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Lots of Quilting Tips
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Lots of Quilting Tips
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I've collected a bunch of quilting tips over the years as a self-taught quilter so now you can read them too in this collection.
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Tonya Grant
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Filed Under: Quilting, Tips

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Tonya is the voice behind The Crafty Mummy. She dabbles in lots of different crafts – patchwork, quilting, cross-stitch, scrapbooking, knitting, crochet and sewing. This is the record of projects she has done, and the projects she dreams of getting to! Read More…

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