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Half-Square Triangles 8-at-a-Time

Half-square triangles are one of the most versatile building blocks in quilting. 

If you’ve admired quilts with pinwheels, stars, zigzags, or chevrons, you’ve likely been looking at blocks made with ...

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5 Common Quilting Fears

If you spend any time in the quilting world, you’ll notice something interesting about quilters. We are incredibly creative, generous, and supportive, but we’re also a little bit nervous sometimes. Mo...

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Flying Geese Quilt Blocks for Beginners

There’s a moment in quilting when things start to click. You stop viewing quilts as complicated, overwhelming designs and begin seeing them as a collection of simple, repeatable units. Flying geese is...

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Half-Square Triangles: The Quilt Blocks that Unlock Endless Quilt Designs

If you’ve ever looked at a quilt and wondered how all those beautiful stars, pinwheels, zigzags, and diamonds were made, chances are the answer is half-square triangles. 

Half-square triangles are on...

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Strip Piecing in Quilting: The Skill That Can Make Your Quilts Faster (and More Accurate)

When quilters talk about ways to speed up the quilting process, one technique comes up again and again: strip piecing.

It’s one of those fundamental quilting skills that experienced quilters depend o...

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