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Double Loop quilting design on a red, blue and yellow quilt with a green border

So many quilting designs! How do you choose?

Quilted texture on the Hoffman Fox Panel for creating a masculine quilt

Create texture with different quilting patterns on this Foxy Hoffman Panel

splicing batting using the wavey method

This is a fast and easy way to splice your batting when you have come up short.

DIY Fabric Starch ingredients are lined up on a kitchen counter

never buy spray starch again! It seems too good to be true, I know! But it is, in fact, super simple, and also free of pesky chemicals, so even those who are sensitive are likely to find this a great hack. It is residue free, unlike laundry-type starches, so it’s ideal for quilting. things you’ll …

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