Popular Archives - New Quilters https://newquilters.com/category/popular/ Quilt patterns, tutorials, and inspiration Thu, 21 Jul 2022 20:39:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://newquilters.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-New-Quilters-Four-Patch-Favicon-65x65.png Popular Archives - New Quilters https://newquilters.com/category/popular/ 32 32 Back Your Quilts with Polar Fleece: Durable, Light, Warm, Washable https://newquilters.com/polyester-fleece-quilt-backing/ https://newquilters.com/polyester-fleece-quilt-backing/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:15:52 +0000 http://quiltersdiary.com/?p=623 If you live in a climate where the weather gets cold, you can’t beat polyester fleece as a quilt backing. Fleece is soft, light, warm, and washes and dries well. Where I live in Northern California, the nights are chilly almost all year round, so I back almost all my quilts with polar fleece fabric...

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]]> https://newquilters.com/polyester-fleece-quilt-backing/feed/ 65 How to Strip Piece Nine-Patch (9 Patch) Quilt Blocks https://newquilters.com/nine-patch-9-patch-quilt-blocks-tutorial/ https://newquilters.com/nine-patch-9-patch-quilt-blocks-tutorial/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:50:20 +0000 http://quiltersdiary.com/?p=3179 This week’s easy quilt block is made of nine small fabric squares arranged in a checkerboard pattern. The graphic above shows the two kinds of nine-patch blocks you can make from two fabrics. That’s what I will show you how to do in this post. Supply List  Here’s what you will need: Fabric strips in...

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]]> https://newquilters.com/nine-patch-9-patch-quilt-blocks-tutorial/feed/ 18 How to Stabilize T-Shirts for T-Shirt Quilting https://newquilters.com/t-shirt-quilts-stabilizing-shirts/ https://newquilters.com/t-shirt-quilts-stabilizing-shirts/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:03:46 +0000 http://quiltersdiary.com/?p=1862 One reason we all love wearing t-shirts is because they are made from such soft, stretchy knit fabric. When it comes to making t-shirt quilts, though, their stretchiness poses a problem. The same give that makes t-shirts so comfortable also makes them get distorted and wonky if you sew them without preparing them in advance....

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