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Enlarge Your Quilt Backing with String Quilting

Christine Mann — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 06:50:48 +0000

Do you ever have a piece of fabric you’d love to use for a quilt backing, but it isn’t quite big enough to cover the whole area of the quilt? That’s the problem I ran into with this little baby quilt (38″ x 38″). I had a large scrap piece of flannel that would be...

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Bright Baby Rag Quilt

Christine Mann — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 13:29:48 +0000

Last week’s quilting project: making this rag quilt (about 60″ x 40″) for a brand-new baby boy. The pattern for the quilt is just about the easiest pattern in the whole world, (you can get it here, in my rag quilting book for beginners), but making this quilt was a challenge for me because of the...

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Easiest Little Rag Quilt Ever

Christine Mann — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:00:32 +0000

Rag quilts are the simplest kind of quilt-as-you-go quilt — which means just about the simplest and easiest of all quilts you can make. Learn how to make one here. I like making them because they are really easy to cut and sew, forgiving of mistakes, and are often made of flannel, which makes the end...

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