Warm and Natural giveaway winner

First I want to say thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway. I really enjoyed reading all your comments about what you’re working on now. I used Random.org to chose a winner. And the author of the 57th comment and winner of the Warm and Natural batting is Missy, who is working on a […]

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19 December, 2011

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T-shirt quilt tutorial – How to piece the quilt top

What you’ll need: The T-shirt quilt blocks with sashing and cornerstones attached that we made in the previous videos. Sewing machine Thread Iron Ironing board Previous posts: Fabric requirements Cutting the T-shirts Attaching fusible interfacing Sewing the sashing – Part 1 Sewing the sashing – Part 2 Laying out the quilt

Stephanie Soebbing

16 December, 2011

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How to make a T-shirt quilt – Part 6

Learn how to piece your quilt top. For more videos and complete fabric requirements visit http://quiltaddictsanonymous.com/tutorials/. To share pictures of the T-shirt quilts you made using this tutorial, please share them on the Flickr group http://www.flickr.com/groups/tshirtquilts/

Stephanie Soebbing

16 December, 2011

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An essay on clean underwear and quilting

This morning, for the second time this week, I had to wait for a load of laundry to finish drying so I could change my underpants before I left for work. This sad truth is neither an unusual occurrence, or a record of how many times a week I’ve woken up without clean skivvies. There are two reasons […]

Stephanie Soebbing

15 December, 2011

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Show off your T-shirt quilt on Flickr

If you’ve been following along with my T-shirt quilt video tutorials, then your creation is starting to resemble a quilt. Now you can share photos of your quilt in progress in the new Quilt Addicts Anonymous T-Shirt Quilts Flickr group. I know that’s a mouthful. But just click here to join. I can’t wait to […]

Stephanie Soebbing

15 December, 2011

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A knitting affair

I’ve been having an affair with knitting. It’s all started when I got a copy of “All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin,” by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. The book is a collection of essays about knitting, mothering, living in an old house with two closets and a big stash (knitters have stashes too) […]

Stephanie Soebbing

14 December, 2011

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Virtual shop hop: Glad Creations, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.

The first time I saw a quilt was when my freshman year roommate was stitching the binding on hers by hand one of the first nights we spent in the all girls dorm at Augustana College. I don’t remember much about the quilt except that it was bright, modern and I couldn’t believe that someone my […]

Stephanie Soebbing

13 December, 2011

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Dare to DIY: Deck the halls

I had a sewing marathon last weekend. I spent most of the time working on Christmas presents and my Christmas fabric exchange quilt. I still haven’t started the Christmas stockings for my family. So I’ll share photos of the paper-pieced tree skirt I made for the Mississippi Valley Quilters Guild tree at the Festival of […]

Stephanie Soebbing

12 December, 2011

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T-shirt quilt tutorial: Laying out the T-shirts

You’ll need: A large flat surface to lay your blocks out on, such as a floor, bed or design wall. Previous posts: Fabric requirements Cutting the T-shirts Attaching fusible interfacing Sewing the sashing – Part 1 Sewing the sashing – Part 2

Stephanie Soebbing

10 December, 2011

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Warm & Natural giveaway

If you’ve been following along with the T-shirt tutorial videos, then you’re almost ready to layer and baste your quilt. I’m going to help one of you do that, by giving away a queen-sized package of Warm & Natural batting. I recommend Warm & Natural for T-shirt quilts because it can be quilted up to […]

Stephanie Soebbing

9 December, 2011

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