QUILTsocial | Issue 10

editor's letter
How well do you know your rulers?
How many rulers have you explored,
or better yet, played with? In this
issue, we explore 5 rulers and using
each to make a quilt. Each ruler
facilitates the task of making a quilt
block long considered tedious to
make. One example, is the SEW EASY
90° Patchwork Triangle Ruler. I was
thrilled to learn how to make half
square triangles in a fraction of
the time it takes to make these the
longer way. I'm more motivated
to make projects using HSTs. Other
rulers explored in the feature
Playing with rulers are the Sew Easy
Square Ruler, True Cut 360° Circle
Cutter and the Pinwheel Magic
template, making blocks that
have circles, rings, pinwheels, and
triangles sew very easy to make
indeed.
Also in this issue, is a feature on
working with quilt panels. Let's
face it, it's difficult to cut into a
printed fabric so very perfect and
attractive to begin with. I mean
who can slash a scenery and still
retain the essence of it? See what
Christine Baker has done with the
lovely Northcott City Scene panel.
The simple placemat,
underestimated most of the time, is
such a powerful creative project.
Usually placemats are made to
use up scraps of fabric, or because
we simply need a placemat. But
what if we use the lowly placemat
as a creative platform to explore
and refine our creative ideas?
Using it to test techniques and
get acquainted with products,
and those features on our sewing
machine we tend to ignore. Then,
use this knowledge and experience
on a larger quilt? The 5 placemat
ideas make great gifts feature lets
you do just that, starting with In
decorative stitching, the magic is in
the rayon thread. This is just the tip
of the iceberg.
Don't miss the feature about THE
Dream Machine 2 and its vast
embroidery feature that makes the
task child's play so you can focus on
your creative work.
Enjoy the issue, there are so many
tutorials within it to list in my letter to
you. But my message is always the
same, learn as much as you can of
all products and techniques that
help to make quilting easier and
about the sewing machines that
make your experience blissful.
Cheerfully,
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