12 Quilting Hacks Every Quilter Should Know

12 Hacks Every Quilter Should Know

12 Hacks Every Quilter Should Know – Summarized for you!

1a Quilt Hack - Piece with Neutral Thread and Use Large Spool of Thread — 1a Quilt Hack – Piece with Neutral Thread and Use Large Spool of Thread

1b Quilt Hack - Use a larger spool of thread — 1b Quilt Hack – Use a larger spool of thread

1c Quilt Hack - Wide Mouth Jar Behind Machine for Large Thread — 1c Quilt Hack – Wide Mouth Jar Behind Machine for Large Thread

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2b Quilt Hack - Use Comic Boards to Fold Fabric — 2b Quilt Hack – Use Comic Boards to Fold Fabric

2c Quilt Hack - Fold Fabric Around a Comic Board — 2c Quilt Hack – Fold Fabric Around a Comic Board

2d Quilt Hack -Use Comic Boards to Fold and Store Fabric

3a Quilt Hack - Press Blocks Don't Iron Them — 3a Quilt Hack – Press Blocks Don’t Iron Them

3b Quilt Hack - Use Spray Fabric Starch Press Block — 3b Quilt Hack – Use Spray Fabric Starch Press Block

3c Quilt Hack - Place Square Ruler over Quilt Block after Pressing — 3c Quilt Hack – Place Square Ruler over Quilt Block after Pressing

3d Quilt Hack - Weight the Ruler with the End of the Iron while the Quilt Block Cools — 3d Quilt Hack – Weight the Ruler with the End of the Iron while the Quilt Block Cools

4a Quilt Hack - Measure Quarter Inch Seam Allowance with Ruler — 4a Quilt Hack – Measure Quarter Inch Seam Allowance with Ruler

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4c Quilt Hack - Place Blue Painters tape at the Quarter Inch Seam Allowance as Guide — 4c Quilt Hack – Place Blue Painters tape at the Quarter Inch Seam Allowance as Guide

5a Quilt Hack - Use a Quarter Inch Seam Quilt Foot for Piecing Use a Walking Foot for Binding and Quilting — 5a Quilt Hack – Use a Quarter Inch Seam Quilt Foot for Piecing Use a Walking Foot for Binding and Quilting

6a Quilt Hack - Use Cookie Sheets to Sort Quilt Block Pieces with Flannel Fabric Under so They Don't Slip — 6a Quilt Hack – Use Cookie Sheets to Sort Quilt Block Pieces with Flannel Fabric Under so They Don’t Slip

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7a Quilt Hack - Arrange Quilt Block Pieces on a Felt Design Board from Foam Core so the Pieces Stay Put — 7a Quilt Hack – Arrange Quilt Block Pieces on a Felt Design Board from Foam Core so the Pieces Stay Put

7b Quilt Hack - Quilt Block Arranged on a Felt Design Board Don't Fall Off — 7b Quilt Hack – Quilt Block Arranged on a Felt Design Board Don’t Fall Off

Quilt Block Design Board Hack Tutorial

8a Quilt Hack - Use Washble Elmer Glue Stick to Hold Your Binding in Place — 8a Quilt Hack – Use Washable Elmer Glue Stick to Hold Your Binding in Place

8b Quilt Hack - Rub a bit of Elmers Washable Glue Stick to baste binding in place for stitching down — 8b Quilt Hack – Rub a bit of Elmer’s Washable Glue Stick to baste binding in place for stitching down

8c Quilt Hack - Use Clover Wonder Clips to Hold Binding in place — 8c Quilt Hack – Use Clover Wonder Clips to Hold Binding in place

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9a Quilt Hack - Print off ABCs 123s on Cardstock to Use as Quilt piece identifiers to keep similar shapes sorted — 9a Quilt Hack – Print off ABCs 123’s on card stock to Use as Quilt piece identifiers to keep similar shapes sorted

Use Quilt Markers to Sew Quilt Blocks Accurate

9b Quilt Hack - Label Quilt Block Pieces with ABCs 123s and clamps — 9b Quilt Hack – Label Quilt Block Pieces with ABCs 123’s and clamps

10a Quilt Hack - Clean Your Sewing Machine Don't Use Canned Spray Air — 10a Quilt Hack – Clean Your Sewing Machine Don’t Use Canned Spray Air

10b Quilt Hack - Use a clean paint brush to Clean You Sewing Machine — 10b Quilt Hack – Use a clean paint brush to Clean You Sewing Machine

10c Quilt Hacks - Use a Retractor to Get Lint Out of your Sewing Machine — 10c Quilt Hacks – Use a Re-tractor to Get Lint Out of your Sewing Machine

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10d Quilt Hack - Use the Cleaning Brush that came with your Sewing Machine — 10d Quilt Hack – Use the Cleaning Brush that came with your Sewing Machine

10e Quilt Hack - Use a Pipe Cleaner to Clean Your Sewing Machine — 10e Quilt Hack – Use a Pipe Cleaner to Clean Your Sewing Machine

10f Quilt Hack - Use a Q-tip to Clean Your Sewing Machine — 10f Quilt Hack – Use a Q-tip to Clean Your Sewing Machine

11a Quilt Hack - Press your seam allowances to set seams — 11a Quilt Hack – Press your seam allowances to set seams

11b Quilt Hack - Press your seam allowances to set seams — 11b Quilt Hack – Press your seam allowances to set seams

12a Quilt Hack - Press Seam Allowances to the Dark Side from the back of your quilt block second — 12a Quilt Hack – Press Seam Allowances to the Dark Side from the back of your quilt block second

12b Quilt Hack - Press Your Quilt Blocks up and down instead of Ironing — 12b Quilt Hack – Press Your Quilt Blocks up and down instead of Ironing

13a Quilt Hack - Sew Long Strips Together — 13a Quilt Hack – Sew Long Strips Together

12b Quilt Hack - Sew Sets of Strips Together — 12b Quilt Hack – Sew Sets of Strips Together

12c Quilt Hack - Cut Strip Sets Into Quilt Blocks — 12c Quilt Hack – Cut Strip Sets Into Quilt Blocks

12d Quilt Hack - Arrange Quilt Blocks into Patterns to Sew Together — 12d Quilt Hack – Arrange Quilt Blocks into Patterns to Sew Together

13a Quilt Hack - Use Sew In Interfacig to trace Applique Designs — 13a Quilt Hack – Use Sew In Interfacing to trace Applique Designs

13b Quilt Hack - Use a Shape to Trace the Applique Design — 13b Quilt Hack – Use a Shape to Trace the Applique Design

13c Quilt Hack - Lay the Interfacing to the Right Side of Your Fabric then Stitch on the Trace Line — 13c Quilt Hack – Lay the Interfacing to the Right Side of Your Fabric then Stitch on the Trace Line

13d Quilt Hack - After Stitching Trim the Excess Fabric about Quarter Inch from Shape Line — 13d Quilt Hack – After Stitching Trim the Excess Fabric about Quarter Inch from Shape Line

13e Quilt Hack - Cut a Hole in the Interfacing to Turn it Inside Out — 13e Quilt Hack – Cut a Hole in the Interfacing to Turn it Inside Out

13f Quilt Hack - The Center of the Interfacing has a small hole to turn inside out — 13f Quilt Hack – The Center of the Interfacing has a small hole to turn inside out

13g Quilt Hack - Turn Inside Out so Right Side of Fabric is Showing — 13g Quilt Hack – Turn Inside Out so Right Side of Fabric is Showing

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13h Quilt Hack - Use a Point to Point Turner to smooth the edges of your applique — 13h Quilt Hack – Use a Point to Point Turner to smooth the edges of your applique

13h Quilt Hack - Place your Pressed Applique Shape into Place then machine or hand stitch — 13h Quilt Hack – Place your Pressed Applique Shape into Place then machine or hand stitch

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12 Hacks Every Quilter Should Know

12 Hacks Every Quilter Should Know – Summarized for you!

For MORE quilt hacks tips & instruction be sure to follow Deanna’s Live Video Tutorials on Facebook or YouTube. Interact and sew along with Deanna as she takes you from the beginning of a quilt all the way through to layering and quilting the quilt on your domestic machine.

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