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How to Sew Perfect Box Corners: A Guide for Pillows, Bags & Upholstery A flat seam becomes a three-dimensional box corner in one clever step — and it's a technique that separates handmade-looking…

Why a Good Pair of Fabric Scissors Is Every Quilter's Best Friend If you've ever tried to cut quilt fabric with dull or undersized scissors, you know the difference a quality pair makes.

What Is Batting Joining Tape? If you have ever finished piecing a quilt top only to realize your batting isn't quite big enough, you know the frustration.

A Clean Iron Is a Happy Iron: How to Clean Your Iron's Soleplate If your iron drags instead of glides, leaves brown marks on light fabric, or picks up bits of fusible web with every press, it…

One Tool, Ten Jobs: How to Use The Stitcher's Friend If your sewing table looks like a notion drawer exploded, you're not alone.

Load Your Longarm in Minutes: How to Use Renae's Red Snappers If loading a quilt on your longarm frame feels like a wrestling match with pins, staples, or basting stitches, you're not alone.

How to Use Side Grips on Your Longarm: A Quilter's Guide If you've ever finished quilting the center of a quilt only to discover the edges have drifted, flared, or pulled out of square, you…

How to Trim Batting Cleanly: A Quilter's Guide to Batting Scissors Ask any quilter about the least glamorous part of finishing a quilt, and you'll probably hear about trimming batting.

Loading Your Longarm Frame Faster: A Guide to Renae's Red Snappers Extra Clips If you've ever loaded a quilt onto a longarm frame, you know the truth: pinning, zipping, or clamping layer after…

Snip, Grab, and Turn: How to Use a Hook-N-Snip & Tweezer Set Every quilter has a "right here" tool — the one that lives on the sewing table, rides along to retreats, and gets reached for a dozen…

If you quilt on a longarm or domestic machine, you know the frustration of thread breakage: the machine stops, the rhythm breaks, and you're rethreading for the third time in an hour.

If you've ever changed the needle on your longarm quilting machine and wondered whether the eye is facing exactly the right direction, you're not alone.