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Notes from the Classroom with Renée Fleuranges-Valdes IT’S TIME TO BLOCK

I have shared just about every aspect of making a quilt, except the two I consider the most important: blocking and squaring. Imagine hanging a quilt and the sides curl, or it looks more like a parallelogram than a rectangle! Both of those issues are addressed by blocking and squaring up your quilt. This month, I will discuss blocking, and next month I will share my tips for squaring up. So,

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