Pocket Guide to Quilting Tips & Tricks

By Penny Haren

The ultimate pocket guide to quilting, this book is packed with expert tips and tricks on equipment, short cuts, organization, color, patterns, machine quilting, and more! Providing 101 great tips for beginning quilters but also filled with new information for experienced quilters, there’s tricks for everyone to try!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Landauer
• Release date: Mar 31, 2020
• ISBN: 9781607658573

Penny Haren

Ohio-based Penny Haren is a nationally known quilting authority, consultant and teacher. The author of five books, Penny writes a newsletter for Checker Distributors, a leading distributor of books, patterns, notions and fabrics serving independent quilting, sewing and needlearts retailers. She also writes a notions column for Fab Shop News, a bi-monthly publication for shop owners.

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Introduction

Whether your sewing room is large or small, if you take the time to organize both your space and your supplies, you’ll have a much easier time when you’re ready to sew.

So let’s get that sewing room organized! Regardless of your skill level, these quilting tips and tricks will make your quilting faster, easier, and better!

I’m sharing some of my tried and true quilting tips and tricks in this handy pocket guide. From keeping your supplies clean to making design boards and so much more!

I’ll help you find ways to organize your sewing room to keep everything ready for your next quilt project. You will love these thread, tool, and fabric storage ideas as well as design organization and displays.

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Organizing Your Space

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1 Hanging Projects

Many of us have a closet in our sewing room. Hang your projects on the rod in vinyl mesh bags with S hooks. These bags come in a variety of sizes—large enough to hold a book and everything you need to make the project. You can literally hang over 100 projects vertically—easy to see and easy to find!

2 Folding Tables

If you use folding tables in your sewing room, consider two 4' (1.22m) tables instead of an 8' (2.44m) table. The shorter length makes it more stable and less likely to vibrate when sewing.

3 Cutting Tables

Design your cutting table so that it is the appropriate height for you. Kitchen counter height is ideal for someone who