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ANNOUNCING THE BRAND SPANKING NEW  INDEX FOR EDUCATIONAL TIDBITS  ON THE CRAZY QUILTERS WEBSITE  


A PRE-CUTS CHART   


A PLAN TO USE EVERY FABRIC SCRAP


INTRODUCING THE FABRIC CAFÉ


LET’S TALK TRASH, OR AT LEAST, HOW TO MAKE  A CUTE RUBBISH BIN


FINISHED OR UNFINISHED? THAT IS THE QUESTION


FREE STUFF YOU CAN USE TO MAKE A QUILT


PHILANTHROPY


ANOTHER TIDBIT ON MODIFYING A QUILT PATTERN


HAVE YOU EVER MADE A POTATO CHIP BLOCK QUILT?  


CHAIN PIECING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES USING THE ACCORDION METHOD  


HOW TO ACCOMPLISH ERROR-FREE BINDING STRIP JOINTS  


REFRESHER ABOUT USE OF A ROTARY CUTTER  


MY NEW WAY TO PICK A PROJECT “TO DO” NEXT


HOW TO FOLD A QUILT TO PREVENT FIBER DAMAGE  AND TO ALLEVIATE HEAVY CREASES   


GOING FROM “TO DO” TO “TA-DONE” AND INTRODUCING YOU TO A UFO CHALLENGE  


SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY SEWING YOUR QUILT TOP  


WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  


HOW TO STORE STRIPS AFTER YOU CUT THEM  


EMPLOYING A COUPLE OF ITEMS  TO HELP WITH QUILT PROJECTS  


SEWING EASY PILLOWCASES USING THE BURRITO METHOD  


Blue Painter's Tape is a Handy Tool for Quick Marking


Get Creative With Sashing


Lori Holt's Design Boards


Decluttering Your Sewing Space  


Give Yourself Another Hand  


Bobbin Organization and Storage  


Salvage those Selvages  


Another Half Square Triangle Tidbit, But This Time It Involves Pumpkins!  


Avoid the Temptation to Use Tiny Templates to Cut Fabric  


A Method for Starching Pre-Cut Fabrics  


Introducing Jordan Fabrics “Twinkle Little Star” Center Square Technique  


A FREE SHAMROCK PATTERN  


AN EASY WAY TO MAKE A 4-PATCH BLOCK  


WE NOW HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO SEW THOSE BONANZA AND CHRISTMAS UFO’S  


REUSABLE ROW AND BLOCK NUMBERS  


SOME SOLUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF FRAYING FABRIC


MAKE FOUR FLYING GEESE UNITS AT ONE TIME  


WHAT TO DO WHEN CORNER POINTS DON’T WANT TO MATCH UP  


THREE WAYS TO SEW BINDING: ONE AND DONE  


THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER  


Make Something Fun and Simple as a Distraction While Sewing a Complicated Quilt  


Changing a Quilt Pattern to Work For You  


January Musings  


Mitered Borders  


Edge Turn Machine Applique’ Using Light Weight Pellon  


Binding  


Using Up 2½-inch Squares, Employing Batting Scraps to Layout Blocks, and Sewing Half Square Triangles  


Preparing Fabric Prior to Cutting, Invisibly Piecing Quilt Backing, and Introducing Acorn Piecing Glue  


Squaring Up Blocks and a Mobile Design Wall  


The Quick Ripper, A Take-Apart Cutting Ruler, and Other Ramblings  


Gadgets and Gizmos  


The Five-Star Method for Testing the ¼ Inch Seam  


Dealing With Overstuffed Magazine Storage  


Review Your Subscription Expiration Dates  


What to Do with Fabric Leftovers after the Bonanza?  


Cutting Tools and Cutting Aids  


Chain Piecing a 9-Patch Block  


Washing Fabrics and Quilts  


How To Make a Block Press  


Tips on Consistently Sewing an Accurate Quilt Block


A Quick Way to Un-Sew Seams, Using a Seam Ripper, Without Cutting the Fabric


Repurpose Your 2018 Paper Calendar for Your Next Quilt Project






October 2025
ANNOUNCING THE BRAND SPANKING NEW 
INDEX FOR EDUCATIONAL TIDBITS 
ON THE CRAZY QUILTERS WEBSITE
 

It is October 2025 already!  Where did the majority of 2025 go?  We have lots to look forward to in October, including Yom Kippur, Columbus Day or Indigenous People's Day, Boss's Day, United Nations Day, and Halloween.  Also, it is the final countdown to Bonanza, the first weekend in November.
But my favorite item this time of year, as I have stated in the past, is plenty of pumpkin pies in stock at Costco.  Yum!  

Can you believe it, I have been writing and submitting Educational Tidbits since January 2019?  Wow, how time flies.  I still make plenty of boo boos in my sewing and quilting projects, so I still have lots of potential topics to cover in future tidbits.  If you have a topic you would like covered, let me know.  I will happily research the topic and give you information I uncover along the way, to see if it covers what you wanted covered.  Once it meets your needs, then it gets published as a tidbit.

This month, I am introducing the brand spanking new "TidBit Index" for the Educational Tidbits.  Thank you to Ron Nelson, our webmaster, for creating this for me. I simply asked him if it was possible to create an index for the tidbits, and voila, he created it.  He is awesome.  So... I have attempted to populate the Index based on various topics, products, patterns and other stuff I have included in the tidbits over the years.  I have to admit; I need the index myself to see what topics and items I have covered so I don't write the same stuff all over again.

To use the TidBit Index, go to the Crazy Quilters Website and click on the Education Tidbits tab.
 
Once the Educational TidBits come up, on the left side of the page, look for the blue box, "TidBit Index"  and click on it .
 


You will be taken into the index.   Items are listed in alphabetical order from A to Z.  Below is an excerpt from the first page.
 

Scroll down to the topic you are interested in, and the index will list the tidbits that cover that item.  Click on the colored date box featuring the month and year, and it takes you right to the tidbit covering the topic.   You may have to read through the tidbit to find the info you are looking for.   When you are finished looking at the index, click on the green Close box.  

Let's try looking at the topic Half Square Triangle:  

 
Happy scrolling and clicking!  That is it for this tidbit, short and sweet.  

Before I sign out, I want to take some time to share my favorite Maya Angelou quote:  

    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget 
    what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” 
        Maya Angelou.  

Have a great October.  Be good to one another.  Share kindness and smiles.  Be gracious to those who stumble.  Be forgiving to those who blunder.  We need each other, our quilty friends and those in our quilting community.  We are each precious to one another and to our community.

I hope you enjoy perusing all the tidbit topics using the new TidBit Index.  Blessings to you and your family.   I have a topic for the November tidbit, but I need one for December.  Please let me know if you have a topic I can research and publish for December 2025.  Ta Ta for Now (TTFN).
 




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October 2025
ANNOUNCING THE BRAND SPANKING NEW 
INDEX FOR EDUCATIONAL TIDBITS 
ON THE CRAZY QUILTERS WEBSITE
 

It is October 2025 already!  Where did the majority of 2025 go?  We have lots to look forward to in October, including Yom Kippur, Columbus Day or Indigenous People's Day, Boss's Day, United Nations Day, and Halloween.  Also, it is the final countdown to Bonanza, the first weekend in November.
But my favorite item this time of year, as I have stated in the past, is plenty of pumpkin pies in stock at Costco.  Yum!  

Can you believe it, I have been writing and submitting Educational Tidbits since January 2019?  Wow, how time flies.  I still make plenty of boo boos in my sewing and quilting projects, so I still have lots of potential topics to cover in future tidbits.  If you have a topic you would like covered, let me know.  I will happily research the topic and give you information I uncover along the way, to see if it covers what you wanted covered.  Once it meets your needs, then it gets published as a tidbit.

This month, I am introducing the brand spanking new "TidBit Index" for the Educational Tidbits.  Thank you to Ron Nelson, our webmaster, for creating this for me. I simply asked him if it was possible to create an index for the tidbits, and voila, he created it.  He is awesome.  So... I have attempted to populate the Index based on various topics, products, patterns and other stuff I have included in the tidbits over the years.  I have to admit; I need the index myself to see what topics and items I have covered so I don't write the same stuff all over again.

To use the TidBit Index, go to the Crazy Quilters Website and click on the Education Tidbits tab.
 
Once the Educational TidBits come up, on the left side of the page, look for the blue box, "TidBit Index"  and click on it .
 


You will be taken into the index.   Items are listed in alphabetical order from A to Z.  Below is an excerpt from the first page.
 

Scroll down to the topic you are interested in, and the index will list the tidbits that cover that item.  Click on the colored date box featuring the month and year, and it takes you right to the tidbit covering the topic.   You may have to read through the tidbit to find the info you are looking for.   When you are finished looking at the index, click on the green Close box.  

Let's try looking at the topic Half Square Triangle:  

 
Happy scrolling and clicking!  That is it for this tidbit, short and sweet.  

Before I sign out, I want to take some time to share my favorite Maya Angelou quote:  

    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget 
    what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” 
        Maya Angelou.  

Have a great October.  Be good to one another.  Share kindness and smiles.  Be gracious to those who stumble.  Be forgiving to those who blunder.  We need each other, our quilty friends and those in our quilting community.  We are each precious to one another and to our community.

I hope you enjoy perusing all the tidbit topics using the new TidBit Index.  Blessings to you and your family.   I have a topic for the November tidbit, but I need one for December.  Please let me know if you have a topic I can research and publish for December 2025.  Ta Ta for Now (TTFN).