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Date        TidBit Title
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Accordian Method to Sew HSTs CHAIN PIECING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES USING THE ACCORDION METHOD  
Accuquilt Go Cutter CUTTING TOOLS AND CUTTING AIDS  
Accuquilt Go Cutter HAVE YOU EVER MADE A POTATO CHIP BLOCK QUILT?  
Accuquilt Go Cutter ANOTHER HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE TIDBIT, BUT THIS TIME IT INVOLVES PUMPKINS!
Accuracy THE FIVE-STAR METHOD FOR TESTING THE ¼ INCH SEAM  
Accuracy, Pressing for PREPARING FABRIC PRIOR TO CUTTING, INVISIBLY PIECING QUILT BACKING, AND INTRODUCING ACORN PIECING GLUE  
Accuracy, Sewing TIPS ON CONSISTENTLY SEWING AN ACCURATE QUILT BLOCK
Adjustable Ruler, Perfect THE QUICK RIPPER, A TAKE-APART CUTTING RULER, AND OTHER RAMBLINGS  
American Sizes on Sewing Machine Needles A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
Amount of fabric needed for binding BINDING  
Attaching Binding BINDING  
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Bargello Quilt MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Baskets from the Dollar Store UNEXPECTED TOOLS YOU CAN USE FOR QUILTING
Batting scraps, use as mini design wall USING UP 2 1/2-INCH SQUARES, EMPLOYING BATTING SCRAPS TO LAYOUT BLOCKS, AND SEWING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES
Bean Bags, Use for Cutting Fabric CUTTING TOOLS AND CUTTING AIDS  
Binding BINDING  
Binding HOW TO ACCOMPLISH ERROR-FREE BINDING STRIP JOINTS  
Binding FREE STUFF YOU CAN USE TO MAKE A QUILT
Binding DID YOU KNOW HOW USEFUL A TOILET PAPER DISPENSER CAN BE FOR SEWING ON BINDING?  
Binding, Calculating WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Binding, Create Better BINDING  
Binding, Create a tube binding THREE WAYS TO SEW BINDING: ONE AND DONE  
Binding, Fold and Press before top stitching or hand stitching THREE WAYS TO SEW BINDING: ONE AND DONE  
Binding, Folding the quilt backing forward to create binding THREE WAYS TO SEW BINDING: ONE AND DONE  
Binding, One and Done THREE WAYS TO SEW BINDING: ONE AND DONE  
Binding, Three ways to sew binding THREE WAYS TO SEW BINDING: ONE AND DONE  
Bloc-Loc Templates AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO USE TINY TEMPLATES TO CUT FABRIC
Block Numbers REUSABLE ROW AND BLOCK NUMBERS  
Block Press, How to Make HOW TO MAKE A BLOCK PRESS  
Block and Row Numbers REPURPOSE YOUR 2018 PAPER CALENDAR FOR YOUR NEXT QUILT PROJECT
Block, 9-patch - chain piecing CHAIN PIECING A 9-PATCH BLOCK  
Blocks on point CHANGING A QUILT PATTERN TO WORK FOR YOU  
Blue Painter's Tape BLUE PAINTER'S TAPE IS A HANDY TOOL FOR QUICK MARKING
Bobbins BOBBIN ORGANIZATION AND STORAGE
Bonanza WE NOW HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO SEW THOSE BONANZA AND CHRISTMAS UFO’S  
Bonanza WHAT TO DO WITH FABRIC LEFTOVERS AFTER THE BONANZA?  
Book - 38 Projects Use Every Scrap with Style by Patty Murphy, Zero Waste Quilting, Published by Stash Books, an imprint of C&T Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 1456, Lafayette, CA 94549, published in 2024 A PLAN TO USE EVERY FABRIC SCRAP
Border, Piano Style (how to make) A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
Borders MITERED BORDERS  
Borders, Measuring and Sewing WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Borders, Pressing Straight WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Brush and Dust Pan EMPLOYING A COUPLE OF ITEMS  TO HELP WITH QUILT PROJECTS  
Burrito Method for Sewing Pillowcases SEWING EASY PILLOWCASES USING THE BURRITO METHOD  
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Calculating Binding WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Calculating Fabric for Mitered Borders MITERED BORDERS  
Calculating how many binding strips to cut BINDING  
Calendar, Repurposing a REPURPOSE YOUR 2018 PAPER CALENDAR FOR YOUR NEXT QUILT PROJECT
Center Square Technique INTRODUCING JORDAN FABRICS “TWINKLE LITTLE STAR” CENTER SQUARE TECHNIQUE  
Chain Piecing CHAIN PIECING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES USING THE ACCORDION METHOD  
Chain Piecing Binding Joints HOW TO ACCOMPLISH ERROR-FREE BINDING STRIP JOINTS  
Chain Piecing a 9 Patch Block CHAIN PIECING A 9-PATCH BLOCK  
Changing a quilt pattern to work for you CHANGING A QUILT PATTERN TO WORK FOR YOU  
Changing a sewing machine needle, making it easier THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER  
Characteristics of Thread A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
Charm Squares MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Charm Squares AN EASY WAY TO MAKE A 4-PATCH BLOCK  
Charm Squares A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Chart of Suggested Sizes of Quilts for Crazy Quilters Philanthropy Projects PHILANTHROPY
Chart, Pre-Cuts A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Checking fabric for potential shrinkage PREPARING FABRIC PRIOR TO CUTTING, INVISIBLY PIECING QUILT BACKING, AND INTRODUCING ACORN PIECING GLUE  
Christmas WE NOW HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO SEW THOSE BONANZA AND CHRISTMAS UFO’S  
Circles A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Cleaning Build Up from Needles UNEXPECTED TOOLS YOU CAN USE FOR QUILTING
Cleaning Marks Off a Template UNEXPECTED TOOLS YOU CAN USE FOR QUILTING
Cleaning your Sewing Machine GADGETS AND GIZMOS  
Collage Quilter A DISCUSSION OF FUSIBLE INTERFACING
Color Codes on Sewing Machine Needles A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
Condo Living DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
Conquer Your Unfinished Objects for Good, challenge from American Patchwork and Quilting (allpeoplequilt.com) GOING FROM “TO DO” TO “TA-DONE” AND INTRODUCING YOU TO A UFO CHALLENGE  
Coordinating Thread with Fabric MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Corner Points WHAT TO DO WHEN CORNER POINTS DON’T WANT TO MATCH UP  
Corner Points, Matching AN EASY WAY TO MAKE A 4-PATCH BLOCK  
Corner Stones GET CREATIVE WITH SASHING
Create Work Stations for Work Tasks DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
Creating mitered corners as you sew on binding BINDING  
Crumb Quilts THE QUICK RIPPER, A TAKE-APART CUTTING RULER, AND OTHER RAMBLINGS  
Cutting Aids CUTTING TOOLS AND CUTTING AIDS  
Cutting Fabric AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO USE TINY TEMPLATES TO CUT FABRIC
Cutting Fabric for Mitered Borders MITERED BORDERS  
Cutting Tools CUTTING TOOLS AND CUTTING AIDS  
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Daylight YoYo Magnifier GADGETS AND GIZMOS  
Dealing with Issues on Your Quilt Top Before Quilting WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Dealing with Scraps DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
Decluttering DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
Design Wall, Mobile SQUARING UP BLOCKS AND A MOBILE DESIGN WALL  
Design wall, use batting scraps as mini design wall USING UP 2 1/2-INCH SQUARES, EMPLOYING BATTING SCRAPS TO LAYOUT BLOCKS, AND SEWING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES
Dessert Rolls A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Double Fold Binding BINDING  
Doublecheck Your Quilt Top WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
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Easy 4-Patch Block AN EASY WAY TO MAKE A 4-PATCH BLOCK  
Easy Flying Geese MAKE FOUR FLYING GEESE UNITS AT ONE TIME  
Easy Pillowcases SEWING EASY PILLOWCASES USING THE BURRITO METHOD  
Edge turn applique' EDGE TURN MACHINE APPLIQUE’ USING LIGHT WEIGHT PELLON  
Edge-to-Edge Quilting QUILTING A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS  AND DEALING WITH THE RESULTING HANGING THREADS  
Electric Scissors CUTTING TOOLS AND CUTTING AIDS  
Electric Stitch Ripper THE QUICK RIPPER, A TAKE-APART CUTTING RULER, AND OTHER RAMBLINGS  
Elmer's Glue Sticks UNEXPECTED TOOLS YOU CAN USE FOR QUILTING
Emily Taylor A DISCUSSION OF FUSIBLE INTERFACING
Etsy SALVAGE THOSE SELVAGES
European Sizes on Sewing Machine Needles A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
Exploding Blocks Quilt SQUARING UP BLOCKS AND A MOBILE DESIGN WALL  
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Fabric Cafe' for the Three Yard Quilt with designers Donna Robertson and Fran Morgan INTRODUCING THE FABRIC CAFÉ
Fabric Cafe', The INTRODUCING THE FABRIC CAFÉ
Fabric Required for Binding FREE STUFF YOU CAN USE TO MAKE A QUILT
Fat Eighths A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Fat Quarter Bundle A FREE SHAMROCK PATTERN  
Fat Quarter Shop, The A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
Fat Quarters A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
Fat Quarters A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Finished Size FINISHED OR UNFINISHED? THAT IS THE QUESTION
Finishing a Quilt QUILTING A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS  AND DEALING WITH THE RESULTING HANGING THREADS  
Fixing Shadowing WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Fixing corner points that don't match WHAT TO DO WHEN CORNER POINTS DON’T WANT TO MATCH UP  
Flying Geese DEALING WITH OVERSTUFFED MAGAZINE STORAGE  
Flying Geese MAKE FOUR FLYING GEESE UNITS AT ONE TIME  
Flying Geese USING UP 2 1/2-INCH SQUARES, EMPLOYING BATTING SCRAPS TO LAYOUT BLOCKS, AND SEWING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES
Flying geese 6 TIPS TO IMPROVE FLYING GEESE UNITS
Fold Backing Forward to Create Binding THREE WAYS TO SEW BINDING: ONE AND DONE  
Fold and Press Binding before top stitching or hand stitching THREE WAYS TO SEW BINDING: ONE AND DONE  
Folding Quilts on the Bias HOW TO FOLD A QUILT TO PREVENT FIBER DAMAGE  AND TO ALLEVIATE HEAVY CREASES   
Foldover binding from the backing BINDING  
Four Patch Block AN EASY WAY TO MAKE A 4-PATCH BLOCK  
Fraying Fabric, some solutions to SOME SOLUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF FRAYING FABRIC
Free - Quilt Backing Calculator FINISHED OR UNFINISHED? THAT IS THE QUESTION
Free Patterns - 2025 Show Stopper Quilt, designed by Fran Morgan INTRODUCING THE FABRIC CAFÉ
Free Patterns - Easy Zippered Boxed Pouch A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
Free Patterns - Just Get It Done Quilts by Karen Brown website - Potato Chip Block HAVE YOU EVER MADE A POTATO CHIP BLOCK QUILT?  
Free Patterns - Quilt Blocks at Quilter's Cache FREE STUFF YOU CAN USE TO MAKE A QUILT
Free Patterns - Rubbish Bin, Step by Step Instructions LET’S TALK TRASH, OR AT LEAST, HOW TO MAKE  A CUTE RUBBISH BIN
Free Patterns - Shamrock A FREE SHAMROCK PATTERN  
Free Patterns - Twinkle Little Star by Jordan Fabrics INTRODUCING JORDAN FABRICS “TWINKLE LITTLE STAR” CENTER SQUARE TECHNIQUE  
Free Stuff FREE STUFF YOU CAN USE TO MAKE A QUILT
Fusible Interfacing A DISCUSSION OF FUSIBLE INTERFACING
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Gadgets and Gizmos GADGETS AND GIZMOS  
Glue PREPARING FABRIC PRIOR TO CUTTING, INVISIBLY PIECING QUILT BACKING, AND INTRODUCING ACORN PIECING GLUE  
Glue Basting PREPARING FABRIC PRIOR TO CUTTING, INVISIBLY PIECING QUILT BACKING, AND INTRODUCING ACORN PIECING GLUE  
Glue Basting AN EASY WAY TO MAKE A 4-PATCH BLOCK  
Glue Stick Tips UNEXPECTED TOOLS YOU CAN USE FOR QUILTING
Grid Layouts FREE STUFF YOU CAN USE TO MAKE A QUILT
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Half Square Triangle (HST) AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO USE TINY TEMPLATES TO CUT FABRIC
Half Square Triangle (HST) CHAIN PIECING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES USING THE ACCORDION METHOD  
Half Square Triangle (HST) ANOTHER HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE TIDBIT, BUT THIS TIME IT INVOLVES PUMPKINS!
Half Square Triangle (HST) INTRODUCING JORDAN FABRICS “TWINKLE LITTLE STAR” CENTER SQUARE TECHNIQUE  
Half Square Triangle (HST) A FREE SHAMROCK PATTERN  
Half Square Triangles MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Half Square Triangles CHANGING A QUILT PATTERN TO WORK FOR YOU  
Half Square Triangles, Sewing Tips to keep triangle point out of sewing machine USING UP 2 1/2-INCH SQUARES, EMPLOYING BATTING SCRAPS TO LAYOUT BLOCKS, AND SEWING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES
Half Yards A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Hanging Threads, Dealing With QUILTING A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS  AND DEALING WITH THE RESULTING HANGING THREADS  
Heat N Bond A DISCUSSION OF FUSIBLE INTERFACING
Hexagons A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Hiding Threads QUILTING A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS  AND DEALING WITH THE RESULTING HANGING THREADS  
Honey Buns A PRE-CUTS CHART   
How to Calculate Yardage Needed for Quilt Backing FINISHED OR UNFINISHED? THAT IS THE QUESTION
How to Join Binding on the Diagonal HOW TO ACCOMPLISH ERROR-FREE BINDING STRIP JOINTS  
How to Make a Rubbish Bin LET’S TALK TRASH, OR AT LEAST, HOW TO MAKE  A CUTE RUBBISH BIN
How to Sew Accurate Blocks TIPS ON CONSISTENTLY SEWING AN ACCURATE QUILT BLOCK
How to determine how much binding fabric to buy BINDING  
How to make a Block Press HOW TO MAKE A BLOCK PRESS  
How to make a Piano Style Border using 2-1/2 inch squares A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
How to press your seams flatter USING A QUILTER'S CLAPPER FOR PRESSING  
How to square up blocks SQUARING UP BLOCKS AND A MOBILE DESIGN WALL  
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Importance of Pressing Before Cutting Fabric WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Importance of a Flat Quilt top WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Index ANNOUNCING THE BRAND SPANKING NEW  INDEX FOR EDUCATIONAL TIDBITS  ON THE CRAZY QUILTERS WEBSITE  
Interfacing A DISCUSSION OF FUSIBLE INTERFACING
Invisible piecing backing fabric PREPARING FABRIC PRIOR TO CUTTING, INVISIBLY PIECING QUILT BACKING, AND INTRODUCING ACORN PIECING GLUE  
Iron Cleaning UNEXPECTED TOOLS YOU CAN USE FOR QUILTING
Iron on Applique' EDGE TURN MACHINE APPLIQUE’ USING LIGHT WEIGHT PELLON  
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Jelly Rolls MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Jelly Rolls A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
Jelly Rolls A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Joining Binding Ends to finish sewing binding THREE WAYS TO SEW BINDING: ONE AND DONE  
Joining Binding on the Diagonal HOW TO ACCOMPLISH ERROR-FREE BINDING STRIP JOINTS  
Joining binding ends after sewing binding around quilt perimeter BINDING  
Jolly Bars A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Jordan Fabrics INTRODUCING JORDAN FABRICS “TWINKLE LITTLE STAR” CENTER SQUARE TECHNIQUE  
Jordan Fabrics A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
Just Get It Done Quilts CHAIN PIECING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES USING THE ACCORDION METHOD  
Just Get It Done Quilts with Karen Brown DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
Just for giggles THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER  
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Kaffe Fassett HAVE YOU EVER MADE A POTATO CHIP BLOCK QUILT?  
Karen Brown of Just Get It Done Quilts DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
Keeping Busy JANUARY MUSINGS  
Keeping Cutting Area Free of Debris EMPLOYING A COUPLE OF ITEMS  TO HELP WITH QUILT PROJECTS  
Keeping Track of Important Information EMPLOYING A COUPLE OF ITEMS  TO HELP WITH QUILT PROJECTS  
Kimberly Jolly A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
Kimberly Jolly of The Fat Quarter Shop LORI HOLT'S DESIGN BOARDS
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Labyrinth Quilt THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER  
Laundering Fabric Before Use in Pillowcases SEWING EASY PILLOWCASES USING THE BURRITO METHOD  
Layer Cake INTRODUCING JORDAN FABRICS “TWINKLE LITTLE STAR” CENTER SQUARE TECHNIQUE  
Layer Cakes A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Lessons Learned from Following a Poorly Worded Pattern SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY SEWING YOUR QUILT TOP  
Lessons Learned from Hurrying SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY SEWING YOUR QUILT TOP  
Light weight pellon use for applique' EDGE TURN MACHINE APPLIQUE’ USING LIGHT WEIGHT PELLON  
Lint Roller EMPLOYING A COUPLE OF ITEMS  TO HELP WITH QUILT PROJECTS  
Lori Holt of Bee in My Bonnet LORI HOLT'S DESIGN BOARDS
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Machine Cleaning Brushes GADGETS AND GIZMOS  
Machine Stitch Applique' EDGE TURN MACHINE APPLIQUE’ USING LIGHT WEIGHT PELLON  
Magazine - Better Homes & Gardens American Patchwork Quilting Summer 2026 issue DID YOU KNOW HOW USEFUL A TOILET PAPER DISPENSER CAN BE FOR SEWING ON BINDING?  
Magazine Storage DEALING WITH OVERSTUFFED MAGAZINE STORAGE  
Magazine Subscriptions REVIEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRATION DATES  
Magnifier GADGETS AND GIZMOS  
Make a Test Block SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY SEWING YOUR QUILT TOP  
Marking Binding Joints HOW TO ACCOMPLISH ERROR-FREE BINDING STRIP JOINTS  
Marking Diagonal Lines ANOTHER HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE TIDBIT, BUT THIS TIME IT INVOLVES PUMPKINS!
Marking Diagonals with Soap CHAIN PIECING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES USING THE ACCORDION METHOD  
Marking Methods for Blocks BLUE PAINTER'S TAPE IS A HANDY TOOL FOR QUICK MARKING
Matching Corner Points AN EASY WAY TO MAKE A 4-PATCH BLOCK  
Matching Needle Type to Fabric Type A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
Matching Points WHAT TO DO WHEN CORNER POINTS DON’T WANT TO MATCH UP  
Matching Thread Weight to Needle Size A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
Matching fabric PREPARING FABRIC PRIOR TO CUTTING, INVISIBLY PIECING QUILT BACKING, AND INTRODUCING ACORN PIECING GLUE  
Maya Angelou ANNOUNCING THE BRAND SPANKING NEW  INDEX FOR EDUCATIONAL TIDBITS  ON THE CRAZY QUILTERS WEBSITE  
Measure Pre-Cuts Before Use SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY SEWING YOUR QUILT TOP  
Measurements for Quilt Backing WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Measuring and Sewing Borders WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Metal Bar Racks HOW TO STORE STRIPS AFTER YOU CUT THEM  
Microbrush Machine Cleaner GADGETS AND GIZMOS  
Mini Charm Squares A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Mini White Board EMPLOYING A COUPLE OF ITEMS  TO HELP WITH QUILT PROJECTS  
Mistyfuse A DISCUSSION OF FUSIBLE INTERFACING
Mitered Borders MITERED BORDERS  
Mitered Corners for Binding BINDING  
Mobile Design Wall SQUARING UP BLOCKS AND A MOBILE DESIGN WALL  
Modifying a Quilt Pattern to Create Fewer Seams ANOTHER TIDBIT ON MODIFYING A QUILT PATTERN
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser UNEXPECTED TOOLS YOU CAN USE FOR QUILTING
Musings JANUARY MUSINGS  
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Needle Size Chart A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
Needle Sizes A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
Nine-Patch Block, Chain Piecing CHAIN PIECING A 9-PATCH BLOCK  
No Math Required Charts for Free FREE STUFF YOU CAN USE TO MAKE A QUILT
No Math Required Quilt Layouts FREE STUFF YOU CAN USE TO MAKE A QUILT
No Waste Quilting A PLAN TO USE EVERY FABRIC SCRAP
Notions Organization DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
Numbers, Block and Rows REPURPOSE YOUR 2018 PAPER CALENDAR FOR YOUR NEXT QUILT PROJECT
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On Point CHANGING A QUILT PATTERN TO WORK FOR YOU  
On Point Layouts FREE STUFF YOU CAN USE TO MAKE A QUILT
One Yard A PRE-CUTS CHART   
One and Done Binding THREE WAYS TO SEW BINDING: ONE AND DONE  
Option to Finish a Quilt QUILTING A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS  AND DEALING WITH THE RESULTING HANGING THREADS  
Organization DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
Organization in a Condo CUTTING TOOLS AND CUTTING AIDS  
Organization, Bobbin BOBBIN ORGANIZATION AND STORAGE
Organize Work In Progress MY NEW WAY TO PICK A PROJECT “TO DO” NEXT
Organizing Magazines DEALING WITH OVERSTUFFED MAGAZINE STORAGE  
Organizing Notions DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
Organizing Scraps WHAT TO DO WITH FABRIC LEFTOVERS AFTER THE BONANZA?  
Organizing Templates & rulers CUTTING TOOLS AND CUTTING AIDS  
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Painter's Tape Use for Quilting QUILTING A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS  AND DEALING WITH THE RESULTING HANGING THREADS  
Patterns - All Wrapped Up by Stacy Iest Hsu PREPARING FABRIC PRIOR TO CUTTING, INVISIBLY PIECING QUILT BACKING, AND INTRODUCING ACORN PIECING GLUE  
Patterns - Card Trick by MSQC SOME SOLUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF FRAYING FABRIC
Patterns - Cats Eye Bag by Aunties Two, Portland, ME BOBBIN ORGANIZATION AND STORAGE
Patterns - Easy Bargello by MSQC MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Patterns - Easy Pillowcase Using the "Burrito" Method SEWING EASY PILLOWCASES USING THE BURRITO METHOD  
Patterns - Easy Zippered Boxed Pouch A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
Patterns - Happy Hearts from MSQC CHANGING A QUILT PATTERN TO WORK FOR YOU  
Patterns - Labryinth Pattern by Calico Carriage Designs MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Patterns - On the Fence by MSQC MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Patterns - Poppins Bag by Aunties Two, Portland, ME BOBBIN ORGANIZATION AND STORAGE
Patterns - Postcards from Toronto by Karen Brown of Just Get It Done Quilts CHAIN PIECING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES USING THE ACCORDION METHOD  
Patterns - Potato Chip Block Quilt by Karen Brown of Just Get It Done Quilts HAVE YOU EVER MADE A POTATO CHIP BLOCK QUILT?  
Patterns - Pumpkins by Allison Harris, published by Cluck Cluck Sew ANOTHER HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE TIDBIT, BUT THIS TIME IT INVOLVES PUMPKINS!
Patterns - Rose Garden by MSQC REUSABLE ROW AND BLOCK NUMBERS  
Patterns - Rule the Roost EDGE TURN MACHINE APPLIQUE’ USING LIGHT WEIGHT PELLON  
Patterns - Scrap Happy by Christa Watson, Allpeoplequilt.com, 2018 USING UP 2 1/2-INCH SQUARES, EMPLOYING BATTING SCRAPS TO LAYOUT BLOCKS, AND SEWING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES
Patterns - Scrappy Rails by MQC MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Patterns - Shamrock A FREE SHAMROCK PATTERN  
Patterns - Simple Log Cabin from MSQC CHANGING A QUILT PATTERN TO WORK FOR YOU  
Patterns - Spread Joy, Design by Natalie Crabtree for Basic Grey, PAT 039, Basic Grey Sewing Patterns, 2021. ANOTHER TIDBIT ON MODIFYING A QUILT PATTERN
Patterns - Strip Butterflies by MSQC A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
Patterns - Summer School from MSQC CHANGING A QUILT PATTERN TO WORK FOR YOU  
Patterns - Sweet Annie Quilt by Missouri Star Quilt Co. SQUARING UP BLOCKS AND A MOBILE DESIGN WALL  
Patterns - Twinkle Little Star by Jordan Fabrics INTRODUCING JORDAN FABRICS “TWINKLE LITTLE STAR” CENTER SQUARE TECHNIQUE  
Philanthropy PHILANTHROPY
Piano Style Border, how to make A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
Pillowcase Cutting Instructions SEWING EASY PILLOWCASES USING THE BURRITO METHOD  
Pillowcases SEWING EASY PILLOWCASES USING THE BURRITO METHOD  
Pinning when using a quarter inch presser foot with guide THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER  
Planning Your Quilting QUILTING A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS  AND DEALING WITH THE RESULTING HANGING THREADS  
Points WHAT TO DO WHEN CORNER POINTS DON’T WANT TO MATCH UP  
Polyfleece GIVE YOURSELF ANOTHER HAND
Potato Chip Block (PCB) HAVE YOU EVER MADE A POTATO CHIP BLOCK QUILT?  
Potato Chip Block Quilt HAVE YOU EVER MADE A POTATO CHIP BLOCK QUILT?  
Pre-Cuts TIPS ON CONSISTENTLY SEWING AN ACCURATE QUILT BLOCK
Pre-Cuts AN EASY WAY TO MAKE A 4-PATCH BLOCK  
Pre-Cuts INTRODUCING JORDAN FABRICS “TWINKLE LITTLE STAR” CENTER SQUARE TECHNIQUE  
Pre-Cuts A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
Pre-Cuts A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Pre-Cuts Chart A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Precision Fusing Mat A DISCUSSION OF FUSIBLE INTERFACING
Preparing Quilt Top for Sandwiching WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Preparing a quilt for binding BINDING  
Preparing fabric before cutting PREPARING FABRIC PRIOR TO CUTTING, INVISIBLY PIECING QUILT BACKING, AND INTRODUCING ACORN PIECING GLUE  
Press Don't Iron WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Press Fabric Before Cutting WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Press Seams Flat WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Pressing Binding BINDING  
Pressing Blocks USING A QUILTER'S CLAPPER FOR PRESSING  
Pressing Borders MITERED BORDERS  
Pressing Borders Straight WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Pressing flatter seams USING A QUILTER'S CLAPPER FOR PRESSING  
Pressing for Accuracy PREPARING FABRIC PRIOR TO CUTTING, INVISIBLY PIECING QUILT BACKING, AND INTRODUCING ACORN PIECING GLUE  
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Project Jar MY NEW WAY TO PICK A PROJECT “TO DO” NEXT
Q
Quarter Inch Seam THE FIVE-STAR METHOD FOR TESTING THE ¼ INCH SEAM  
Quarter Inch Seam TIPS ON CONSISTENTLY SEWING AN ACCURATE QUILT BLOCK
Quarter Inch, scant TIPS ON CONSISTENTLY SEWING AN ACCURATE QUILT BLOCK
Quarter inch presser foot with guide THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER  
Quick Way to Unsew Seams A QUICK WAY TO UN-SEW SEAMS, USING A SEAM RIPPER, WITHOUT CUTTING THE FABRIC
Quick and Easy Project SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY SEWING YOUR QUILT TOP  
Quick fix to match up points WHAT TO DO WHEN CORNER POINTS DON’T WANT TO MATCH UP  
Quilt Backing Calculator FINISHED OR UNFINISHED? THAT IS THE QUESTION
Quilt Backing Measurements WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Quilt Labels THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER  
Quilt Layouts FREE STUFF YOU CAN USE TO MAKE A QUILT
Quilt as you go MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Quilt as you go, quilting more than the quilt as you go MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Quilt-As-You-Go SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY SEWING YOUR QUILT TOP  
Quilter's Clapper USING A QUILTER'S CLAPPER FOR PRESSING  
Quilting Options QUILTING A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS  AND DEALING WITH THE RESULTING HANGING THREADS  
Quilting on a home sewing machine QUILTING A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS  AND DEALING WITH THE RESULTING HANGING THREADS  
R
Rainbow Chart, The FREE STUFF YOU CAN USE TO MAKE A QUILT
Read Through the Whole Pattern Before Starting the Cutting SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY SEWING YOUR QUILT TOP  
Reducing Seams in a Quilt MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Reducing the number of seams in a quilt CHANGING A QUILT PATTERN TO WORK FOR YOU  
Repurposing a Calendar REPURPOSE YOUR 2018 PAPER CALENDAR FOR YOUR NEXT QUILT PROJECT
Reusable Block Numbers REUSABLE ROW AND BLOCK NUMBERS  
Reusable Row Numbers REUSABLE ROW AND BLOCK NUMBERS  
Rotary Cutter CUTTING TOOLS AND CUTTING AIDS  
Rotary Cutting AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO USE TINY TEMPLATES TO CUT FABRIC
Rotary Cutting Basics REFRESHER ABOUT USE OF A ROTARY CUTTER  
Rotary cutter safety SQUARING UP BLOCKS AND A MOBILE DESIGN WALL  
Row Numbers REUSABLE ROW AND BLOCK NUMBERS  
Rubbish Bin, How to Make a LET’S TALK TRASH, OR AT LEAST, HOW TO MAKE  A CUTE RUBBISH BIN
Ruler, Perfect Adjustable THE QUICK RIPPER, A TAKE-APART CUTTING RULER, AND OTHER RAMBLINGS  
Rulers AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO USE TINY TEMPLATES TO CUT FABRIC
Rulers AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO USE TINY TEMPLATES TO CUT FABRIC
S
Safe Rotary Cutting REFRESHER ABOUT USE OF A ROTARY CUTTER  
Saint Patrick's Day A FREE SHAMROCK PATTERN  
Sashing GET CREATIVE WITH SASHING
Save Money on Service Calls GADGETS AND GIZMOS  
Scant 1/4 inch Seam ANOTHER HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE TIDBIT, BUT THIS TIME IT INVOLVES PUMPKINS!
Scant Quarter Inch TIPS ON CONSISTENTLY SEWING AN ACCURATE QUILT BLOCK
Scissors CUTTING TOOLS AND CUTTING AIDS  
Scraps HAVE YOU EVER MADE A POTATO CHIP BLOCK QUILT?  
Scraps, Dealing with DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
Scraps, Organizing WHAT TO DO WITH FABRIC LEFTOVERS AFTER THE BONANZA?  
Scraps, Using THE QUICK RIPPER, A TAKE-APART CUTTING RULER, AND OTHER RAMBLINGS  
Scraps, Using WHAT TO DO WITH FABRIC LEFTOVERS AFTER THE BONANZA?  
Scraps, Using A PLAN TO USE EVERY FABRIC SCRAP
Scraps, Using up CHAIN PIECING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES USING THE ACCORDION METHOD  
Scraps, Using up 2 1/2 inch squares USING UP 2 1/2-INCH SQUARES, EMPLOYING BATTING SCRAPS TO LAYOUT BLOCKS, AND SEWING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES
Scraps, batting scraps use as mini design wall USING UP 2 1/2-INCH SQUARES, EMPLOYING BATTING SCRAPS TO LAYOUT BLOCKS, AND SEWING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES
Seam ripper (see Unsew) A QUICK WAY TO UN-SEW SEAMS, USING A SEAM RIPPER, WITHOUT CUTTING THE FABRIC
Self Threading Needles QUILTING A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS  AND DEALING WITH THE RESULTING HANGING THREADS  
Selvage SALVAGE THOSE SELVAGES
Sewing 4 flying geese at a time MAKE FOUR FLYING GEESE UNITS AT ONE TIME  
Sewing Accuracy THE FIVE-STAR METHOD FOR TESTING THE ¼ INCH SEAM  
Sewing Accuracy TIPS ON CONSISTENTLY SEWING AN ACCURATE QUILT BLOCK
Sewing Binding Joints without Marking HOW TO ACCOMPLISH ERROR-FREE BINDING STRIP JOINTS  
Sewing Machine Needle Parts Chart A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
Sewing Machine Needles A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
Sewing Mitered Borders MITERED BORDERS  
Sewing Tips in Magazines DEALING WITH OVERSTUFFED MAGAZINE STORAGE  
Sewing binding strips together BINDING  
Sewing the Diagonal for Mitered Borders MITERED BORDERS  
Sewing tips for half square triangles USING UP 2 1/2-INCH SQUARES, EMPLOYING BATTING SCRAPS TO LAYOUT BLOCKS, AND SEWING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES
Sewing with Solids CHAIN PIECING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES USING THE ACCORDION METHOD  
Shadowing WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Sharing Sewing Space with Living Space DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
Sizes of Quilts PHILANTHROPY
Snowball Corners INTRODUCING JORDAN FABRICS “TWINKLE LITTLE STAR” CENTER SQUARE TECHNIQUE  
Snowball Corners A FREE SHAMROCK PATTERN  
Snowballed Corners ANOTHER HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE TIDBIT, BUT THIS TIME IT INVOLVES PUMPKINS!
Snowballing 6 TIPS TO IMPROVE FLYING GEESE UNITS
Soap, Use in lieu of chalk to mark dark fabrics SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY SEWING YOUR QUILT TOP  
Soft Fuse A DISCUSSION OF FUSIBLE INTERFACING
Spray Basting MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Squaring Up HST Blocks AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO USE TINY TEMPLATES TO CUT FABRIC
Squaring up a quilt BINDING  
Squaring up blocks SQUARING UP BLOCKS AND A MOBILE DESIGN WALL  
Stabilizer use in applique' EDGE TURN MACHINE APPLIQUE’ USING LIGHT WEIGHT PELLON  
Starch Fabric A FREE SHAMROCK PATTERN  
Starching Fabric A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
Starching Pre-Cut Fabric A METHOD FOR STARCHING PRE-CUT FABRICS
Stars MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Steam-A-Seam A DISCUSSION OF FUSIBLE INTERFACING
Stitch Ripper, Electric (battery powered) THE QUICK RIPPER, A TAKE-APART CUTTING RULER, AND OTHER RAMBLINGS  
Stitch-In-The-Ditch Quilting QUILTING A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS  AND DEALING WITH THE RESULTING HANGING THREADS  
Storage DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
Storage, Bobbin BOBBIN ORGANIZATION AND STORAGE
Storing Strips After Cutting HOW TO STORE STRIPS AFTER YOU CUT THEM  
Strips HOW TO STORE STRIPS AFTER YOU CUT THEM  
T
Table Runner A FREE SHAMROCK PATTERN  
Table Runners MAKE SOMETHING FUN AND SIMPLE AS A DISTRACTION WHILE SEWING A COMPLICATED QUILT  
Take Your Time to Enjoy the Project SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY SEWING YOUR QUILT TOP  
Templates AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO USE TINY TEMPLATES TO CUT FABRIC
Temporary Block Marking BLUE PAINTER'S TAPE IS A HANDY TOOL FOR QUICK MARKING
Thread A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
Thread Sizes A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
Thread Storage DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
Three Yard Quilt INTRODUCING THE FABRIC CAFÉ
Tidbit Index ANNOUNCING THE BRAND SPANKING NEW  INDEX FOR EDUCATIONAL TIDBITS  ON THE CRAZY QUILTERS WEBSITE  
Tips to improve flying geese units 6 TIPS TO IMPROVE FLYING GEESE UNITS
To Do MY NEW WAY TO PICK A PROJECT “TO DO” NEXT
To Do List, completing items on your (moving from "to do" to "ta done") GOING FROM “TO DO” TO “TA-DONE” AND INTRODUCING YOU TO A UFO CHALLENGE  
Toilet Paper Dispenser DID YOU KNOW HOW USEFUL A TOILET PAPER DISPENSER CAN BE FOR SEWING ON BINDING?  
Toilet Paper Roller DID YOU KNOW HOW USEFUL A TOILET PAPER DISPENSER CAN BE FOR SEWING ON BINDING?  
Triangles A PRE-CUTS CHART   
Trim Loose Threads WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR QUILT TOP,  IS IT REALLY READY TO BE QUILTED?  
Tube Binding THREE WAYS TO SEW BINDING: ONE AND DONE  
Two and 1/2 inch squares USING UP 2 1/2-INCH SQUARES, EMPLOYING BATTING SCRAPS TO LAYOUT BLOCKS, AND SEWING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES
Types of Thread A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
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UFO - Unfinished Object GOING FROM “TO DO” TO “TA-DONE” AND INTRODUCING YOU TO A UFO CHALLENGE  
UFO Challenge GOING FROM “TO DO” TO “TA-DONE” AND INTRODUCING YOU TO A UFO CHALLENGE  
UFO's WE NOW HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO SEW THOSE BONANZA AND CHRISTMAS UFO’S  
Unexpected Tools to Use for Quilting UNEXPECTED TOOLS YOU CAN USE FOR QUILTING
Unfinished Size FINISHED OR UNFINISHED? THAT IS THE QUESTION
Unsew Seams, Quickly A QUICK WAY TO UN-SEW SEAMS, USING A SEAM RIPPER, WITHOUT CUTTING THE FABRIC
Use Selvage to Find Coordinating Fabric SALVAGE THOSE SELVAGES
Use Selvage to Obtain Fabric Origins SALVAGE THOSE SELVAGES
Use Soap in Lieu of Chalk to Mark Dark Fabrics SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY SEWING YOUR QUILT TOP  
Use of Templates to Cut Fabric AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO USE TINY TEMPLATES TO CUT FABRIC
Use of Weights as a Sewing Aid GIVE YOURSELF ANOTHER HAND
Use of Weights to Hold Cutting Rulers AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO USE TINY TEMPLATES TO CUT FABRIC
Using Diagonal Tape in lieu of Marking Fabric HOW TO ACCOMPLISH ERROR-FREE BINDING STRIP JOINTS  
Using Elmer's Glue Sticks in Sewing and Quilting UNEXPECTED TOOLS YOU CAN USE FOR QUILTING
Using Scraps THE QUICK RIPPER, A TAKE-APART CUTTING RULER, AND OTHER RAMBLINGS  
Using Scraps WHAT TO DO WITH FABRIC LEFTOVERS AFTER THE BONANZA?  
Using Scraps to Make Projects A PLAN TO USE EVERY FABRIC SCRAP
Using Soap to Mark Diagonals CHAIN PIECING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES USING THE ACCORDION METHOD  
Using Weights to Cut Blocks SQUARING UP BLOCKS AND A MOBILE DESIGN WALL  
Using a Rotary Cutter Safely REFRESHER ABOUT USE OF A ROTARY CUTTER  
Using straight pins THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER  
Using up Scraps CHAIN PIECING HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES USING THE ACCORDION METHOD  
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Vacuum, Mini, Fuller Brush Co. GADGETS AND GIZMOS  
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Washing Fabric SEWING EASY PILLOWCASES USING THE BURRITO METHOD  
Washing Fabrics WASHING FABRICS AND QUILTS  
Washing Pre-Cuts WASHING FABRICS AND QUILTS  
Washing Quilts WASHING FABRICS AND QUILTS  
Weights, Use as a Sewing Aid GIVE YOURSELF ANOTHER HAND
Weights, Use for Cutting Fabric CUTTING TOOLS AND CUTTING AIDS  
Weights, Using to hold cutting rulers AVOID THE TEMPTATION TO USE TINY TEMPLATES TO CUT FABRIC
Weights, use to cut blocks SQUARING UP BLOCKS AND A MOBILE DESIGN WALL  
When to Change the Sewing Machine Needle A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  
Why Didn't I Think of That? DID YOU KNOW HOW USEFUL A TOILET PAPER DISPENSER CAN BE FOR SEWING ON BINDING?  
Wide plastic presser foot THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER  
Wonder Under A DISCUSSION OF FUSIBLE INTERFACING
Work Stations, Creation for Work Tasks DECLUTTERING YOUR SEWING SPACE
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You might be a quilter if... THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER  
YouTube Video - Scrap Buster Video by Karen Brown of Just Get It Done Quilts - Potato Chip Block Quilt HAVE YOU EVER MADE A POTATO CHIP BLOCK QUILT?  
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DID YOU KNOW HOW USEFUL A TOILET PAPER DISPENSER CAN BE FOR SEWING ON BINDING?  


USING A QUILTER'S CLAPPER FOR PRESSING  


QUILTING A COUPLE OF SMALL PROJECTS  AND DEALING WITH THE RESULTING HANGING THREADS  


A DISCUSSION OF FUSIBLE INTERFACING


UNEXPECTED TOOLS YOU CAN USE FOR QUILTING


A DISCUSSION OF THREAD AND SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES  


6 TIPS TO IMPROVE FLYING GEESE UNITS


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 2 1/2-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  


MAKE A MEMORY OF HOPE “CRUMB” QUILT  


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






June 2026
DID YOU KNOW HOW USEFUL A TOILET PAPER
DISPENSER CAN BE FOR SEWING ON BINDING?
 

Yay, June is here! In June I think of graduations, weddings and honeymoons... ah to be young and in love and moving on to a new stage of life. This month has some wonderful things we can do, including: Flag Day, Juneteenth, and Father's Day. Additionally, in the Clubhouse 4 Quilt Room, The Crazy Quilters have a workshop scheduled on June 13th featuring Grace Errea - Intro to Heat Set Applique'. Also, since the Emeritus classes will not be using our quilt room over the summer, we will have more opportunities to sew together in the quilt room with a variety of fun pop-up workshops provided by our very own quilt room supervisors. Watch for more specific information in e-blasts and in our June Newsletter. Very exciting! See you in the quilt room.

Rather than constantly looking at a computer screen, I prefer to look at hardcopies of quilting magazines. With a magazine, I recline in my easy chair and luxuriously thumb through the pages, reviewing new ideas and seeking out the pictures of all the yummy new quilts.

This month I received my Better Homes & Gardens American Patchwork Quilting Summer 2026 issue. With this year being the 250th birthday of the United States of America, there are lots of patterns and quilts featuring the red, white and blue theme. So many lovely quilts are printed in the magazine, I really enjoy looking at them. But what I really delight in, is going to the pages that show tips from readers. In this magazine it is called "Why Didn't I Think of That?" on page 6. On the bottom of the page there is a tip about using a toilet paper dispenser. My request for permission to include a picture of the tip in this tidbit was turned down by the magazine. Instead, I am including pictures from my sewing desk as I recently sewed binding to some quilts using the dispenser.. Whoever would have thought you could use a toilet paper dispenser to make sewing binding on a quilt easier?

This picture shows the dispenser I installed in my desk. I used command strips to adhere it in place so I would not have to drill any holes and damage my desk. I went to Amazon and ordered the most basic dispenser that only cost about $8.00.


The next pictures show how to employ the dispenser. The dispenser keeps the binding tidy and off the floor. The binding feeds out as you sew and so far it has been a very efficient method to control the binding strip as I sew it on to the quilt.
 

You can use empty toilet paper rollers to store your binding strips and then install the roller on the dispenser. For me, I decided just to use one paper roller over and over. I wrap the binding strip on the paper roller just before I am ready to sew the binding on to the quilt.

Have a great June and a wonderful summer. I plan to make this a tidbit free summer and plan to be back with another tidbit in September. Let me know if there is a topic you would like me to research and something that I can write up in a tidbit. Blessings to you and your family.

 





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June 2026
DID YOU KNOW HOW USEFUL A TOILET PAPER
DISPENSER CAN BE FOR SEWING ON BINDING?
 

Yay, June is here! In June I think of graduations, weddings and honeymoons... ah to be young and in love and moving on to a new stage of life. This month has some wonderful things we can do, including: Flag Day, Juneteenth, and Father's Day. Additionally, in the Clubhouse 4 Quilt Room, The Crazy Quilters have a workshop scheduled on June 13th featuring Grace Errea - Intro to Heat Set Applique'. Also, since the Emeritus classes will not be using our quilt room over the summer, we will have more opportunities to sew together in the quilt room with a variety of fun pop-up workshops provided by our very own quilt room supervisors. Watch for more specific information in e-blasts and in our June Newsletter. Very exciting! See you in the quilt room.

Rather than constantly looking at a computer screen, I prefer to look at hardcopies of quilting magazines. With a magazine, I recline in my easy chair and luxuriously thumb through the pages, reviewing new ideas and seeking out the pictures of all the yummy new quilts.

This month I received my Better Homes & Gardens American Patchwork Quilting Summer 2026 issue. With this year being the 250th birthday of the United States of America, there are lots of patterns and quilts featuring the red, white and blue theme. So many lovely quilts are printed in the magazine, I really enjoy looking at them. But what I really delight in, is going to the pages that show tips from readers. In this magazine it is called "Why Didn't I Think of That?" on page 6. On the bottom of the page there is a tip about using a toilet paper dispenser. My request for permission to include a picture of the tip in this tidbit was turned down by the magazine. Instead, I am including pictures from my sewing desk as I recently sewed binding to some quilts using the dispenser.. Whoever would have thought you could use a toilet paper dispenser to make sewing binding on a quilt easier?

This picture shows the dispenser I installed in my desk. I used command strips to adhere it in place so I would not have to drill any holes and damage my desk. I went to Amazon and ordered the most basic dispenser that only cost about $8.00.


The next pictures show how to employ the dispenser. The dispenser keeps the binding tidy and off the floor. The binding feeds out as you sew and so far it has been a very efficient method to control the binding strip as I sew it on to the quilt.
 

You can use empty toilet paper rollers to store your binding strips and then install the roller on the dispenser. For me, I decided just to use one paper roller over and over. I wrap the binding strip on the paper roller just before I am ready to sew the binding on to the quilt.

Have a great June and a wonderful summer. I plan to make this a tidbit free summer and plan to be back with another tidbit in September. Let me know if there is a topic you would like me to research and something that I can write up in a tidbit. Blessings to you and your family.