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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.