by RaNae Merrill December 11, 2024
Breakfast can be a particularly tricky meal for skipping wheat-based foods -- try acorn squash instead! Using the microwave, you can cook a whole squash in the time it takes to prepare pancakes.
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by RaNae Merrill September 23, 2024 1 Comment
The fabric moved so little that the thread stayed under the needle. Then the needle stitched through the thread and . . . bam! . . . the thread broke.
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by RaNae Merrill September 04, 2024 1 Comment
This sounds like something most of us would enjoy, but not when it breaks your quilting thread!
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by RaNae Merrill August 21, 2024
Why do you need a special needle for T-shirt quilts?
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by RaNae Merrill July 12, 2024
Let's talk about types of needles and how their differences might affect your free-motion quilting.
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by RaNae Merrill June 24, 2024
The first thing you need to know: needle size is determined by thread size.
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by RaNae Merrill November 25, 2023
Kathy Wiley's quilt Beauty in the Broken is something completely new: a quilt that incorporates openwork.
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by RaNae Merrill October 20, 2023
All through the process, as I looked at the words on those T-shirts, I would think "This is what I want to be able to say about how I got through it when COVID is over."
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by RaNae Merrill August 23, 2023
Slices of eggplant wrapped around a filling of feta, lemon, mint, pine nuts and raisins are SOOOO good!
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by RaNae Merrill August 23, 2023
Here's my trick for non-skid bacon that won't slide out of your BLT.
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by RaNae Merrill August 16, 2023
Expanding the quilting beyond the block and using a carefully-curated set of motifs makes this quilt simply elegant!
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by RaNae Merrill July 24, 2023
There are two types of large-print fabrics: allover designs and panel blocks. Which should you use?
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