by RaNae Merrill December 28, 2021
I found this recipe for Goan Shrimp Curry years ago and fell in love with the tangy mix of tomatoes, coconut, and curry spices. Over the years it has become attached to many happy memories for me, and I hope it will for you too!
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by RaNae Merrill November 08, 2021
Every year since 2017, I've driven to Houston in October for International Quilt Festival. Each trip turns into a unique adventure -- this year's trip included buying a Steinway and dodging tornadoes!
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by RaNae Merrill October 05, 2021
Recently several students have brought me questions about why their thread was breaking repeatedly. Here are the solutions I suggested -- and why.
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by RaNae Merrill September 03, 2021
I LOVE fruit pies, but they can be a hassle to make. Galettes make fruit pie easy -- just unroll a sheet of frozen pie crust, put some fruit on top, fold over the edges, bake and yum! Here's how!
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by RaNae Merrill July 27, 2021 1 Comment
A keychain light is just the right size to get down into small spaces.
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by RaNae Merrill July 21, 2021
You already use this phrase whenever you make a quilt. The key is to learn to use it consciously in every aspect of your life.
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by RaNae Merrill June 29, 2021
Do your bobbins get tangled up in your sewing tools drawer? Mine used to until one day I found this simple solution
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by RaNae Merrill June 22, 2021
Sometimes when using a two-sided fabric for binding -- a dyed solid or a batik mostly -- I accidentally joined my binding strips together with a seam sewn backwards so that the seam allowances were on the outside of the binding strip. Here's how I ALWAYS avoid that problem now . . . .
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by RaNae Merrill June 16, 2021
This panel of St. Michael and the Dragon from the front of a building on my street in NYC is an example of bas relief. Here's what you can learn from it for your next quilt . . . .
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by RaNae Merrill June 08, 2021
Hard to get a good scrub on your back? "If only my washcloth were longer and had handles" . . . . Wish granted!
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by RaNae Merrill May 24, 2021
My haikuilts are tiny -- 5" x 7" -- art quilts that illustrate and express a haiku.
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by Melissa Winters May 05, 2021
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