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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by Melissa Winters April 23, 2021
When you start learning free-motion quilting, begin with a large print fabric and stitch around the design. Look for these characteristics in a fabric.
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by RaNae Merrill April 19, 2021
How do you combine an in-person class with a live online instructor? Here's what I learned.....
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by RaNae Merrill March 22, 2021 1 Comment
File sharing uses the Chat function in Zoom to pass documents to attendees so you can share documents with attendees in real time.
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