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Wholecloth Quilt – The End Results

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How do you finish a wholecloth quilt? Welcome to Quilting With Tamara! Finishing a wholecloth quilt involved completing all the quilting, trimming the edge, adding the binding, and washing carefully to remove the blue quilting lines. There are instances in which the blue stencil lines don’t wash out completely. The article below will see how I finished this two-year project. Wholecloth Quilt Adventure This post shows the results of my wholecloth quilting adventure. This was…

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What is Quilting Lingo?

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Quilting Lingo? – What is it?? Welcome to Quilting With Tamara. The longer you participate in this hobby, the more likely you’ve come across some quilting lingo – quilters’ terminology and abbreviations that can confuse the new quilter and even a seasoned quilter. New quilting lingo pops up all the time. I will share what I teach new quilters as well as seasoned quilters. I will also share what they teach me. It’s all about…

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Quilting Skills – Important?

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Welcome to Quilting With Tamara There is so much more to quilting than picking out a pattern. Each quilting skill builds upon the next and therefore important to learn the foundation skills. It takes practice and a willingness to learn a few basic techniques. Let’s throw some patience in there too! I continue to learn. Quilts, fabrics, and even quilting tools inspire me – well, almost any tool, as you will see. There are fundamental…

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Scrappy Wedding Ring Quilt

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Scraps by Judy Martin Scraps by Judy is one of my favorite books, specifically the pattern called Monet’s Wedding Ring. This variation on the Wedding Ring Quilt is created with all straight-line piecing – no curves. I used this pattern to create my oldest son and daughter-in-law’s scrappy wedding ring quilt. So much thought went into this quilt. Their house style, decor, and my son’s connection to my quilting all played a part – Scrappy…

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Quilting With Tamara – How it started

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Welcome to Quilting With Tamara Let’s Get Started. Welcome to Quilting With Tamara. When I sit down to write, I start out thinking this will be easy. The truth is, I am usually writing and rewriting for days until the post finally comes together. I appreciate your patience as I get back into the swing of posting again. As I begin, I will only scratch the surface of what is behind Quilting With Tamara. You…

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