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Cutting Tips with The Grace Company
Beth gives tips for cutting and shares several TrueCut tools that can make cutting easier and more accurate!
Reader Tips: 5 Helpful Storage Ideas
Doris shares five ideas for storing items in your sewing room.
Tour the American Patchwork & Quilting Sewing Studio
Beth Peterson and Lindsay Mayland of the American Patchwork & Quilting staff walk you around the newly remodeled space. The studio is where they shoot how-to videos, test new products and patterns, sew samples and quilts for photography, and more. Learn how they set up the space, what furniture they selected, and tips for organizing and storing.
The Freezer Paper Appliqué Method
Many quilters choose to use freezer paper for appliqué. Available in grocery stores and some quilt shops, freezer paper has a shiny coating on one side that temporarily adheres to fabric when pressed with a warm iron. This technique may be used to prepare pieces for hand or machine appliqué. Learn how to use freezer paper to prepare appliqué shapes, below.
Boost Your Fabric Storage Bins
Make the most of your bin storage space with these three tips.
2023 UFO Challenge
Each year, we challenge ourselves and our readers to finish some UFOs (unfinished objects). Follow our directions for a productive year of quilting!
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Reader Tips: 5 Helpful Cutting Hacks
Lindsay shares five ways to make cutting fabric and thread easier and more effective.
How to Clean and Care for Your Sewing Tools
Our sewing tools work hard for us so deserve a little TLC. Here's how to clean and care for some common accessories in your sewing space.
Make a Display: Simple Machine-Quilting Ideas for Mini Quilts

Many makers choose to quilt their mini quilts on their domestic sewing machines. Consider easy straight and serpentine stitches, both of which produce great results on small quilts! Here Lindsay shares tips that will help you feel confident conquering some basic quilting on your home machine. This mini quilt is part of the Make a Display sew-along series.  (Get more details here.)