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Using A Cricut Maker To Cut Quilt Templates

Quilt-Pro Software To Make Templates

Double 8 Point Star Paper Piecing Lesson 1

Local Quilt Shop Fabric vs Big Box Store Fabric

Leader Ender Blocks In Quilting, Why We Use The, How They Maker Quilting Faster

Summer 2018 Quilting Trends

Fifty-Four Forty or Fight Quilt Block History and How To

Necchi BU Vintage Sewing Machines

Easy Half Square Triangle Tutorial - No Drawing Lines

How To Use a Tri-Recs Ruler

Antique and Vintage Singer Sewing Machine Frequently Asked Questions

Hamilton Beach Durathon Digital Iron Model 19901 Review

Spring 2018 Quilting Trends

Saying Goodbye To Fixer Upper

Montgomery Wards RBR2W Model 30 - The Streamliner

How Quilt Fabric Gets to the LQS

Singer 24 Sewing Machine Review - 24-62 Model

White 769 Selectronic Vintage Sewing Machine

Singer 28 Vintage Sewing Machine - How We Found Our Handcrank

History of the Singer 27 Vintage Sewing Machines

Marketing Quilt Fabric To Quilt Shops and Consumers

Anker RZ Sewing Machine Review

How Quilt Fabric Designs Are Chosen

Singer 101 Sewing Machine Information & Demo

How To Organize Your Quilt Projects

Why We Use Gloves In Quilting

Ohio Star Quilt Block

Temperature Quilt - Make It Any Year You Want

Octagon Bowl Cozies

Top 10 Blog Posts 2017

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Click to learn more - Mel is a quilt pattern designer, owner of The Quilting Room, third-generation quilter, vintage sewing machine collector, and NASCAR fan. She loves reading anything she can get her hands on, live-tweeting HGTV shows and Marvel movies. Mel has two cats named Vittorio and Elias who are the best pets ever. When she's not designing or running her shop, you'll find her watching Big Brother or Project Runway with some good snacks!

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