Salsa Nights 4 – Trimming the quilt

Wendy’s post… I love using my rotary cutter. If you are going to quilt you will need a good rotary cutter – it’s so much easier and precise than cutting with scissors. As you can see I am wearing a klutz glove so I won’t cut myself if I slip. I made this quilt for…

Salsa Nights 3

Paper piecing allows for clean details  Wendy’s post… Now all the blocks from Salsa Nights are added to the design wall.  The main blocks are 12″, and you can see the row above and below which is the row made up of the paper pieced block joined with the cornerstones. between each of the blocks is…

Salsa Nights part 2

Wendy’s post… As I mentioned in the previous post there were various techniques that were learned during this process.  The big learning in this was learning how to paper piece.  This technique has you lining up each piece of fabric with a paper pattern and sewing on the lines.  The purpose of this is to…