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Sewing Back-to-School: Ironing and Pressing

This post is part of the Sewing Back-to-School series, 30 days of helpful sewing articles by guest bloggers. Feel free to check out the original Sewing Back-to-School post for schedule and previous posts! Lee from Freshly Pieced is the guest blogger for today! I know that summer is over, and so is her Summer Sampler Series, but I just wanted...

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My First Quilt: Day 1

So I started working on my first quilt today (the Amy Butler Lotus quilt pattern that I mentioned in a previous post). I have a little over 100 fabric scraps, all different prints, that I was using to cut 4-1/2" x 7-1/2" squares from. To begin with, I had to iron all the fabric since it had been crammed...

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