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How to JOIN quilting block swaps Australia

Hello and thank you for visiting. This is a community group for all Australian quilters to join or just follow. Membership is FREE and you are partnered each month and we make each other a 12 inch quilt block based on our preferences which we swap. (12.5 inches raw edge to raw edge) The emphasis of the group is on friendship and sharing. To find out more or register to join email me on quiltingblocks@hotmail.com This purpose of this blog is to chat and showcase blocks and quilts made by members, kind of like a show and tell . Yours in stitching, Sue



USEFUL QUICK LINKS

From time to time, I come across or someone tells me about a link to a super time saving hint or tutorial, or just simply a place to find patterns so here is a page dedicated to these.


1. Quilters cache - a brilliant website for a multitude of patterns in all sizes


http://www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore.html




2. Perfect points tutorial - suggested by Lynette Peters.


http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/blog.php/blog_id/3753


3. Binding without pinning and perfect mitred corners (copy and paste into your browser) - suggested by Bobbie


Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PE0Yq9iGlc


Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3vHI7rgZpw


Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W--xgi4nux8


Full video (around 30mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2hWQ5-ZccE


4. Free patterns to share via Melody - House on the side of the Hill

5. Paper piecing tutorial http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/?page_id=609

6. Binding with a piped trim http://www.52quilts.com/2012/05/tuesday-tutorial-susies-magic-binding.html