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Cut to It: Strategies for Smarter Quilting

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Overview

Description Join pattern designer Debbie Caffrey and discover her efficient techniques for using a rotary cutter and streamlining your cutting process. Set up an ergonomic workspace and position your hands correctly to keep your ruler in place and your fingers safe. Discover speedy tips for cutting strips, four-patches, diamonds and chevrons. Next, use quarter-square, half-square and Tri-Recs rulers to quickly create perfect half- and quarter-square triangles, flying geese, trapezoids and more. Transform squares into Delectable Mountain and split nine-patch blocks, and create perfect half-square triangles with a bias-strip pieced method. Plus, get charts you can use to adapt these units to any size project. Learn clever cutting techniques for pre-cuts and yardage and finish your new favorite quilt sooner.

Syllabus

  • Class Preview
  • Getting Started
  • Striply Speaking
  • Working on Your Traps
  • Shape Up Your Fat Quarters
  • Delectable Mountain
  • It's Hip to be Square
  • It Might Be Biased

Taught by

Debbie Caffrey

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