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- Hi, welcome to Speedy Solutions to Cut
and Organize your Scraps.
My name is Lori Dickman, and I'm gonna share with you today
how I cut, organize, and store and use my scrap stash.
I'm gonna be sharing with you today
the methods and techniques that I teach in my book,
Speedy Solutions to Cut and Organize Your Scrap Stash .
It includes the step-by-step instructions
that you need to cut and organize your scraps
to make beautiful quilts,
and it also includes five patterns.
The corresponding patterns book
includes 12 beautiful patterns from which
you can use your own scrap stash
to create beautiful scrappy quilts.
I want to show you how you can easily turn piles
of wrinkled fabrics and turn them into neatly cut squares,
organized by size and value, darks, mediums, and lights,
and then you can take those squares
and simply go to your sewing machine
and start creating beautiful quilts.
Please notice on the left-hand photo here,
that is quite a messy pile of fabric.
To me, it is not at all inspirational.
It does not get my creative juices flowing.
However, that same pile of fabric was cut
into beautifully cut, neat squares,
separated and organized by value on the right,
and if you look at that,
that certainly does get my creative juices flowing.
I can definitely work with that,
and so I'm gonna be showing you this today.
Ultimately, what I want each of you to be able to do
is to adopt some of my speedy solutions
so they work perfectly for you in your own quilt studio.
I want you to be able to simply grab combinations
of fabric squares in different values and sizes,
take them to your sewing machine,
and start making your next beautiful quilt.
Have you ever been to the quilt shop,
and you found a pattern that you've just fallen in love with
and you knew you needed to make it,
so you brought the pattern home, only to find when you got there
that there's so much cutting involved
that you became discouraged,
and you never made the quilt pattern
just because you were overwhelmed
with the amount of cutting involved?
Well, I want to show you with my speedy solutions techniques
that you can take that pattern to your own scrap stash
and literally pull all of the squares
that you need in the values and sizes,
and take that to your sewing machine
and start making that quilt.
So let's see how this is done.
So the first thing you need to do is get organized.
You need to set up a time and a place
that you're going to get all of your scraps cut
and organized and stored.
So if you'll notice the photo in the upper right-hand corner,
those are just a few of the tubs of remnants
of fabric scraps that I had gathered over the years,
and I have done a lot of sewing, so I had a lot of scraps,
and when I talk about cutting and organizing your scrap stash,
this is what I'm referring to,
all of the scraps that are leftover pieces
and remnants and the remainder of previous projects.
So I wanted to get that all cut and organized
'cause I knew that it could be used
to create beautiful quilts.
So what we need to do is press, cut, organize,
and store to get this accomplished.
The first thing we're gonna do of course, is to press,
and what I typically do when I'm going through
my scrap stash is I'll grab a large handful,
I'll take it over to my ironing board,
and I'll lay out as many pieces as will nicely fit
on the ironing board,
and then I will spray and steam them.
I like to use Mary Ellen's Best Press.
You may have another favorite,
but it's important to starch them
'cause you're gonna need that, as well as steam.
Get them all neatly pressed,
and then transfer them over to your cutting table.
And keep pressing piles of fabric
until you've gotten quite a pile ready
that you can start cutting.
And then of course the next step will be cutting.
Let's talk a little bit about the tools of the trade.
Some of the things you're gonna need, obviously,
are the iron, the ironing board, your starch,
but you're gonna need lots of rotary blades,
very sharp blades, your rotary cutter, mats,
and lots of different rotary rulers.
One of my favorite that I seem to be going to all the time
is my 6 1/2-inch ruler.
It's one that maneuvers around on my fabric so easily,
and I can cut anywhere from a 1 1/2 to a 6 1/2-inch square.
I also make sure that I have on hand at my fingertips,
my long rulers, my small rulers, my fat rulers,
you need all sizes ready to go.
I also like to make sure that I go around my quilt studio
and gather all of my template rulers, my Dresdens,
my Drunkard's Paths, my hexies, all of those,
and I will cut an assortment of scraps
from using those templates as well.
You're gonna notice in some of the photos
that you see in my presentation,
that some of the fabrics are more
of an upholstery type fabric,
and I do cut those up into larger scraps.
I like to use those for my appliqué quilts
and my art quilts.
I don't want to cut into yardage.
I prefer to just grab my scrap stash
when I'm working on art and appliqué quilts.
But predominantly, you'll see
that I'm cutting quilting cotton.
So my first scrapping rule is what I want
to speak about first.
When I'm working through my stash,
what I want to do is follow that first scrapping rule
with each and every piece of fabric that I pick up.
So if you look at the center photo here,
this is a triangle, and my first scrapping rule
is cut the largest piece possible out of each scrap.
So the largest piece possible that I could cut
from that black triangle is a 2 1/2-inch square.
And then I was actually able to cut 1 1/2-inch squares
from each of the remnants.
And then you'll notice here on the right
that I have placed sticky notes on my cutting table
from 1 1/2 inches up to 10 inches.
I only cut in half-inch increments.
I don't cut anything less than 1 1/2 inches,
and I do cut 12 1/2-inch background squares
also for my appliqué,
but it's predominantly 1 1/2 to 10 inches.
You're gonna want to remove selvages.
I speak about a number of things in my techniques book,
and one of them is the selvage rule.
You must remove the selvages from all scraps,
from all the squares that you're gonna be using,
as well as from seams if you're seaming your backing.
So it's really important to always remove selvages
whenever you are quilting.
What do you do with the really small scraps?
As I'm going through my stash and cutting them,
I find that you're gonna have a lot of really small pieces,
and I didn't really want to throw those away,
so in my techniques book, you'll find a pattern
for a pet pillow.
I make up the pet pillow and I'll clip it
to my cutting table or tape it to my cutting table,
and then every six to eight months,
I'll have it filled with tiny scraps,
and our pet receives a new pillow.
And then bias squares.
You're gonna be running across a number of bias scraps
as you're going through your stash,
and it's really important that you're very cautious
and careful with them.
They need to be starched well,
and you need to be gentle with them.
The best procedure to follow when you run across bias scraps
is to cut small squares from those.
This is the only time that I break my first scrapping rule,
where I normally would cut the largest piece possible.
With these bias scraps, I would cut a small square.
Typically, I cut 1 1/2-inch squares from these,
but sometimes, maybe two-inch.
The important thing to remember is that each square
must remain on grain.
It's gotta be on the straight of grain
as closely as possible,
so you need to study each of the scraps,
locate the lengthwise and crosswise grain of thread,
and lay your ruler upon that thread,
and then make your first cut.
And then every cut from that point on
will be on the straight of grain.
You're gonna run into odd-shaped squares
throughout your stash,
and just locate a straight edge if you can.
In fact, many times with these previous projects
that you've been working on,
there is going to remain a straight edge
somewhere on that scrap,
and you can actually use that then
as you start making your first cut,
so follow that if you can.
If not, again, study the piece of fabric,
find your straight of grain, make that first cut,
and then every cut thereafter will be on grain.
So now we're gonna sort.
We've pressed everything, we've cut everything,
you've cut out squares, you've cut out templates,
now you want to sort them.
You want to sort them by value in lights, mediums, and darks.
So you'll notice here on the screen,
I have some 8 1/2-inch squares that are sorted
in darks, mediums, and lights,
and also a variety of other sizes that have been sorted
by darks, mediums, and lights.
This is when the magic starts happening,
'cause your eye is picking up future combinations
of fabrics that you're gonna be using in quilts.
So we're gonna need to learn to identify value,
and I don't get too hung up on identifying value,
and you'll see why here in a few minutes,
but usually, a scrap will contain more of one value
than the other, more dark than light,
more medium than dark, et cetera,
but that isn't always the case.
If you take a look at a couple of scraps here
that I've shown on my screen,
there's a blue and white scrap up at the top.
It has a pretty even distribution of the medium blue
and then the lights.
You could do a couple of things with that scrap.
You could just simply throw it in your mediums pile
for the time being,
or you could cut it into fourths,
and then you would have a square
that had more mediums or more darks.
And let's look at this striped fabric at the bottom.
That has a pretty even distribution of mediums
as well as darks.
Right now, I'd probably just throw that in my mediums pile,
and here is the key.
This is why I don't get too worked up
about where exactly, which value pile
it needs to be thrown into.
When I'm pulling scraps for my pattern,
all of the other scraps that I have pulled
are gonna identify what that striped fabric is going to be.
If I've got a lot of very dark fabrics,
then that striped fabric is probably going
to automatically become a medium,
and the same thing holds true with the other one,
so don't get too concerned about which value pile
to put a scrap into; just place it in a pile,
and later on, everything will work itself out.
There are value finder tools that you can purchase.
They're wonderful tools.
They're available from all over the market,
on online quilt shops, just everywhere.
They're available in red and green,
and they basically remove the color of the fabric
to allow just the value to show through,
and that helps you to identify which value pile
you'll want to throw that scrap into.
And I mentioned earlier that I do make sure
that I go around my quilting studio
and gather all of my template rulers,
and I cut up the templates in all the values,
from lights to mediums to darks,
and this helps me so that whenever I have a quilt
that I have to make quickly,
I can get to my quilting studio,
grab a pile of the lights, mediums, and darks
of that particular template, and go to town.
I have a quilt done very quickly that way.
Another thing that you're going to find in my book
is information on how to handle your leftover batting
and binding strips.
Whenever I remove a quilt from my longarm,
I have all of the outside sections of batting
and fabrics that I cut away,
and I like to cut those into 2 1/2-inch strips
so that I can create jelly roll rugs,
vases, accessories, totes, purses.
There are so many things that you can do with that.
I just roll up the batting and stack it in a cupboard,
and I have it available to use for future projects.
Now, storage, so we've done the pressing,
the cutting, and the organizing.
Now we have to store this,
and the key is to store your fabric stash
somewhere where you'll see it and you will use it.
If you hide it away somewhere, you're gonna forget about it,
so make sure you store it somewhere where you use it.
Go through your home and identify different containers
and things that might work for you
to store your scrap stash in.
You'll see in that photo on the upper left,
that is some plastic tubs, shoe boxes
that I got at the dollar store.
They work beautifully to store everything
from the 1 1/2-inch scraps to the 6 1/2-inch squares.
And also my strips, I store all of my strips
of fabric in there, as well as my templates,
and then I mark them with a labeling machine.
I think every quilting studio should have
a labeling machine, it's very important.
Mark them on all sides of the containers as well as the top.
So now comes the fun part.
How do you use your scrap stash to create beautiful quilts
from the patterns that you have in your quilt studio?
It's so easy, and it's really fun to be able to substitute.
Just simply take your pattern to your scrap stash
and simply pull sizes in various values,
lights, mediums, and darks,
as well as yardage for your borders.
Pull all of that for that pattern,
and let's say your pattern calls for an odd size.
Maybe it wants a 2 3/4-inch square.
And as I mentioned earlier,
I only cut 1/2-inch increment squares for my stash,
so what I would do is pull three-inch squares
and just trim down two sides.
It's so much faster to trim down two sides of the squares
than just to completely cut out that size square from yardage.
Half square triangles can also be made very easily
and very quickly by pulling larger squares
than what is required,
and I'll show you how that's done here in just a moment.
So let's look at some quilts that you'll find
in my patterns book.
This first one is Starlight,
and all of these quilts can be made any size
that you want them by simply making more of the blocks.
So each of the Starlight blocks, it finishes at 12 inches.
For this wall quilt that's pictured here,
I just used nine of the Starlight blocks,
and I simply pulled 2 1/2-inch squares
in lights and brights,
4 1/2-inch light squares for the center.
I pulled larger three-inch squares
for the half square triangles,
and then I pulled white and red fabrics for the border.
And then when the quilt was finished,
I did free motion feathers and paisleys
for this Starlight quilt.
And here, I want to show you how I do
my half square triangles using my scrap stash.
So in the photos here, you'll see
that I had pulled some seven-inch squares.
There is a yellow square and an orange square that I pulled.
I placed them right sides together.
I drew a diagonal line from one corner to the other.
I pinned that, I took it to my sewing machine,
making sure that all of the raw edges were even,
and I sewed a scant 1/4-inch seam allowance
on both sides of that drawn line.
Then I cut it apart, opened it up,
pressed it to the dark, and then what's really important
is that you trim that square, that half square triangle
to the required size,
and the required size for this half square triangle
was 6 1/2 inches.
So as you can see, once I trimmed it up
using that square up ruler in the 45 degree angle,
I only had a tiny little remnant
all the way around the outer edges
that had to be trimmed away,
but that is a very important step.
Each and every half square triangle needs to be squared up.
So here, you'll see the number of squares
that we need to pull for each Starlight block.
We're gonna need to pull a 4 1/2-inch light,
some 2 1/2-inch lights and brights,
some three-inch lights, brights, and darks,
and two of the five-inch lights to create our rectangles.
So let's see what I've pulled from my scrap stash for this.
So these are the squares that I have pulled
for my Starlight block.
As you can see, I have a 4 1/2-inch light for the center.
These are my 2 1/2-inch squares in the lights and brights,
these are the three-inch squares that I've pulled
from my half square triangles in the lights,
the darks, and the mediums or the brights,
and these are my five-inch squares,
which I'm gonna cut in half to obtain the rectangles
that I need in 2 1/2 inch wide by 4 1/2 inch long.
I'm just gonna cut a half inch off the length
to get my rectangles,
and this is what you need for one of the Starlight blocks.
And then you just pull from your stash
as many squares as you need to create
as many blocks as you like for your Starlight quilt.
So here is a completed Starlight block.
As you can see, I've pulled a 4 1/2-inch light
for the center.
I pulled 2 1/2-inch squares in light
for the inside of the star points,
and 2 1/2-inch squares in bright.
And of course, this is a Christmas themed block,
so it's all in reds and greens,
but those are the 2 1/2-inch squares
on the outer points of the star,
and then all of my half square triangles
were made with those three-inch squares
in darks and brights and lights,
and you see those encircling the center there.
And then the last squares that we had pulled and cut
were our rectangles,
and we have four rectangles for this particular block.
So this Starlight block is finished,
and you can make as many Starlight blocks as you need to
for whatever size quilt you wish to make.
So here's the Marching Monkeys quilt
that you'll find in my patterns book.
It requires two different blocks,
the Snail's Tail block and the Road to Oklahoma.
It needs 10 of each of those squares,
and they finish at 12 inches.
I pulled squares in lights and blues, pinks, and blacks.
I have quite an assortment of stash in my home,
so I was able to pull specific colors from my stash,
and I also made half square triangles from squares,
and once the quilt was finished,
you'll see that it has been quilted
with free motion in the center,
and I did ruler work in the borders on my longarm.
So let's take a look at the blocks
for the Marching Monkeys quilt,
and the squares that I pulled from my scrap stash.
You'll see on the slide the different sizes
and values of squares that I pulled from my scrap stash
to create the Snail's Tail block.
This Marching Monkeys quilt consists
of two different blocks.
The Snail's Tail block is one of those, and right here,
you'll see what I pulled for that Snail's Tail block.
I pulled seven-inch squares, six-inch,
four-inch, and three-inch squares.
Each of those has one light and one dark,
and they're each gonna be cut on the diagonal
and sewn around the four-patch unit.
And the four-patch unit is right here
in the whites and the darks.
Now, let's take a look at what that
finished Snail's Tail block looks like.
So here is a completed Snail's Tail block,
and you'll see the four-patch unit
was created in the center,
and around that, each of the three-inch, four-inch,
six-inch, and seven-inch squares were cut on a diagonal
and then pieced around that four-patch unit
to create this beautiful Snail's Tail block.
And as you're piecing, you want to make sure
that you maintain the curve of the Snail's Tail
in both the lights and the darks.
So this is the second block of the Marching Monkeys quilt.
It's called Road to Oklahoma,
and you'll see on the screen the different sizes
and values of squares that I pulled from my stash
to create this block.
Now, let's a look at the scraps that I have pulled.
Here they are.
You'll see pinks, lights, and blacks,
and for this particular quilt,
I did choose to use specific colors,
and my scrap stash is large enough that I was able to choose
all pinks and lights and all blacks for these.
And these are the 3 1/2-inch squares.
I've also chosen some lights and some blues,
which are four-inch squares,
and I'll be creating the half square triangles
from these squares.
Let's take a look at what that Marching Monkeys
Road to Oklahoma block looks like.
Here is the Road to Oklahoma block,
and you'll see here, these are the blacks,
the pinks, the whites,
and then I made some half square triangles
with those four-inch squares in the lights and the blues.
A very simple block, but it goes together beautifully
to create a really pretty Marching Monkeys quilt.
Here is the Irish Dresden quilt that you'll see
in my patterns book.
It is a 12-inch finished Dresden or Irish chain block,
and I pulled lights and brights for both of these blocks.
And I also pulled yardage,
it's a purple border that I placed on here,
and once the quilt was finished,
I quilted it on my longarm, free motion,
hand-guided quilting with feathers
and some other ruler work on that particular quilt.
All right, let's look at what is needed
to create the Irish Dresden's quilt,
and the first block in that quilt is the Dresden block,
and you'll see on your screen that it requires a background,
and you can either piece that together
with four 6 1/2-inch light squares,
or you can simply use one 12 1/2-inch light square
for the background.
And then you're gonna need six of the lights
and six of the brights, and a blue square for the center.
Let's take a look at what I have pulled from my stash
to create that Irish Dresden Block.
Here, you'll see that I have pulled the 6 1/2-inch squares
to create a patchwork for the background.
So I've got four 6 1/2-inch lights.
I have pulled six of the 3 1/2-inch lights,
six of the 3 1/2-inch brights,
and this is what I'll use to cut out
my Dresden blades templates and create
that beautiful Dresden flower.
And this blue is what I will use to pull the six-inch
or cut out the six-inch circle for the center
of that Dresden flower.
Now, let's take a look at what that Dresden flower
is gonna look like when it's finished.
Here is that Dresden flower.
I simply used a 12 1/2-inch square here,
as you can see, for the background,
and then I used six of the brights and six of the lights
to piece together my Dresden blades.
I appliquéd them to the background.
I cut out a six-inch circle from that six-inch square,
and I appliquéd that to the center of the Dresden flower.
Let's take a look at the Irish chain block
and see what I've pulled for that.
On your screen, you'll see the required sizes
and values of squares and strips that are needed.
for this particular block, it's needing a lot of rectangles,
so I have pulled strips.
Let me show you what I've pulled for this block.
For the Irish chain, I have pulled 12
of the bright 2 1/2-inch squares.
And then for my rectangles,
I have gone to my strips container,
and I've pulled 2 1/2-inch wide strips in various lights
from which I will cut my rectangles.
I need 4 1/2-inch rectangles and 8 1/2-inch rectangles
that are all 2 1/2 inches wide,
so this is a great way to pull those rectangles
from your stash.
Let's take a look at what that finished
Irish chain block looks like.
So here is the finished Irish chain block,
and you'll see, down the center
are the 12 beautiful, bright 2 1/2-inch squares,
and then surrounding that are all
of the rectangles in light.
This is a great stashbuster block.
It really uses up a lot of your stash very quickly,
and it turns into such a beautiful quilt.
So even if you just used this block alone,
you can create some gorgeous quilts
with this particular pattern.
This is the Stars and Stripes quilt.
It does contain two different blocks.
There are 6 Ohio Stars and 14 large half square triangles,
and I simply pulled squares in lights, blues,
and reds for this quilt,
and I pulled 11 1/2-inch squares from lights, blues,
and reds for the half square triangle blocks.
I pulled blue yardage, and when the quilt was pieced,
I got it up on my longarm and I did
free motion feather work across the quilt.
So the Stars and Stripes quilt is made up
of the Ohio Star block, as well as
a large half square triangle block.
So you'll see on your screen, there are various sizes
of red, blues, and lights that are needed
for the Ohio Star block.
Let's see what I have pulled from my stash for that block.
You'll see here, I've got a deep red center square,
and I have lights and blues,
which we'll use to create that flying geese units.
We'll need four flying geese units.
And here we've got four squares, which will be the corner units.
So let's take a look at how this goes together
to create that Ohio Star block.
Here is the finished Ohio Star block,
and you'll see the center has the 5 1/2-inch red square,
and then flying geese units were made by cutting
the 4 1/2-inch lights on the diagonal once
and cutting all the blues on the diagonal once
and piecing them together to create
these beautiful flying geese units.
And then each corner is a three-inch light.
That completes the block for the Ohio Star unit.
So let's see how half square triangle blocks are made
using your scrap stash.
It's a very simple process.
So I have pulled for the Stars and Stripes,
half square triangle blocks.
We need 11 1/2-inch squares,
so each of these squares is 11 1/2 inches.
I'm pulling reds and blues and lights,
and we're simply gonna sew them together
to create the half square triangle.
Let me show you how that's done.
So here we have a blue square, right sides together,
with a light 11 1/2-inch square.
Their right sides together, all of the edges meet perfectly,
and then you're gonna draw a diagonal line
from one corner to the other corner
on the wrong side of the block here,
and then you're going to sew
a scant quarter inch seam allowance
on each side of the drawn line.
I do this in assembly line fashion.
When I'm making half square triangles from my scrap stash,
I always do all of these steps in assembly line fashion,
and it makes the job go much more quickly.
So once that's all sewn,
you're gonna cut on this diagonal line,
cut them all apart to create two half square triangle units.
So here is one of the units.
If you look at this, this is what it looked like
when it was cut apart,
and then it was pressed with a seam allowance
pressed to the dark,
and now what you need to do is actually trim
the half square triangle unit so that it matches
the Ohio Star block,
and that was a 10 1/2-inch unfinished,
so this has to be trimmed to 10 1/2 inches square.
It's very important whenever you do
make half square triangles using this process
that each and every half square triangle unit
is pressed and then trimmed up and squared up
to the measurement that the pattern requires,
and this particular one is 10 1/2 inches.
This is the California Maze quilt,
and it only requires one block, the Road to California.
It finishes at 12 inches, and I made 16 blocks
for the center of this quilt.
And you'll notice that I basically
just twisted the square on the diagonal on each row,
and it created that beautiful pattern.
I pulled squares in lights, brights, and mediums,
and I pulled yardage, navy blue yardage.
It's just a narrow one-inch border that goes around
the center and the outside of that quilt,
and it does have a pieced border as well.
And I did a simple edge to edge panto on my longarm
when the quilt was finished.
So for the California Maze quilt,
there's only one block that's required for that quilt,
and it's simply tilted on a diagonal throughout each row
to create the beautiful pattern.
So each block, as you can see on this screen,
requires lights, mediums, and darks.
There are 10 2 1/2-inch lights, 10 2 1/2-inch mediums,
and then there's half square triangles
that require 4 1/2-inch lights and darks.
Let's take a peek at what I have pulled from my scrap stash
to create that California Maze block.
So you'll see here, I have 10 2 1/2-inch brights,
10 2 1/2-inch lights,
and I have two darks and two lights
of the 4 1/2-inch squares to create
my half square triangles.
This is what I needed to pull for each
of the California Maze blocks.
Now, let's take a look at what that block
looks like finished.
And here it is, the California Maze block.
You'll see that it is simply four-patch units in each corner
using the lights and the brights,
and then I've created four half square triangles
using the lights and the darks,
and that dark helps to create that beautiful diagonal pattern
that you see in the California Maze quilt,
a very simple block to create.
So let me show you a couple of my tubs
that contain scrap stash.
This is my 2 1/2 inch tub that is identified here,
and you'll see that inside this tub,
I have medium 2 1/2-inch squares and light 2 1/2-inch squares.
In another tub, I have all of my dark 2 1/2-inch squares.
I have quite a few of them cut,
but what I'm able to do is take my quilt patterns
to my stash of tubs and simply pull scraps from my tub.
Let's say a pattern requires 50 mediums,
I can gather 50 of them or 50 of the lights.
I can gather what I need from my tubs
and simply take them along with my pattern
to my sewing machine and begin sewing the quilt.
Let me show you my three inch tub.
Here, you'll see in the three inch tub,
I actually have lights and mediums and darks,
and I have a few leftover half square triangles
from previous projects.
I will often throw those in that corresponding tub
so that I can use them on upcoming projects,
but it is a wonderful way to use up your leftover scraps
from other projects that you've cut and organized
into tubs by size and value.
It's a great way to make beautiful quilts quickly.
I hope each one of you will begin your own journey
in speedy solutions to scrap quilting.
Establish a time each week or each month
to maintain control over your scraps.
Set up an area by your TV, listen to some great music,
grab a friend, choose a pattern
to create your first beautiful scrappy quilt
from your very own scrap stash, and then enjoy the end results.
I want to thank each and every one of you
for joining me today as I've shared with you
my speedy solutions to cut and organize your scraps.
>> HI.
I'M DEANNA SPRINGER.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE
GREAT WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW AND
THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN FOR
"SPEEDY SOLUTIONS TO CUT AND
ORGANIZE YOUR STASH" WITH LORI
DICKMAN.
WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE LORI WITH
US TODAY LIVE FROM HER STUDIO IN
ILLINOIS.
WELCOME, LORI.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEANNA.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
>> IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU AND
THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME WITH
US TODAY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
ABOUT YOUR LECTURE.
WE HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS, SO
WE'LL GET STARTED RIGHT AWAY,
LORI.
>> OKAY.
SOUNDS GOOD.
>> CAROL IS ASKING IN THE CHAT,
PLEASE DEFINE THE WORD "SCRAP."
IS IT ANYTHING LESS THAN A FAT
QUARTER OR A FAT EIGHTH?
>> A SCRAP TO ME CAN BE, YOU
KNOW, A FAT QUARTER OR LESS.
IT CAN ALSO BE JUST THOSE
UNUSUAL REMNANTS THAT YOU HAVE
LEFT OVER FROM PREVIOUS
PROJECTS.
COULD EVEN BE A 3/4 OF A YARD
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO DO WITH IT.
I WOULD USE THAT AND CUT IT UP.
I'D CUT A LOT OF 10-INCH SQUARES
FROM THOSE LARGER PIECES.
BECAUSE I DO LIKE TO HAVE THOSE
LARGE SQUARES IN MY STASH IN
LIGHT, MEDIUM AND DARKS.
>> AND KAREN IS ASKING IF THERE
IS NO SELVAGE ON THE SCRAP, HOW
DO YOU DETERMINE CROSS GRAIN?
>> STUDY THAT PIECE VERY, VERY
CAREFULLY.
THERE ARE CROSS-WISE AND
LENGTH-WISE LENGTH OF FABRICS.
LAY YOUR RULER ON THE GRAIN AS
CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE YOUR
FIRST CUT.
ONCE YOU DO THAT, THEN EVERY CUT
THEREAFTER WILL HAVE A STRAIGHT
LINE FROM WHICH YOU CAN CUT THE
REST OF YOUR SCRAPS.
>> GREAT TIP.
AND MARLENE IS ASKING DO YOU
JUST CUT SQUARES, NO STRIPS OR
RECTANGLES?
>> OH, I CUT EVERYTHING.
I CUT A LOT OF SQUARES, WHICH
PREDOMINANTLY MOST OF IT IS
SQUARES IN VARIOUS SIZES.
I ALSO TAKE ALL OF THE TEMPLATES
IN MY STUDIO.
I HAVE MANY, MANY DIFFERENT
TEMPLATE RULES.
THE DRESSEN, THE DRUNKARD'S PAD,
THE PERRY WINKLE, ALL DIFFERENT
KINDS.
I WILL BRING THEM AND CUT LOTS
OF FABRIC USING THOSE.
I'LL MAKE SURE I CUT THEM UP IN
LIGHTS, MEDIUMS AND DARKS AS
WELL IF I NEED TO MAKE A QUILT
QUICKLY.
I ALSO HAVE LOTS OF STRIPS, SO I
HAVE CONTAINERS, SHOEBOXES OF
STRIPS, FROM ONE AND A HALF TO
FOUR AND A HALF INCHES.
I WILL CUT STRIPS BECAUSE YOU
NEED THOSE FOR A LOT OF
DIFFERENT REASONS IN QUILTING.
SO I MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THOSE
IN VARIOUS SIZES IN LIGHTS,
MEDIUMS AND DARKS.
>> GREAT.
AND DORIS IS ASKING WHEN YOU USE
MARY ELLEN'S BEST PRESS OR OTHER
STARCH PRODUCTS, DO YOU GET
BUGS?
>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD
QUESTION.
WHENEVER YOU'RE USING ANY KIND
OF STARCH, THAT DOES CONTAIN A
SUGAR, SO IT WILL ATTRACT BUGS.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO STORE YOUR
SCRAPS IN AIR-TIGHT CONTAINERS.
I LIKE TO PURCHASE SHOEBOX TUBS.
PURCHASE THOSE THAT HAVE GOOD
SEALS.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD SEAL,
THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE AN ISSUE
WITH BUGS.
I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT HAD ANY
ISSUE WITH THEM, BUT I DO KEEP
ALL OF MY SCRAPS IN AIR-TIGHT
CONTAINERS.
AND MY STUDIO IS IN THE
BASEMENT.
>> GREAT TIP.
AND MICHELLE IS ASKING ANY
THOUGHTS, DO YOU HAVE ANY
THOUGHTS ABOUT USING A CRICKET
MAKER TO HELP TAME THE LOAD OF
SCRAPS?
>> THAT IS A WONDERFUL IDEA.
I DO HAVE A CRICKET WHICH I USE
FOR CARD-MAKING, BUT I HAD NOT
THOUGHT ABOUT USING IT FOR
CUTTING MY FABRIC.
I THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO
USE THAT.
AND YOU CERTAINLY COULD TAME
YOUR LOAD OF SCRAPS USING THE
CRICKET AND CUTTING OUT VARIOUS
SIZES AND SHAPES.
IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I WOULD RECOMMEND TRYING THAT.
>> EVEN SOME CIRCLES, PERHAPS.
>> YES.
ALL KINDS OF TEMPLATES.
>> CAROL IS ASKING DO YOU STORE
ANYTHING BY COLOR OR THEME, LIKE
CHRISTMAS FABRICS?
>> I DO, YES.
I'VE ACTUALLY INHERITED SCRAP
STASHES FROM TWO WOMEN.
I HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF FABRIC
HERE AND I HAVE A VERY LARGE
CHRISTMAS-THEMED FABRIC.
I HAVE A VERY LARGE ASIAN.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
AREAS IN MY QUILTING STUDIO
WHERE I HAVE THEMED FABRICS.
AND THERE'S TYPICALLY YARDAGE,
IS WHAT IS INVOLVED THERE.
SOMETIMES IT MIGHT JUST BE FAT
QUARTERS.
BUT I STORE MY FABRICS IN TUBS.
I STORE THEM IN CUBES.
I HAVE SOME PULL-OUT DRAWERS IN
MY STUDIO WHERE I ALSO FOLD
THOSE UP AND I'VE GOT THEM IN
THEMES.
SO NOT ONLY DO I STORE MY SCRAPS
IN AIR-TIGHT CONTAINERS BY VALUE
AND SIZE, BUT I ALSO DO HAVE
SOME OTHER FABRICS THAT ARE
STORED IN MY STUDIO IN VARIOUS
OTHER AREAS.
I DO STORE BATTING.
I THINK I MENTIONED THAT IN MY
LECTURE.
I CUT OFF THE EDGES OF MY
BATTING FROM WHEN I'VE TAKEN A
QUILT OFF MY LONG ARM.
I'LL CUT THAT UP IN 2 1/2"
STRIPS AND USE THOSE AS WELL AS
2 1/2" STRIPS OF OTHER FABRICS
AND MAKE JELLY ROLL RUGS.
I HAVE IT ORGANIZED BY SUBJECT,
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRODUCT,
WHETHER IT'S THE SCRAPS, WHETHER
IT'S THE STRIPS, WHETHER IT'S
THE TEMPLATES OR WHETHER IT'S
THE THEMED FABRICS.
>> SPEAKING OF STRIPS, LORI, WE
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE 2 1/2"
STRIPS.
ROBIN IS ASKING WHAT IS THE
MINIMUM LENGTH OF YOUR 2 1/2"
STRIP?
WHEN IS IT A RECTANGLE AND WHEN
IS IT A STRIP?
>> YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY HAVE
A LIMIT ON THAT.
I SUPPOSE THE STRIP HAS TO BE
ANYWHERE FROM MAYBE 6 TO 9
INCHES BEFORE I'LL THROW IT IN
MY STRIP BOX BECAUSE THAT'S
SOMETHING I CAN USE AS I'M DOING
A LOG CABIN OR SOMETHING.
IF IT WAS SHORTER THAN THAT, I
MAY JUST CUT IT UP INTO ACTUAL
SQUARES.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
CAROL IS ASKING DO YOU TOSS OUT
THE PIECES THAT CAN'T MAKE IT AT
LEAST TO THE MINIMUM ONE AND A
HALF-INCH SQUARE OR DO YOU SEW
SEVERAL STRIPS TOGETHER TO MAKE
A LARGER SCRAP?
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THOSE REALLY
SMALL BITS?
>> THOSE REALLY SMALL SCRAPS ARE
SOMETHING THAT I WILL PUT IN A
PET PILLOW.
IN FACT, I HAVE THE PET PILLOW
PATTERN IN MY TECHNIQUES BOOKS.
I WILL TAPE IT OR CLIP IT TO MY
CRAFT TABLE.
AS I'M CUTTING UP MY STASH AND I
HAVE SALVAGE PIECES I'LL THROW
THOSE IN THAT PILLOW.
EVERY SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS I END
UP WITH A NEW PILLOW FOR MY PET
THAT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF ALL
THOSE TEENY, TINY SCRAPS.
THAT WAY NONE OF THAT IS GOING
INTO THE TRASH.
SO THAT IS AN AVAILABLE I DO
HAVE AVAILABLE IN THAT
TECHNIQUES BOOK.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT,
LORI.
WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE
BRAINSTORMING ABOUT USING THE AK
ACU QUILT CUTTER.
WOULD YOU STARCH THE FABRIC AS
YOU WOULD WHEN YOU'RE USING
RULERS?
>> YES.
I THINK THAT I WOULD.
IT WOULD ALLOW IT I BELIEVE TO
LAY BETTER ON THE ACU QUILT OR
THE CRICKET.
I WOULD STARCH THE FABRIC FIRST.
PLUS YOU'RE GOING TO REMOVE THE
WRINKLES ONCE YOU'VE PRESSED IT.
>> THE STARCHING IS A GREAT TIP.
AND AS LONG AS WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE CRICKET, A VIEWER SAYS
I HAD READ THAT THE CRICKET
COULD BE PROBLEMATIC WITH FABRIC
CUTTING EVEN IF THE MAT AND
BLADE.
SHE SAW THAT IN HER FACEBOOK
CRICKET BOOK.
SO THAT STARCHING IS WHERE THAT
WOULD BE KEY.
>> TRUE.
THAT WOULD HELP TO KEEP IT MORE
SOLIDLY ON THE MAT IN WHICH IT'S
BEING STUCK TO.
>> RIGHT.
I LIKE HOW THE VIEWERS ARE
GETTING REALLY CREATIVE IN
THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY CAN CUT
AND ORGANIZE THEIR STASH.
WE HAVE LOTS MORE QUESTIONS
ABOUT YOUR STUDIO AND THE
CONTAINERS YOU USE.
AND A VIEWER IN THE CHAT IS
ASKING ARE THERE PHOTOS,
PICTURES OF YOUR STUDIO AND YOUR
STORAGE CONTAINERS CONTAINING
THE VARIOUS CUTS?
>> YOU KNOW, I HAVE PICTURES OF
THAT IN MY LECTURES THAT I
PRESENT.
AND SO WHAT I'LL NEED TO DO IS
GET THAT OUT AND POST IT ON MY
WEBSITE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE
THAT.
AND I'LL DEFINITELY BE SURE TO
DO THAT.
CHECK OUT QUILTINGWITHLORI.COM
SO YOU CAN SEE THE WAYS I STORE
MY SCRAPS AND TEMPLATE AND
YARDAGE AND FAT QUARTERS.
DEFINITELY I WILL DO THAT.
>> WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR
ORGANIZATION IN YOUR STUDIO.
DORIS IS ASKING, BALLPARK
FIGURE, HOW MANY CONTAINERS ARE
WE TALKING HERE, LORI, THAT YOU
HAVE TO ORGANIZE YOUR STASH?
>> WHEN I GOT STARTED WITH THIS,
IN MY BOOK I WILL ALLOW I'LL SAY
THREE, BUT I CONTINUE TO GATHER
MORE AND MORE STASH.
I TRY TO BE REALLY FAITHFUL.
EVERY TIME I DO A PROJECT IF
SOMEONE GIVES ME SOMETHING, I
WILL TRY TO GET THEM CUT UP AND
ORGANIZED AND SORTED AND PUT
AWAY.
BUT SOMETIMES I DON'T GET TO IT
RIGHT AWAY, SO THAT PILE STARTS
GROWING AGAIN.
WHEN I STARTED THIS PROCESS
YEARS AGO, I PROBABLY HAD FIVE
TO SEVEN HUGE TUBS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE
TUBS THAT WERE PICTURED AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE LECTURE.
BUT I HAD HUGE TUBS.
AND I JUST COULDN'T PART WITH
THEM BECAUSE I KNEW THIS IS
GREAT FABRIC.
AND IT CAN BE USED TO MAKE
BEAUTIFUL QUILTS.
BUT I JUST HAD TO COME UP WITH A
SYSTEM THAT WOULD WORK FOR ME.
AND SO THAT'S HOW I CAME UP WITH
SPEEDY SOLUTIONS.
THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT WORKS WELL
FOR ME.
AND I HOPE IT WORKS FOR YOU ALL.
AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THEM CUT
AND ORGANIZED.
AND I'VE MADE SOME WONDERFUL
QUILTS.
I'VE JUST HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH
IT.
>> EDITH ON FACEBOOK IS ASKING,
LORI, HOW MANY HOURS A DAY DO
YOU SPEND ON YOUR QUILTING, YOUR
CUTTING, YOUR SORTING, YOUR
SEWING?
>> WHEN I AM ABLE TO QUILT AND
CUT AND SORT, I WOULD SAY I
PROBABLY SPEND EVENINGS, FOUR TO
FIVE HOURS IN THE EVENING.
I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER JOB, SO I'M
A VERY BUSY LADY, BUSY IN THE
DAYTIME, BUSY IN THE EVENING.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO
SPEND MORE TIME, BUT IT'S
PROBABLY FOUR TO FIVE HOURS IN
THE EVENINGS AND SOMETIMES ON
THE WEEKENDS.
BUT I DEFINITELY DON'T GET TO
QUILT AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE
TO.
AND IT SEEMS THIS LAST YEAR I'VE
BEEN SPENDING MUCH MORE TIME ON
VIRTUAL LECTURES THAT I'VE BEEN
GIVING.
SO IT'S BEEN A LOT MORE COMPUTER
WORK THAN ACTUAL QUILTING THIS
YEAR.
BUT HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR I'LL GET
BACK TO SOME MORE QUILTING.
I DO HAVE ANOTHER BOOK IN MIND
THAT I'M WORKING ON FOR NEXT
YEAR.
>> WE'LL STAY TUNED TO YOUR
WEBSITE AND YOUR E NEWS TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THAT BOOK THAT YOU'RE
WORKING ON.
>> GREAT.
>> STHAIR SHARON IS ASKING DO YOU STORE
BY VALUE AND SIZE, LIKE MOSTLY
SIZE?
THEN ONE OF THE THREE VALUES?
>> THE VALUES ARE LIGHT, MEDIUM
AND DARK.
AND I TYPICALLY WILL STORE IN A
PARTICULAR TUB.
I'LL SEPARATE MY SIZES, LIKE IF
THERE'S ONE AND A HALF, I
SEPARATE THEM BY LIGHT, MEDIUM
AND DARK WITHIN A TUB.
MY 2 1/2" TUBS TEND TO GROW VERY
QUICKLY.
SO I WILL OFTEN HAVE ENTIRE 2
1/2" TUBS THAT ARE FILLED WITH
NOTHING BUT LIGHT, MEDIUM OR
DARK.
THAT MEANS IT'S TIME TO MAKE
SOME QUILTS SO YOU CAN REDUCE
YOUR STASH.
BUT I START OUT BY STORING THEM,
SORTING THEM WITHIN THE TUBS,
LIGHTS, MEDIUMS AND DARKS.
THOSE THREE VALUES ARE VERY
IMPORTANT WHEN YOU MAKE A QUILT.
THAT GIVES THE CONTRAST AND THAT
GIVES THE INTEREST TO THE QUILT.
AND THAT'S WHAT CATCHES THE EYE
AND MAKES THE QUILT BEAUTIFUL.
>> AND THAT REALLY SHINES IN THE
QUILT BEHIND YOU.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL QUILT THAT HAS
THE LIGHTS, MEDIUMS AND DARKS
AND IT'S REALLY POPPING AND IS
SO BEAUTIFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS IRISH DRESSEN BEHIND ME,
HERE.
ONE OF THE QUILTS IN THE
PATTERNS BOOK.
>> GREAT.
AND JO IS ASKING BESIDES A SHARP
BLADE, ANY ROTARY CUTTING TIPS
SO YOU DON'T GET A SORE ARM AND
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE ROTARY
CUTTER?
THAT TIES IN WITH ANOTHER
QUESTION FROM JO, HAVE YOU EVER
USED A ROTATING ROTARY MAT?
>> YES, I HAVE.
FOR THE ROTARY CUTTERS, FIRST OF
ALL, I HAVE A VARIETY OF THEM.
AND I LIKE ALL OF THEM.
I REALLY DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE
ONE OVER THE OTHER.
YOUR ARM MAY GET TIRED AS YOU'RE
DOING -- IF YOU HAVE A WHOLE
EVENING OF NOTHING BUT CUTTING
UP SCRAPS, YOU MIGHT GET TAIRD.
TAIRD
-- TIRED.
TAKE A BREAK.
GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK AS YOU ARE
GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION?
>> YOU COVERED IT WITH THE
ROTATING CUTTING MAT.
ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO HELP US
WITH FATIGUE?
MAYBE LIMITING THE TIME WE'RE
CUTTING.
>> YES.
AND THE ROTATING MAT, I HAVE A
SMALL ONE AND I HAVE A LARGE
ONE.
AND THE ROTATING MAT WILL HELP
YOU TO BE ABLE TO CUT THINGS
MUCH MORE QUICKLY EVEN BECAUSE
YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO PICK UP
THAT PIECE AND TURN IT AND THEN
REALIGN THE RULER.
YOU ACTUALLY CAN KEEP THE RULER
THERE, JUST ROTATE THE MAT AND
CONTINUE CUTTING.
SO THAT IS A GREAT TECHNIQUE AND
TIP TO DO THIS QUICKLY, IS TO
HAVE A ROTATING MAT.
>> I KNOW SQUARE RULERS REALLY
HELP WITH THAT, TOO.
>> YES.
>> AND BENITA IS ASKING IS THERE
A RULE OF THUMB FOR THE SIZE OF
SQUARES SNEADED WHEN NEEDED WHEN CREATING
HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES?
>> MY RULE OF THUMB, LET'S SAY I
NEEDED A THREE AND A HALF-INCH
COMPLETED HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE.
<!16384> I WOULDI WOULD FULL FOUR-INCH SQUARES,
LIGHT AND DARK, MEDIUM OR DARK.
I WOULD PUT THEM RIGHT SIDES
TOGETHER.
I WOULD DRAW LINES DAY DIAGONALLY.
I WOULD HAVE A SCANT ONE
QUARTER-INCH SEAM ALLOWANCE.
THAT WAY I'M NOT EATING INTO MY
SEAM ALLOWANCE.
THERE'S THE TURN OF CLOCK YOU
HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AS
WELL.
I WOULD PRESS IT OPEN.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO SQUARE THAT
UP.
WHEN I JUST USE A HALF-INCH
LARGER SQUARE THAN WHAT I'M
NEEDING FOR THE FINISHED HALF
SQUARE TRIANGLE, I HAVE VERY
LITTLE THAT HAS TO BE TRIMMED
OFF.
IF YOU SAW IN THE DEMONSTRATION
THERE, THERE WAS JUST A TINILY, TINY
LITTLE BIT THAT NEEDS TO BE
TRIMMED AWAY.
THAT I ADD TO MY PET PILLOW BAG.
THAT'S VERY LITTLE WASTE THEN.
AND I TYPICALLY DO THEM ALL IN
ASSEMBLY LINE SO THEY'RE DONE
VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
BUT A HALF-INCH LARGER HAS
ALWAYS WORKED FOR ME.
IF YOU TEND TO SEW A VERY LARGE
QUARTER INCH OR MAYBE A LITTLE
BIT LARGER, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO
AN INCH LARGER ON THE SQUARES
THAT YOU CHOOSE AND THAT WAY YOU
CAN TRIM IT DOWN TO WHAT YOU
NEED TO TO BE.
>> GREAT TIP.
THANK YOU, LORI.
VIEWER IN ARIZONA IS ASKING --
WELL, IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT.
I SAVE THE CUTOFF STRIPS FOR MY
HUSBAND TO USE AS TOMATO TIES
FOR GARDENING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S GREAT.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> ANOTHER VIEWER IS ASKING,
MARLENE IS ASKING, DO YOU SAVE
SALVAGES TO USE IN YOUR
PROJECTS?
>> YOU KNOW, I HAVE THOUGHT OF
THAT SO OFTEN.
I AM THROWING THEM IN THE PET
PILLOW AND I'M THINKING I SHOULD
DO SOMETHING WITH THESE.
I HAVEN'T YET DONE THAT.
I HAVE SO MANY OTHER PROJECTS ON
MY PLATE.
BUT THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL
THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH SELVAGE.
SO YOU CAN CREATE INTERESTING
NEW FABRIC WITH THAT.
>> GREAT TIPS.
A VIEWER ON FACEBOOK IS ASKING
HOW LARGE IS YOUR STUDIO FOR ALL
YOUR STORAGE?
>> WELL, I ACTUALLY HAVE THREE
DIFFERENT ROOMS.
MY SEWING ROOM IS UPSTAIRS.
IT'S IN A SUNROOM.
THAT'S WHERE I SEW.
THE AREA HERE WHERE I'VE GOT MY
VIDEOGRAPHER AREA, THIS IS MY
QUILTING STUDIO DOWNSTAIRS.
IT IS VERY LARGE.
IT'S PROBABLY, OH, 18X30 LONG.
AND THEN MY LONG ARM IS IN
ANOTHER ROOM IN THE BASEMENT AND
THAT'S ALSO A VERY LARGE ROOM
BECAUSE MY LONG ARM IS -- THE
TABLE ITSELF IS 12 FEET LONG, SO
I HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF ROOM ON
EACH SIDE AND SIX FEET WIDE.
SO IT DOES TAKE UP QUITE A BIT
OF ROOM.
SO THIS IS A HOBBY THAT USES A
LOT OF SPACE.
>> AND SUSAN IS ASKING, DO YOU
INCORPORATE SCRAPS INTO YOUR
QUILT BACKINGS?
>> YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
IN FACT, I HAVE A COUPLE OF
QUILTS THAT I HAVE DONE THAT ARE
GOING TO BE PART OF ANOTHER
LECTURE I'M PUTTING TOGETHER
WHERE I HAVE JUST PUT TOGETHER
NOTHING BUT SCRAPS FOR THE BACKS
OF THE QUILTS.
IT'S A FABULOUS WAY TO USE UP
YOUR SCRAPS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S
KIND OF AN UGLY FABRIC THAT YOU
REALLY MAY NOT CARE FOR.
PUTTING IT TOGETHER WITH OTHER
SQUARES AND THEN PUTTING IT ON
THE BACK OF THE QUILT, IT CAN BE
REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND VERY WARM
AND JUST PERFECT FOR A
UTILITARIAN TYPE QUILT.
>> MANY VIEWERS ARE ASKING IF
YOU HAVE HANDOUTS OR TIP SHEETS
AND BOOKS.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR
BOOKS, BUT LET'S RECAP THAT,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO BOOKS.
AND TELL US ABOUT EACH OF YOUR
BOOKS.
>> I DO.
THESE ARE THE TWO BOOKS.
THIS FIRST ONE IS A TECHNIQUES
BOOK.
AND THE TECHNIQUES BOOK IS THE
ONE THAT GOES STEP BY STEP
THROUGH WHAT I'VE TAUGHT IN THE
LECTURE.
AND IT TEACHES YOU EVERYTHING
YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOW TO
GET YOUR SCRAPS CUT AND
ORGANIZED AND READY TO USE IN
YOUR QUILTS.
IT ALSO HAS FIVE PATTERNS.
THIS DOES INCLUDE THAT PET
PILLOW PATTERN.
AND THEN THE PATTERN BOOK, WHICH
IS THIS ONE, IT'S A LARGER ONE,
IT HAS 12 ADDITIONAL SCRAPPY
PATTERNS IN THERE AND YOU SAW
MANY OF THOSE QUILTS IN THE
DEMOS THAT I DID IN THE LECTURE.
ALL OF THAT IS AVAILABLE OUT ON
MY WEBSITE,
QUILTINGWITHLORI.COM.
CHECK OUT MY ONLINE STORE.
I'M VENDING HERE IN THE SHOW,
AND YOU'LL SEE A LINK THERE FOR
SOME FREE SHIPPING AND SO FORTH.
SO CHECK OUT THE VENDING LIST
ON quiltshow.com.
AND SO MY BOOKS ARE OUT THERE.
MY PATTERNS ARE OUT THERE.
MY TEMPLATES ARE OUT ON MY
WEBSITE.
I DO HAVE SOME FREE PATTERNS
THAT I CAN SEND TO ANYONE WHO
WOULD LIKE THOSE.
IT'S KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT
I SPOKE ON TODAY.
SO YOU ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT ME
THROUGH MY WEBSITE,
QUILTINGWITHLORI.COM.
GO TO THE CONTACTS LINK AND
EMAIL ME AND I WOULD LOVE TO
SEND THAT TO YOU.
I ALSO HAVE ON MY WEBSITE ON
FREE eBOOK THAT YOU CAN SIGN
UP FOR AND MY NEWSLETTER.
THERE IS AN ICON ON THE
HOMEPAGE, A QUILT ON A PORCH.
CLICK ON THAT AND YOU CAN SIGN
UP FOR THAT.
SO CHECK ALL OF THAT OUT.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEND THAT TO
YOU.
>> THAT'S GREAT, LORI.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONNECTING
WITH YOU ON YOUR WEBSITE.
AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT'S WHERE
WE CAN SIGN UP FOR YOUR E NEWS
AND LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR THIRD
BOOK YOU'RE WORKING ON.
WE'LL ALL STAY TUNED.
IT'S SO GREAT TALKING WITH YOU
TODAY, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING
ALL OF YOUR CUTTING AND
ORGANIZING TIPS.
I THINK WE'LL ALL HAVE OUR STASH
AND SCRAPS IN FINE SHAPE HEADING
INTO NEXT YEAR'S QUILT SHOW.
>> GREAT.
>> SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING
STORIES AND PHOTOS WITH YOU NEXT
YEAR.
>> I WOULD LOVE THAT.
PLEASE DO SHARE YOUR QUILTS AND
YOUR STORIES AND ANY QUESTIONS
THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO GO TO
MY SITE AND CONTACT ME THROUGH
MY EMAIL THERE.
AND I LOVE TO LECTURE AND DO
WORKSHOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON.
I'D LOVE TO VISIT YOU PERSONALLY
AT YOUR GUILD SOMETIME IN THE
FUTURE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YOU'RE SO VERY WELCOME.
AND THANK, EVERYONE, FOR TUNING
IN TODAY, FOR WATCHING, AND
JOINING US FOR THE GREAT
WISCONSIN QUILT SHOW.
AND HEAD OVER TO quiltshow.com
AND CLICK ON THE VENDOR MALL AND
THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND LORI'S
WEBSITE AND BE SURE TO CHECK OUT
ALL THE SPECTACULAR QUILT
EXHIBITS, INCLUDING THE SPECIAL
4H COMMUNITY QUILTS.
ENJOY.
>> THANK YOU.
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