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How To Use Leaders and Enders
When you use the technique of chain piecing, you can also make use of a technique called "Leaders & Enders," to save additional time with patchwork. When you chain piece, you are saving time by running all the pieces through the machine, one after another, so that you don't have to stop and clip threads or deal with dangling...
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How to Chain Piece
Chain piecing is a technique used in quilting where you sew many of the same like pieces together one after the other, assembly line fashion. The purpose of chain piecing is to save time. Instead of having to pull and clip threads on every piece you sew, you just let the sewing maching run as you put the pieces...
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How To Rip Out A Seam
No matter how careful you are, at some point you are going to have to hit the "undo" button when sewing. This means ripping out seams. The trick, of course, is to remove the seam without stretching, pulling, folding, spindling or mutilating the fabric so when you resew you can get an accurate seam. Fortunately, it's not difficult. Here's...
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