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Tips for Tiny Piecing

It’s no secret that we love everything Giucy Giuce designs. We even just had him here teaching for a fun retreat and more on the schedule! And since he’s known for his fun tiny piecing patterns, we wanted to give you our best tips for making your tiny pieced projects have a big visual impact. Pay attention to your fabric quality. Since you’re already shopping at Quilting Mayhem and bringing home Giucy Giuce fabrics, among others, you know that using quilt shop quality cottons for intense piecing is key. They hold their shape better and are less

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September 18, 2024
In DIY & Projects

Blind Date with Villa Rosa Challenge

Are you excited for a fun new challenge? We have just the thing! We’re calling it Blind Date with Villa Rosa. We have put together a variety of bundles containing a stack of six beautifully curated fat quarters and a Villa Rosa pattern for you to choose from. Each bundle is in a blind bag with a description, so you can choose the kind of "date" you want to go on! The pattern requires 12 fat quarters total, so you will need to fill in the other six to personalize your date and make the

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March 16, 2023
In Makers Blog

Temperature Quilt Along 2020

So, what is a temperature quilt? A temperature quilt is made up of either 365 or 366 blocks, one for every day of the year, using fabrics that correlate to the temperature in your area each day. You can start with the new year on January 1st or go back to a previous year and look up temperatures. Here are our top five tips for planning your temperature quilt.   Tip 1: Create a reference sheet for your fabrics.  Print out a chart to which you can add small fabric swatches to keep track of what colors to use

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December 30, 2019