TASTER: Leaders & Enders with Valerie Nesbitt
FREE Tasters (Quilting) • Educational, G, 01-Jun-2013
Valerie loves her threadsaver (see tips & techniques), and with a little bit of planning you could use the time and effort that this uses to create another quilt.
Another great use for small squares of scrap fabric
You can create some really colourful quilts from all your scraps and with a little help from some flying geese turn the blocks into stars or squares on point.
For more flying geese ideas use the quick links or click here for the video Flying Geese No Waste.
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