Technique of the Week – Season 2- Week 11 – Quiltsmart Printed Interfacing

This week on Technique of the Week, I am revisiting a technique that I absolutely HATED. Why you ask? Because the fine folks of Quiltsmart assured me that they had a revolutionary way of doing this technique that I would forever change my mind. And they were right. Check out the video:

So, as you can see, that old “watercolor” technique did not give me the magic tricks to learn to clip the seams so everything laid nice and flat! In fact, I can’t tell you how many times I said “this is genius!” while making it.  And the applique technique too, perfectly turned seams! 

My friend Tracy made the Mondo bag for me and she said the same thing about the construction of the bag. She said while the actual part where the bottom of the bag forms is tricky, it’s actually easy if you just read the directions carefully and go slow with your sewing. Even she said that how it’s constructed is really ingenious. It took her about 6 hours to make the bag, so that makes this a super weekend project.

So I have some goodies to give away from the folks at Quiltsmart! If you comment on this blog post, you can be entered to win a Bitty Bag pattern and panel, or a mug rug sampler panel (the same one I made above in the video)! How cool is that?  To enter, leave a comment (one per person please) and use a valid email so I can contact you if you win!  I’ll pick a winner at 7pm on Friday Oct 21st, CST.  Good Luck!

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