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Nancy McNally is passionate about every aspect of quilting -- designing, piecing, quilting and binding. For nearly 20 years, Nancy has been fascinated with the idea of taking whole pieces of fabric, cutting them up and then sewing them back together into a beautiful quilt. Her exploration of the world of quilting has been successful. Nancy's quilt work has been published in... Full bio »
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In this Learn, Make, Create! episode brought to you by Annie's Creative Studio, quilting expert Nancy McNally presents tips to arrange the snowman blocks for a variety of expressions. She also discusses the finer points of piecing the wonky star blocks. This delightful Winter Wishes Wall Quilt is a perfect project for a beginner quilter!
In this episode, you'll learn how to:
- Build snowman blocks with raw edge machine applique.
- Piece the wonky star blocks.
- Add a scrappy border.
Materials
- Small piece black solid for eyes
- Approximately 2 yards total of assorted orange, red, pink, yellow, blue, light blue, turquoise, purple and green prints and tonals
- 3/8 yard yellow tonal
- 11/4 yards white tonal
- Backing to size
- Batting to size
- Thread
- Fusible web with paper release
- 1/2 yard featherweight fusible interfacing (optional)
- Template material
- Basic sewing tools and supplies