Merry Christmas

Excellent explanation of finding straight of grain😊

Love the quilt. Thank you for Sharing. ❤

This is very nice. I do like the black sashing dividing the blocks. It helps each block to stand out.

Anyone else spend most of the video trying to see which Star Wars fabric she had that we don't have, and which I have? I do have a good stash of SW fabric which I only used a little to do a light-side and dark-side quilt with just squares. Love to see ideas on how to used this type of fabric.

I have made a few of these and turned out well. But the last one well as I turned it out the vinyl ripped along the quilting stitches gutted. Is there anyway to save it ???

Michelle, I thought I would post an update-my mathemagical cat quilt is at the quilter’s and it’s adorable! I LOVE this pattern and I will be making it again. QOV is a great idea. I have about five of them in the works, so a mathemagical version will be a good addition. Thank you so much for this pattern! I think I can post a photo on your website so you can see it, right? 🥰

I love your idea for sewing the leftover triangles!

Thank you so much for getting us to use up our scraps I have learned so much happy holidays

Have you tried a square up ruler for the triangles before you open them? Bonnie hunter has one and there are others. It is a came changer. Very accurate. The other thing I got for Christmas last year was some inexpensive silicone finger tips. Like thimbles but to protect your fingers when ironing.i am a bit clutsy and it saves my fingers. I am watching from the lovely Niagara region, Ontario. We have traveled to Ottawa often and love that area of Canada. Our daughter went to Carleton. I like your channel and glad I havebeen watching it. Thanks for sharing your quilting journey from Australia.

Thanks. Had just been thinking about making some of these.

THIS IS AMAZING ! Thank you so much 😊

I’ve sewn with Thinsulate and batting at the same time and had no issue with skipped stitches. I used a size 14 needle. Good luck!

Just finished making 10 hot-trivets for Christmas presents. Rather than an additional layer of batting, I used a layer of denim (recycled jeans!). Wish I would have seen your video first - love the quilting on the back!

I love this black, and the way you explain every small detail,thank you so much ♥

You are doing a very good job 👏 I love it ,thank you for sharing 👍

Love these potholders, thank you! The design is fantastic. Have a wonderful week!

I love the colors in that fabric. That would be a very nice gift. It would be handy on someone's desk, or in their reading area. Thank you.

Great idea and Happy Holidays❤

I love your quilt! What a wonderful idea framing the different 5” squares. It looks so nice! Someone special will be so lucky to receive this quilt!

Love the heat test. I think making one for under my tea pot. If you have an idea for making a tea pot cover. Please let me know. Hope your furniture and sewing supplies have arrived safely.

Good one Michelle. I have purchased in the past a 2-sided insulated batting, no right or wrong side to worry about. Which is good for me. I’m very directionally challenged! Regarding the small coaster size ones we do put the base of the wine glass inside. Gathers all the condensation from the chilled whites in the hot weather (which just sitting the glass on top would do as well) but also makes easy identification of one’s wine glass especially in groups when caravanning/camping etc. Maybe we’re just odd here ‘down under’. 😁 Happy sewing. Hope you have a nice break over the holidays.

You are very welcome. Thanks for using my idea. Aren’t they fantastic? Yours came out so pretty. I find when I cut the corners I also cut a slice off the edges at an angle to help with that bulk!

Great that it ended up that the heat-resistant side of the batting was facing the right direction. If someone should run into the issue of having the batting going the "wrong" way, don't pick out the border stitches! Just trim off the edges, reposition, and re-sew. You'll lose a bit of real estate on the trivet, but no one will know but you! ☺

Great idea. Good to know those test results.

You had some good ideas. Please let us know how they last in real life use. I used a foil batting due to be used for hot pads and mitts (it did not look like yours, it was more silvery looking), on a quilt as you go hot pad. I assembly lined them, and when finished, I couldn't figure out why they weren't the size they were supposed to be. They shrunk every time I ironed the next quilt as you go piece. I decided to stop that project. I have always wanted to test one out that I didn't preshrink by ironing to see if it will shrink with usage (due to the heat), or shrink with dryer use. You have spurred me on, I want to clear this up for myself because these supplies are taking up space. In the past, our family made potholders with thick cotton such as repurposed jeans.... My mother used old cotton sheets or dishcloths as the sandwich (batting) to help with the, s heat. And we put binding on them instead of turning them inside out. I will probably go back to that. I do like the inter lacing idea you have, though. Another question I have is, we often just set our hot pads down. When we give them to others, how do they know to lay the 'front' side up unless we mark them....'this side up'? Are they still heat resistant if used backwards?

Hi Michelle. I have that template and use it for table runners. I found that if you leave the small hexagon in the center while cutting the big hexagon, it's easier on your hands. It will not slip or move, and your fingers don't tire as easy. I had the same problems when folding and pinning/clipping as well. I kept over thinking the process. But I learned to use long heat resistant pins to hold the corners down. If you pin horizontal so the point holds down each corner, you can iron once the entire unit is folded. If you pin in the right direction, you can pull them out when you are sewing close to the corner...the fold will not come undone. It takes a bit, but once you figure the best system for you, the project moves along fast. I have not made a quilt yet, but I will soon. I really like the denim idea. Thank you for inspiring me to begin a quilt with this method. Thank you!

The fabric on your first large one is adorable. What is the line?

Thx

Gorgeous project but please remember to use cotton thread and cotton batting when using with heat, polyester will melt

Great experiment. Seeing the difference with the insulated batting makes me feel better about using it in these projects. I wonder if you graded the seam, especially if using two layers of batting, it would make it easier to sew the topstitching, and perhaps make that edge a little flatter??

Great idea. Found the experiment really interesting and helpful. Thank you. I hope your family has a lovely holiday season. 🎄

What a great idea! Thank you!

YAY ‼️ Michelle. Nice job and I liked the experiment. 🎶💐💖🫂

Love these larger ones. Thanks for sharing

Hurray first one here. Great to see a video from you Michelle.

Oh Michelle. The Bargello quilt is absolutely beautiful. I adore it. Certainly must try make a simpler Bargello xxx

Thank you so much! I've tried to figure out this math and failed horribly! But you made it easy.

I would cut the length and width first before I would cut my diagonal. Your diagnosis already marked so that’s easy to follow. The width and length is 5 1/4.

I love it! I have an old comforter that is threadbare and needs replacing. I'm going to try to salvage as much as possible and then add to it to make the new quilt. As a new quilter, I like having basic simple lines that make sense to me without the complications of the fancier quilts.

I made a stuffie for my granddaughter and have a lot of the pink fabric left over so I want to make a quilt to match. This will be perfect as I have fabric left over from other grandkid projects and this will make great use of those. Thank you!!

I love Stonehenge by Norcott! Especially the red!

It's beautiful

That turned out really nice, I like your choice of using sashing. I also like to use corner stones, so much easier for me to line up. This gives me a good idea to run across my granddaughter. She is getting married next year and wants everyone to sign a block instead of a guest book and have me make them into a quilt, so I am trying to come up with different ideas for her.

Brilliant! Whew, I see tile quilts, but I hadn’t caught a good tutorial for them yet. This was very easy and clear. On to finish that baby quilt that I’ve been sitting on for months because I couldn’t figure out the math!

OMGosh gorgeous design. Thank you for sharing. I appreciate the pattern and instructions. And I’m going to look up the Ontario charities who need blankets. Can I use upcycled fabric for the charity blankets? That’s how I make things. I think I’m north of you ! Just at the base of the peninsula.

I like those coasters, I make potholders like this, but they have 2 layers of batting in them, I make them 9”. Merry Christmas to you and yours!😊

Love the cornerstone idea! Sashings always make me nervous, but this makes so much sense.

So fun! I love making bags and have a nice collection of cotton canvas for a “special” bag I want to make. This is such a helpful series because I’d like to get better at making them. I love the idea of one strap for multiple bags!!! I will check out Mama Project. Thanks for that. You might enjoy Sotak Handmade if you haven’t seen her stuff.

Great video again! I love the cornerstone idea. That will be helpful for qayg projects too. Merry Christmàs!