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BASIC TECHNIQUES

28 / 04 / 08

Popular Patchwork on YouTube!

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Popular Patchwork is now on YouTube! Keep checking back to see Davina demonstrating different basic techniques here.

Davina shows how to make a patchwork strip set, by cutting, sewing and pressing two contrasting fabrics.

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	Watch Davina showing how to sew a 1/4in seam on a basic machine without a 1/4in foot in this extract from the Popular Patchwork DVD, setting up a machine to sew a 1/4in seam.

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Katy Purvis

Posted: 30/01/08 12:25:16 16

Have you wondered about trying a new technique? What is your favourite and which will you never attempt again?

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Popular Patchwork July 2008

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