For this ShopHop, we thought we’d review four products used to create one project, Crumbly Leaves (page 40), which is unusual for us—we just enjoyed the different approaches! The designer, Bea Lea, made her version using die-cuts. Sara Gallegos, on episode #3212 of “Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting,” decided to use foundation piecing. The results are great, regardless of approach!
ADDING SEAMS SEAMLESSLY
The Add-A-Quarter ruler is one of those word-of-mouth notions that you use once, because a friend recommended it, and then refuse to ever paper-piece without it again. Ensuring you have a nice quarter-inch seam on your foundation-pieced patches is a bit tricky, but not with this ruler. The tapered edge helps you to fold the foundation back easily and precisely. The lip edge, which abuts to…
