Save those cereal boxes!
#13
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Greater Peoria, IL -- just moved!
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Oh good point, Luvstoquilt, I typically make my tops, combine them with their backs and their bindings and then they sit for a couple of years before I actually manage to get them quilted. I use pieces of cardboard I've cut to 18" long by about a foot wide with no creases in the middle and wrap my binding around them. One wrap = 1 yard. Let's me have a quick measurement and fits in the tub of unquilted tops.
#17
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
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I always save cardboard pieces from cereal boxes and sometimes when I order something my item is stabilized with cardboard. This method you mentioned was the way my Grandmother always made her template patterns. But sometimes I just get lazy and order the plastic templates. However, my friend had her hubby cut out mask patterns from plexiglass and this works well but only if you have the tools to do that with.