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Quilting Around the Mermaid: Nesting, Channel-Lock Basting, and Cropping Out an Embroidered Block
Happy Feature Friday, quilting friends! We're back in the sewing studio with the little mermaid quilt from last week. In Feature Friday 2026 Episode 40, Aubrey nests the next row of seashells, anchors the sides with channel locks, and then uses the cropping feature to quilt all the way around the embroidered mermaid block without stitching a single seashell over her. Where We Left Off Last week we laid out the Seashells design using the Edit features and stitched the first ro
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Seashells for a Mermaid: Using the Edit Features to Lay Out an Edge-to-Edge Design
Happy Feature Friday, quilting friends! There's a brand-new little quilt on the frame in the sewing studio this week. In Feature Friday 2026 Episode 39, Aubrey walks through setting up an edge-to-edge design from start to finish, using the Edit features (Repeat, Scale, proportion lock, and Move) to get a seashell pattern sitting exactly where she wants it. Meet the Mermaid Quilt This little top didn't come from a pattern at all. Aubrey pieced it from odds and ends and fat qua
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