May Chappell has organized her Terrific Tip Tuesday into categories. It’s a great resource for just about every sewing tip. She covers the following topics:

• Bag Making: cutting vinyl, perfect corners, leaving an opening, attaching handles by hand, clipping curves,
• Cutting & Marking: a paper blade, wonders of washi, marking fabric, 
• Finishing: striped binding, labels, washing and drying, extra binding, squaring a quilt, burying threads, when the thread is short, marking binding,
• Hand Stitching: wonders of washi,  as thread leaves the spool,
• Labeling: numbering blocks, pointing pins, counting rows,
• Organizing: shelf lining, disposing of blades and needles, labeling selvages, use for Aurifil boxes, storing binding, organizing trims,
• Photography: the power of black and white, display tools, outside on a cloudy day,
• Pillows: smooth pillows,
• Pressing: applique sheet, delicates, using starch,  lining up triangles,
• Seam Ripping: the proper way,
• Stitching: remembering specialty stitches, scant seams, open seams,
• Thread: washi on monofilament, location of thread on machine, which way to pull thread on your machine, Aurifil placement, silencing the spool,
• Miscellaneous: sewing to the edge,  buttonholes, traveling with quilts, spit works, covered cording,   

For a weekly taste of tips, The Late Night Quilter has a Tip or Tutorial every week and links from fellow bloggers:

I’m linking this post to that blog for this week’s Tips and Tutorials. Check it out. Today’s tip is perfect for being perfect when hand stitching.

Keep the tips coming,

Wanda