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Dawn Paoletti

U.S.

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Expertise

I would love to help anyone with beginning quilting, free motion embroidery and quilting, raw edge applique and art quilts. I am also a cyber quilter. That means I can help you use your computer to search for quilting techniques, quilt patterns, supplies, etc. I can also help other beginner fabric dyers.

Experience in the area

20 years quilting experience, art quilter, machine embroidery, freemotion embroidery and quilting

Organizations

Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild

Education/Credentials

No formal textile education

What do you like about this subject?

I love quilting! I love learning and using new techniques.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

I hope to learn how to stimulate my creativity and transfer that to the art of quilting.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Quilting was used mainly for clothing, from Egyptian times, as a form of armor.

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Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	T	P	Comments
Melissa	11/21/09	10	10	10	10	I appreciate you answering my question so .....
Julie	11/09/09	10	10	10	10	Thanks Dawn! I am looking forward to .....
Dawn	11/08/09	10	10	10	10	Thanks for your help =)
Lora	11/05/09	10	10	10	10	Thank you for your advice. It really .....
Betty	10/14/09	10	10	10	10

Recent Answers from Dawn Paoletti

2009-11-07 Beginning quilting:

Hi Melissa Go the this website: http://www.quiltbug.com/Articles/fabric-calculator.htm Where it asks for block sizes, just put the sashing dimensions in instead. You'll have to count how many

2009-11-05 quilt comes apart:

Hi Dawn, When I first answered your question, I had assumed it was the seams that were coming apart. If, after you've gone through the checklist I gave you, it hasn't fixed the problem, then it may

2009-11-04 quilt comes apart:

Hi Dawn. Lovely name you have, if I may say so! I understand how you feel, Dawn. All that work and you can't even enjoy your quilts for very long. I am assuming you are machine sewing and not hand

2009-11-02 Applique + free motion:

Julie, Kudos for trying free motion! You'll find it is much fun and lets you be more and more creative. You can sew through fused fabric, I do it all the time. In fact, if you don't fuse the edges

2009-10-13 Juki TL 98 QE foot pedal:

Hi Betty, I searched for quite awhile and found only one website that lists the foot control for the exact machine that you listed. This is the website I found that has this foot control for sale

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