Episode 142: Modavation Recap, Trimming Quilt Blocks Down, and Placing Low Volume Fabrics in Quilts @AQuiltingLife
Episode 142: Modavation Recap, Trimming Quilt Blocks Down, and Placing Low Volume Fabrics in Quilts  @AQuiltingLife
Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
In this episode, Sherri recaps here recent trip to Dallas Texas for the 2nd annual Modavation retreat. She shares some of the great insights and news she learned while there. Sherri and Chelsi then answer a couple follow-up questions from episode 135. They discuss how to tell if you have enough fabric to trim a block down. They also go a little more in depth with their fabric selection process. Specifically, on how they decide where to place their low volume fabrics in their quilts.

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Episode 142: Modavation Recap, Trimming Quilt Blocks Down, and Placing Low Volume Fabrics in Quilts

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