Pencil case, makeup bag, catch all for the bottom of your purse, zippered purses come in all kinds of sizes and have an infinite number of uses. It turns out that the Extra Large Panel from the Happy Popups Collection is an ideal size to make a zippered purse. When…
To make a Give Thanks table runner This Thanksgiving, use the Let There Be LOVE alphabet along with A New Leaf to create a gorgeous table runner for your Thanksgiving celebrations! For a Give Thanks table runner which measures 60″ long and 18″ wide: Cut a piece of background fabric,…
The Happy Quilting Collection started out as a few designs that were created to quilt the Happy Table Runner. Here’s a photo journey through quilting the quilt The first step in any quilting project is to layer the back, the batting and the quilt top. What better place to do it…
So your free motion quilting isn’t as great as you’d like it to be and you’re planning on making the Feather Fancy quilt. What are you going to do about it? Use the Transformation Quilting Collection to quilt it in the hoop of course! My quilts were quilted free motion,…
Since releasing the Feathered Christmas with Embroidered Appliqué collection , I’ve received a number of emails about the quilting on it. The quilting is free motion – done by me! The biggest concern seems to be – I can’t quilt like you, so what do I do? This is where…
Have you ever asked the question, “Should I pre-wash the fabrics going into my quilt?” How about, “Is it OK to wash a quilt with machine embroidered appliqué on it?” I’ve made quilts that have been in the washing machine, embroidered appliqué and all, and they come out just fine.…
Puckering is something you definitely want to avoid in machine embroidery – and it’s very easy to do when you know how! So how do you prevent puckering on machine embroidery? I got to thinking about this after reading the following question posted in a Machine Embroidery group on Facebook:…
Sharon sent me the two photos below of some quilts that she’s working on. This one is a Jazzilicious pillow with a gorgeous border added to it. I love the hint of pink in the border – and in the thread on the appliqué shapes. This one uses flowers from…
It used to be that you would trace appliqué shapes for a project, starting out with a printed template. Either a pen or pencil would suffice, and then you would cut out each shape. Then along came fabric cutting dies – so if you had the right die for your…
To make a square border for a quilt, you usually start with the center and work out. That way, you are adding borders with “nice” numbers in the measurements. Numbers that are easy to cut, e.g. 18.5″ for a quilt side that is 18″ long when finished. To make a…
