This week on QUILTsocial, I’m using the Brother Dreamweaver XE to do a couple different embroidery techniques that I’ve been wanting to try for a while now. The first technique is embroidering on ribbon and the second is making a badge by doing embroidery on felt or felted wool....
Welcome back. We’re at day five and have already accomplished so much! All we gathered our supplies, did our cutting and preparation work, pieced and added borders then accented our Artisan Spirit Water Garden panel with both trapunto work and thread painting. As an added benefit we’ve been putting...
I had a wonderful time yesterday showing you how I used basic trapunto techniques with SCHMETZ Needles, Sulky Thread and Fairfield Batting to add extra dimension our Artisan Spirit Water Garden heron panel. Today I’ll use a variety of Sulky threads and SCHMETZ needles to accent the heron with beautiful thread painted detail. Let’s have some fun! What is thread painting?...
Welcome back. Yesterday was a busy day trimming the lovely Heron panel from the Artisan Spirit Water Garden, ironing the Sulky stabilizer in place, and using SCHMETZ needles and Gütermann thread to construct and attach borders to the panel. Today I’ll use Sulky thread, SCHMETZ needles and Fairfield batting to add extra dimension to our panel with easy machine trapunto. You may...
Welcome back to our continuing journey of perfect pairings for our SCHMETZ needles, Sulky and Gütermann threads. Yesterday I listed the materials required to make a thread painted and quilted panel. Today I’ll do some preparation work, a little bit of piecing and add borders to our beautiful Artisan Spirit Water Garden panel from Northcott. You’ll...