We’re in for a ‘Fangtastic’ time this week as Jean Boyd shows us how to use the handy features on the Brother BQ3050 to make a quilted Halloween wall hanging with haunted house and bats aplenty. Free pattern and tutorial.
Putting the final touches on your needle roll cover using simple embroidery stitches completes the look! Christine Baker closes off this week with ways to enhance your embroidery design, and get it ready for the next step – assembly! Keep checking QUILTsocial to find out how it all comes together! Free instructions for pattern.
The bullion stitch adds dimension to your embroidery. This is one of 4 amazing stitches that Christine Baker demonstrates today using a milliner’s needle. Learn how to wound your thread around the needle to create fantastic looking designs!
Filling in areas in your embroidery designs is easy with these simple stitches! Using the right embroidery needle, and an assortment of threads is key to making your stitches bloom on this flower garden design.
Using a variety of embroidery threads completes your embroidery nicely! In this post we learn how to hand sew 5 simple embroidery stitches, and what threads and needles work best for your pattern using evenweave needlework fabric.
Putting the final touches on your needle roll cover using simple embroidery stitches completes the look! Christine Baker closes off this week with ways to enhance your embroidery design, and get it ready for the next step – assembly! Keep checking QUILTsocial to find out how it all comes together! Free instructions for pattern.
The bullion stitch adds dimension to your embroidery. This is one of 4 amazing stitches that Christine Baker demonstrates today using a milliner’s needle. Learn how to wound your thread around the needle to create fantastic looking designs!
Filling in areas in your embroidery designs is easy with these simple stitches! Using the right embroidery needle, and an assortment of threads is key to making your stitches bloom on this flower garden design.
Using a variety of embroidery threads completes your embroidery nicely! In this post we learn how to hand sew 5 simple embroidery stitches, and what threads and needles work best for your pattern using evenweave needlework fabric.
Transferring your embroidery designs onto fabric has never been easier using indispensable notions like DMC Magic Paper, Clover Chaco Liner Pen, and UNIQUE Sewing 2-in-1 Dual-Tip Wash-out/Air Erasable Fine Tip Marking Pen. See how it’s done.
Step by step and tips on how to embroider awesome designs on a synthetic rattan placemat on the HV Designer Ruby 90, making the back look as good as the front. Small Metal Hoop (100 by 100mm), INSPIRA Aqua Magic Stabilizer, INSPIRA Water Works, INSPIRA Magnets for Metal Hoop, INSPIRA Topstitch Needles, INSPIRA Embroidery Needles, INSPIRA 6″ Double Curved Embroidery Scissor
How to use a few of the 680 embroidery designs offered on the HV Designer Ruby 90 to machine embroider a postcard, and how to make a fabric postcard. Great tips you don’t want to miss. Free tutorial
Keep in mind these 6 essential tips on how to successfully do double-sided machine embroidery on the HV Designer Ruby 90. Great tutorial for this sewing, quilting, and embroidery machine.
Expert quilter Elaine Theriault talks about the Wi-Fi capabilities on the HV Designer Ruby 90 and its deLuxe Stitch System, a different method of thread delivery than the traditional tension disks. Great tutorial for this sewing, quilting, and embroidery machine.
Great tutorial on how and why it’s important to adjust the tension before sewing!! Using HV Designer Ruby 90 step by step, it’s so easy for beautiful stitches in every single project. Sewing tutorial.
Quilting the Double T runner has never been so much fun! We’re using several functions of the PFAFF performance icon to add very creative quilting to this Halloween table runner. Free pattern.
The fun continues as we piece and quilt the Double T runner, using the precision features on the PFAFF performance icon. Free pattern.
Free instructions for 2 methods for making the square in a square unit at the center of the Double T runner. Using the precision features on the PFAFF performance icon. Free pattern.
Sarah Vanderburgh starts sewing HSTs and no-waste flying geese units for the Halloween table runner using the ¼ inch Quilting Foot for IDT System and other precision features on the PFAFF performance icon. Free pattern.
Getting ready for Halloween! Here’s a fun table runner made using the PFAFF performance icon. Get the fabric requirements and cutting instructions in this post! Free pattern.
We’re in for a ‘Fangtastic’ time this week as Jean Boyd shows us how to use the handy features on the Brother BQ3050 to make a quilted Halloween wall hanging with haunted house and bats aplenty. Free pattern and tutorial.
Making a ‘handmade’ microwavable heat pad using a hand drawn design and the Brother Luminaire XP. Draw your own design and turn it into a cozy and warm heat pad! Tutorial
How to machine embroider a faux hand embroidery design on the Brother Luminaire XP. This is the 4th machine embroidered project for a week-long cottagecore related projects. Awesome tutorial!
How to resize a machine embroidery design on the Brother Luminaire XP to fit a smaller surface than the original design. The design is from the Luminaire XP library. See how Shaelagh did it in a jiffy. Tutorial
Making preserves during this cottagecore week has never been so sweet! We’re using the Brother Luminaire XP to sweeten up the jam jars. See how Shaelagh did it in a jiffy. Tutorial
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