Make an I Spy quilt fast with the PFAFF admire air 7000 Serger by Margaret Sweete July 8, 2025 written by Margaret Sweete July 8, 2025 8 Yesterday, I pieced a jelly roll quilt on the PFAFF admire air 5000 using the cloth guide. I talked about how to set your seam allowance by testing it and adjusting the blade width. This top-of-the-line computerized, air threading (loopers) serger is a 5/4/3/2 thread overlocker/coverstitch machine. It features 26 stitches and includes an extension table. Today, I’m piecing an “I Spy” quilt from a charm pack that includes 100, 5” squares. PFAFF admire air 7000. I set up the serger with my favorite gray thread in a wide 4-thread overlock stitch, and then, as I did yesterday, set the blade width at 6 and the stitch length at 3.5. I ran a test with some scrap rectangles. The PFAFF admire air 7000 doesn’t have a cloth guide, but it does have an extension table, so it’s easy to support the rows! Using the blade as a guide, I serged the test pieces, trimming only the loose threads from the fabric edge, not the fabric itself (a whisker cut). When I was satisfied with the seam allowance, close to ¼”, not perfect but close enough using the blade as a seam guide, I was ready to start. PFAFF admire air 7000 shown with extension table, gray thread and chain piecing squares into rows. The idea behind this quilt was inspired by a picture I found on Pinterest, along with an I Spy Quilt layout featuring an embroidered name panel at the top. Simple and unique. I planned a 12-row quilt with 9-blocks across. In the middle of rows 3 and 4 from the top, I planned an embroidered panel of 3 x 5 block width. I ended up needing 98 squares, and I had two fabrics I wanted to add in one with trains and one with dinosaurs. And then a navy border and binding. It could not be easier or faster. I started chain piecing blocks together, creating the 9-block rows. I did around 4-5 rows at a time, and then. Pressed the seams, alternating the direction of the seams for each row. This worked up SOOOOO fast. The blocks were 50 (x 2) unique kid prints. So, I could find one and say, ‘Find the other.’ The block went together so quickly I soon had to start stitching rows, I don’t pin but I do use clips and an awl to control the seams as I butt joined them. Rows of 5” charm squares are ready for pressing and serging the rows together. Stitching 9 block rows together, alternating the seams in the rows as I go. For the embroidered 2 x 5 block panel, I planned appliqué letters creating my grandson’s name, “Dean,” in my “Creativate Elite Software” that were 4½” tall and proportionately wide. I put them in the roughly 10” x 22” space leaving a good 1” margin, (after seam allowances) I planned for them to be all different in alignment and position. I embroidered them on my PFAFF creative icon 2. To make a nice applique I used HeanBond Lite on the back of the fabric and precut the fabric appliques using my SINGER MOMENTO 24” Craft Cutting Machine. Very similar to what I did with the dinosaurs in my February 2025 post, Mini quilt making with mySewnet + PFAFF creative expect 350. When all of this was stitched together, I found I needed a border, so I added a 4½” navy border. The finished I Spy Quilt is now complete, featuring the embroidered panel and navy border. Again, as it’s 48” x 60”, I plan to send this out to the long armer for quilting. Yesterday I pieced a jelly roll quilt on my PFAFF admire air 5000. Today I pieced an I Spy Quilt on my PFAFF admire air 7000. Join me tomorrow, I’m going back to the PFAFF admire air 5000 and I’ll “Quilt As You Go” a speedy baby strip quilt. It takes longer to cut than to quilt! This is part 2 of 5 in this series Go back to part 1: Piece a vibrant jelly roll on the PFAFF admire air 5000 Serger Print this page or save as a PDF 0qs580I Spy quilt charm pack quilt serger quilting PFAFF admire air 7000 personalized quilts machine embroidery FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramThreadsBlueskyEmail Margaret Sweete Margaret Sweete has been working as a SVP Canada Freelance Educator representing SINGER®, HUSQVARNA® VIKING® & PFAFF® since 2007. Her creative passion started at the age of 10 utilizing her mom’s SINGER® sewing machine creating garments and quilting. Over the years, her interests expanded to include garment sewing, quilting and embroidery for personal use. This passion subsequently led her to learning more about the expanding sewing industry including new software and hardware technologies. Whenever Margaret travels, she seeks out classes, stores, textile museums and other inspirations to enrich her knowledge of fabric and sewing techniques for hand and machine use. This solid sewing comprehension was a natural fit for Margaret to become an Educator to share her extensive knowledge with others who have similar creative desires. She is passionate about sitting down with new hardware and software technologies and learning about their capabilities. Margaret is known for sharing her knowledge of this expanding sewing industry through exquisite and inspirational samples that show various techniques, sewing products and machines. Her classes will excite novice and veteran sewers and give them a solid basis to produce their own unique designs. She is able to take difficult concepts and help individuals be better able to utilize their own machines to their fullest potential. 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