Making a quilter’s badge extra special using font and floating stitches by Sarah Vanderburgh February 28, 2019 written by Sarah Vanderburgh February 28, 2019 909 This week I’ve been exploring some of the stitching techniques available on the NEW PFAFF quilt expression 720. In yesterday’s post, I started to make a quilter’s name badge. I listed the fabric requirements based on my badge and invited you to join me! Today I’ll show you how I completed my name badge. Quilter’s name badge with PFAFF quilt expression 720 I added the fabric to the sides of the center of the badge first. I thought it would be fun to add some floating stitches that look like dots to go with the fabric. I used black thread and sewed the fabrics to the sides using the floating stitches. Since there was already stabilizer on the back of the centerpiece from stitching out my name, I didn’t add another piece. Reverse side of floating stitches Once stitched, I gently tugged the fabrics apart to bring them to the front. I love how this works! Front side of floating stitches after tugging fabrics I used floating stitches to attach the other side piece of fabric then stitched the top and bottom fabrics using a regular stitch. Then it was time to start assembling the quilt sandwich starting with the batting on the bottom and my backing fabric right side up on top. I pinned both ends of my ribbon in the middle of the top edge of the badge and also pinned the long loop to the middle of the badge to prevent it from getting caught in my seams. I don’t usually put a pin in the middle and only did it because my ribbon is quite stiff and I wanted it to stay tucked. I was very careful when turning my project and made sure to remove the pin as soon as it was visible from pushing the fabrics to the right side. Ribbon is securely pinned before layering for quilting. The final layer of the quilting sandwich is the front of the name badge. Here you can see I pinned around the edges and left a turning gap along one of the bottom edges where there’s no seam; the two pins close together are where I’ll stop stitching. Quilter’s name badge layers pinned together. After the layers are sewn together, I turned the badge right side out. I use a gadget to push the fabric for the corners out. Then I used an orange thread for my stitching to go with my ribbon. I topstitched and echo quilted in the novelty print to complete the quilter’s name badge. Quilter’s name badge finished I’m looking forward to wearing my name badge at my next quilt guild meeting! The PFAFF quilt expression 720 helped me bring this project to life and definitely inspired me to create some more. This is part 4 of 5 in this series. Go back to part 3: Making a quilter’s name badge using the PFAFF quilt expression 720 Go to part 5: Can anything be more fun than Stacking Stitches?? [shareaholic app=”follow_buttons” id=”23735596″] Print this page or save as a PDF 0qs248pfaffquilt expression 720sewing machine reviews FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail Sarah Vanderburgh I love to play with color and *quilts* are my playground! A self-taught quilter, I've been designing quilts for almost 20 years. I'm inspired by happy fabrics, selvages, traditional blocks and nature. I'm also a wife, mother, and elementary school teacher, and enjoy drinking coffee on my front porch in northern Ontario. previous post Making a quilter’s name badge using the PFAFF quilt expression 720 next post Can anything be more fun than Stacking Stitches?? YOU MAY ALSO LIKE... How to bind a quilt with challenging corners Add a flange binding to your quilt for... Bi-colored quilt binding: 1 color for front another... Perfect quilt binding by hand, perfect quilt binding... How to sew the perfect quilt binding by... Celebrating the New Year in style with a... Decorative stitches sparkle on black bow tie quilt... Decorative stitches create a New Year’s party bow... Quilters can make buttonholes too with the PFAFF... 1 comment Shirley Jobson March 3, 2019 - 7:42 am Well isn’t that the coolest of cool!! Great work! Reply Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.