Stop stressing over your machine embroidery with the SewNotice app by Claire Haillot June 28, 2018 written by Claire Haillot June 28, 2018 799 In yesterday’s post, I shared with you 3 essential tools for your quilting studio as well as the 3 great features of the PFAFF creative icon. I explained the new CreatorCue app that is available to help you work even when you’re on the go. In today’s post, I want to talk about the SewNotice app that is also available and I’m sure that it will become your new best friend. Introducing the SewNotice app that will become your new best friend. One of the things that quilters didn’t like about machine embroidery was that it was a long process and that one had to stay by the machine to ensure that it would run smoothly. Well, the SewNotice app changes everything! You can download the app on your smartphone and tablet and it will help you monitor your embroidery progress as it gives you information such as: All color blocks in loaded design(s) Current stitch number and current color block Machine pop-up messages such as thread color change and bobbin thread low It will notify you via messages on your phone when the machine has stopped; for example, when you need to change threads or when the amount of bobbin thread is low. You read me well! You can go do other things and your phone will tell you if you need to go back to your machine to change threads or make a new bobbin. Isn’t this just wonderful? Makes me want to finish this quilt now so that I can play with the embroidery while quilting it. Let’s move on to the project. Here’s the layout I chose: Here’s the layout I chose for my flying geese blocks. I really love the Canvas collection from Northcott fabrics and it really was the perfect choice for this project. So I aligned my flying geese blocks to ensure I sew the right ones together, two by two at first. And I must admit that the knee lift is very handy! Check out my Tuesday post about perfecting the flying geese block for more details. Knee lift helps see where to position needle. The trick when sewing these blocks together is to ensure that you stitch just out of the point of the flying geese, you can ensure that this is done by following along with your ¼” foot and ensuring that the point (you can see with the seams) is just on the left-hand side of the needle. You can use the knee lift to raise the foot and double check before sewing. Ensure that your needle is in the down position to ensure the pieces won’t shift in the process. Sewing your blocks together. Once two blocks are sewn together, sew two other blocks together to your first two, making a rectangle size 4½” x 8½”. Then sew them 2 by 2 for an 8½” square. You should have 5 squares and you can sew them together to have a 40½” x 8½” row. Sew you’re A piece on the right Once that’s done you can sew your A piece on the right and B piece on the left. You might want to refer to my Monday post for the cutting instructions. Sew your B piece on the left of your flying geese row. Again, you’ll want to use your knee lift to raise the foot and position your seam allowance. Positioning your seam allowances. Now that the quilt top is done, I’ll quilt the piece using some of the fantastic features of the PFAFF creative icon and we can finally use the new SewNotice app and stop stressing over our embroidery. This is part 4 of 5 in this series. Go back to part 3: 3 essential tools for your quilting studio you might not have thought of Go to part 5: PFAFF creative icon’s Shape Creator and mySewnet help your quilting adventures [shareaholic app=”follow_buttons” id=”23735596″] Print this page or save as a PDF 0qs213creative iconfree patternspfaffquiltssewing machine reviews FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail Claire Haillot Claire Haillot shares her passion for quilting among her neighbors in the United States and Canada as well as her cousins in France. Claire has been active in the quilting industry since 2004. At first, she opened a quilt shop and started to teach, write how-to guides, and translate patterns and product information into French for American companies. In 2006, she started her own line of patterns and later began publishing patterns and articles in Canadian, European, and American magazines. You might have seen some of her work in Quilter’s World, Pratique du Patchwork or Canadian Quilter. She decided to close her brick & mortar quilt shop in 2016 to be able to concentrate more on teaching, writing, and creating. She collaborated with PlumEasy patterns to launch the Dancing Diamonds and Gem bag patterns. Claire has also won a few awards for her work: • Juror’s choice in Salon 2012 • Second Place in Vermont Quilt Festival of 2014 and 2016 • Second Place in Salon 2016 • Best of show at the Quilt Festival in Chicago and Houston 2018. previous post 3 essential tools for your quilting studio you might not have thought of next post PFAFF creative icon’s Shape Creator and mySewnet help your quilting adventures YOU MAY ALSO LIKE... The trick to amazing free motion quilting for... Curved piecing makes the best heart quilt block... 10 steps to face binding a holiday table... How to center a quilt section in a... 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