H.A. Kidd sewing notions Button, button…bottle o’ buttons by Jean Boyd December 10, 2018 by Jean Boyd December 10, 2018 I recently received these ‘Bottle o’ Buttons’ jars. What fun! Little jars of color-coordinated buttons just waiting to be used for some quick and easy projects. Button blankets have been around for hundreds of years. A button blanket is a wool blanket embellished with mother-of-pearl buttons, created by Northwest Coastal tribes in North America, … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
H.A. Kidd sewing notions Making a stand mixer cover for the baker on your holiday list xo by Robin Bogaert November 16, 2018 by Robin Bogaert November 16, 2018 This week I shared with you several gift ideas that are sew easy to make, there’s still enough time to make the Simple Essentials Traveler’s Tote for the person on your list who travels often. During the holiday season, baking is on almost every family’s to-do list. The very popular … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
H.A. Kidd sewing notions A gourmet finish for a quilted designer cushion by Julie Plotniko September 14, 2018 by Julie Plotniko September 14, 2018 This week has been so much fun as we have learned how to express pretty words through quilting using the beautiful Gütermann Dekor rayon thread. Yesterday we completed the background quilting to really make the letters and trapunto sections stand out. Now it’s time to complete our designer cushion. Preparing your … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
H.A. Kidd sewing notions Making quilted words pop – it’s all about the thread by Julie Plotniko September 13, 2018 by Julie Plotniko September 13, 2018 Welcome back. Yesterday was such a fun day! We set up our machines for free motion quilting, did our first set of outline quilting, learned how to trim the batting for trapunto and layered our piece to prepare for today’s background quilting. Now it’s time to really make those quilted … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
H.A. Kidd sewing notions Quilting words – so much to say using Gütermann Dekor thread! by Julie Plotniko September 12, 2018 by Julie Plotniko September 12, 2018 I hope you’ve been having fun getting ready to free motion quilt words and more for a designer cushion. Was it hard deciding what you wanted to say? Maybe you’re already making more than one? In yesterdays post we learned how to mark, layer and baste your piece. Now it’s … FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail
