Yesterday we used the awesome guideline marker (laser pointer) feature on the Dreamweaver XE to make no-waste snowball blocks from 5″ charm squares. Today I’m sharing how to correctly change the presser foot on this machine so that tomorrow we can piece our nine patch blocks. Step 1 The first…
Yesterday on QUILTsocial I used the guideline marker (aka laser pointer) on the Dreamweaver XE to sew the corners onto our snowball blocks. Today I’ll use this same feature to reduce the waste that usually comes with this method of making snowball blocks. Moving the laser The first thing I…
Yesterday on QUILTsocial I talked about the different precuts that are available to quilters and a little bit about how to use each of them. Today I’m using the Dreamweaver XE to sew some of my 5″ charm squares into snowball blocks. The first thing to do when working with…
This week on QUILTsocial, I’m using the Dreamweaver XE from Brother to make some really cute blocks using charm squares. If you’re fairly new to the quilting world, you may wonder what a charm square is – well, it’s one of the many quilting fabric precuts that you can buy.…
Yesterday on QUILTsocial we looked at the sewing machine help screen on the Dreamweaver XE. It has a wealth of information about operating the machine as well as helpful hints for all types of sewing and embroidery functions. Today I’m using one of the great features that I talked about…