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A perfect picnic quilt is made of a simple quilt design
Here we are at our final day of 5 Days to a fabulous picnic set. Our baskets are full to ...
Keeping the wine cool at the picinic with UNIQUE quilting therm fleece
Yesterday I had so much fun making a set of charming reversible fabric bowl covers to go with my new picnic ...
What it takes to make the best reversible fabric bowl covers
It's day three of five days to a fabulous picnic set. In yesterday's post, I had a wonderful time making ...
Sewing double sided fabric napkins for a fabulous picnic set
Welcome back to day two of 5 days to a fabulous picnic set. In yesterday's post, I had a wonderful ...
5 days to sewing and quilting a fabulous picnic set
There's nothing quite like a picnic to bring family and friends together. No matter the weather, food always seems to ...
Step 5 – quilting, how and how much, add the finishing touch
Welcome back. We're at day five and have already accomplished so much! All we gathered our supplies, did our cutting ...
Step 4 – thread painting for incredible lifelike detail
I had a wonderful time yesterday showing you how I used basic trapunto techniques with SCHMETZ Needles, Sulky Thread and ...
Step 3 – how to machine trapunto for added dimension
Welcome back. Yesterday was a busy day trimming the lovely Heron panel from the Artisan Spirit Water Garden, ironing the ...
Step 2 – framing up a quilt panel using a patchwork border
Welcome back to our continuing journey of perfect pairings for our SCHMETZ needles, Sulky and Gütermann threads. Yesterday I listed ...
Step 1 – needles and threads for a thread painting tutorial
During my previous QUILTsocial post, Perfect Pairings-needles and threads work together for successful quilting I described how to choose the ...
Mini quilt with buttons becomes very adorable
Yesterday I showed you how to use buttons from the bottle o’ buttons purple collection to make a small button ...
Using buttons instead of applique for a small quilt!
Yesterday I showed you how to use some blue buttons from a bottle o’ buttons to mount a small modern quilt ...
How to mount a quilted piece on an artist canvas
Yesterday I showed you how to make the blocks for your modern button quilt. Now, let's put everything together to ...
For the love of buttons – making a modern button quilt
Yesterday I gave you the cutting instructions for the little button quilt. We'll be using buttons from the bottle o’ ...
Button, button…bottle o’ buttons
I recently received these 'Bottle o’ Buttons' jars. What fun! Little jars of color-coordinated buttons just waiting to be used ...
Making a stand mixer cover for the baker on your holiday list xo
This week I shared with you several gift ideas that are sew easy to make, there's still enough time to ...
A gourmet finish for a quilted designer cushion
This week has been so much fun as we have learned how to express pretty words through quilting using the ...
Making quilted words pop – it’s all about the thread
Welcome back. Yesterday was such a fun day! We set up our machines for free motion quilting, did our first ...
Quilting words – so much to say using Gütermann Dekor thread!
I hope you've been having fun getting ready to free motion quilt words and more for a designer cushion. Was ...
Mark, layer, baste, easy preparation for machine quilting
Quality materials and good preparation are the keys to successful machine quilting. Yesterday we gathered our supplies and cut our ...
