free motion quilting

The Quilted Bucket Bag

Yesterday on QUILTsocial, we got our own colorway by using Dylon fabric dye to create the perfect canvas color for our bright and easy-breezy bucket bag. The quilted bucket bag is the perfect companion for all your summer adventures. Let’s get started on putting it all together. You will need…

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Dyeing a Quilted Bucket Bag with Dylon

I like bucket bags. They seem to encourage one to toss things in, slap on the shades, and head off on summer road trips. Preferably in a racy red convertible with a full tank of gas and the top down. That easy-breezy style is just what I envisioned when in…

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Machine quilting

Today I’m going to talk about free motion machine quilting on the Husqvarna Viking Designer Ruby Royale. Free motion quilting – to some it is a bad word, to others it is freedom! I’m going to show you how easy it is to do free motion quilting on the Ruby…

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Free Motion Quilting Motifs

Now that the PFAFF Creative 4.5 sewing machine is all ready to go with the sensormatic foot in situ and the tension just perfect, I’m ready to play around with some different free motion quilting motifs. I’ll see which I like best and what looks good on the fabrics. Along…

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Free Motion Quilting is like Doodling

Did you sit and doodle with pen and paper as a kid? In a way, free motion quilting is like doodling only with different tools – sewing machine, needle, thread and fabric. Today, I’m going to set up some free motion quilting for this What’s Good For the Gal is…

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