needlework

This week, we’ve been exploring a variety of machine cutwork techniques while making lacy snowflakes, glittery snowflakes, snowflake quilt blocks, and stained glass snowflakes. Each technique involved tracing a snowflake design onto water-soluble stabilizer, stitching it to fabric, cutting out the design, and satin-stitching over the cut-out edges. In a …

Have you ever tried sewing a stained glass snowflake? Cutwork is a needlework technique where portions of fabric are cut out and the resulting holes are reinforced with embroidery. We have learned how to create this heirloom needlework in a fraction of the time making lacy snowflakes, glittery snowflakes, and …

We’ve been having a “hole” lot of fun learning how to make cutwork snowflakes by machine. They may look like heirloom needlework, but they didn’t take nearly the time. Nevertheless, this is QUILTsocial and you may be wondering how to turn your design into a snowflake quilt block. Let’s find …

Have you ever noticed how snow appears to sparkle on a bright, sunny day? Let’s bring some of that wintry beauty indoors with a glittery snowflake. Yesterday, we learned how to make a lacy snowflake in a fraction of the time it would take for heirloom needlework. Now, we’ll take …

For many of us, winter means snow. While we may not enjoy shovels and slush, there is something so magnificent about a pristine white field sparkling in the sunlight and evergreen branches coated in frost. Why not bring some of that beauty into our homes with a lovely, lacy cutwork …