Time sure flies when you’re having fun and I had loads of fun this week. Hopefully, you’ve picked up some great tips along the way including those from yesterday when we talked about how to improve your free motion work. The Husqvarna Viking Designer Topaz 50 is a great sewing…
Now that the top band of our Day at the Lake quiltowel has been appliqued, let’s turn our attention to the bottom band. It’s got lots of scraps pieced together, but we can add some dimension with sweet yo-yos in variety of sizes. I used 47 yo-yos scattered around the…
Welcome back to another week of fun with the Husqvarna Viking Sapphire 960Q. This is such an awesome sewing machine and I can’t get enough of it. This time, we’re going to explore some techniques that use different presser feet and how each, along with the features of Sapphire 960Q,…
I’m a BIG believer in getting to know the stitches on the sewing machine. My PFAFF Creative Sensation Pro has over 690 stitches, 8 fonts plus the super groovy Stitch Creator Function which allows me to alter any of those stitches or even create my own from scratch. Now that’s…
Quilting the college bound blanket is underway and inching toward completion. Yesterday, we hemmed the sides of the waffle weave cotton. Today, we’re going to place our elements along the top and bottom of the blanket. This can be complicated, involving sashing and all kinds of proper quilting techniques, but…