It’s the end of the week and time to wrap up our appliqued pot holder project. The pattern is called Barnyard Buddies by ellie mae designs and they’re just the cutest. We’ll have them done and ready for that weekend BBQ. The first step to completing the pot holders is to remove…
This week on QUILTsocial I’m using THE Dream Machine 2 from Brother to make a sweet Easter door banner. I’ll start by sharing some great tips for making free standing lace (FSL) with your embroidery machine. I have to be honest with you, up until last month I’d never even heard…
Yesterday I had so much fun playing with Sulky’s Tear-Easy stabilizer to foundation piece the background blocks for my autumn table runner. It’s definitely something I’ll be doing again in the near future but today my focus is to create intriguing applique with small fabric pieces. This is a really…
I have these gorgeous autumn color batiks that have been sitting on my table waiting to be used. Examining them closely for several months, I decided they make the perfect background for a table runner. I’ll use foundation piecing with tear-away stabilizer to create my background and let you in…
A great way to make embellishments for quilts is to create lace-like pieces with thread. Wash-away stabilizer is the preferred stabilizer to use when creating these embellishments. Follow these 6 easy steps to thread lace and create some cool embellishment pieces. From the 18 different stabilizers I covered yesterday I’m…