There are many benefits to quilting in straight lines or slightly wavy ones. The first is that it’s a great way to start doing your own machine quilting as it’s far less intimidating than free motion quilting. It also looks great on lots of different styles of quilts – so…
Applique on the PFAFF Creative 1.5 a.k.a. Scarlett I love applique. I loved applique before I became a quilter and I still love it. I collect blocks of the month – as long as they’re applique. Hand work is not my thing though so needle turn applique was not something…
Lucy’s tips As I said yesterday, I’m not an expert in working with metallic thread, so I asked Lucy Garvin from WonderFil if she had any tips that I could share with you. Here’s what she sent me: 1) I find that with metallics, the problem most people have is…
Using Spagetti for machine quilting Yes, you heard that right – I’m going to try machine quilting with Spagetti – the THREAD that is!! I’ve already used the Spagetti and Fruitti threads on my home sewing machine (and they worked beautifully) but I do most of my machine quilting on…
Today is the final test drive for the Quilt Expression 4.2 to get familiar with the machine before I set out making an actual project. Yesterday during the second test drive we took a look at the different modes of quilting this machine has to offer. There is a variety…