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Daisy Chain fabric: how to properly bind the Magic Mushrooms table runner
In yesterday's post you learned how to add some simple straight line quilting to your table runner to give it ...
Echo and modern grid quilting: how these make Magic Mushrooms the star!
In my last post I completed the straight line applique of the marvelous mushrooms and today I'll finish the quilting ...
The trick to amazing free motion quilting for beginners
It’s my last post of the week and also of the year featuring the PFAFF creative icon. And I have ...
Curved piecing makes the best heart quilt block for Valentine’s Day
Have you finished the cute table runner for the holiday season I showed you in my posts this week? Piecing ...
10 steps to face binding a holiday table runner using PFAFF creative icon
If you’ve finished the holiday table runner that I presented in my last two posts, I have a great tutorial ...
How the creative icon does half the work for you when adding a zipper
I’m back for the last post of the week, have you tried the mitered corner technique I showed you yesterday? ...
8 easy steps to perfect mitered corners
This week is all about making attractive cushions for holiday gifts, and yesterday I shared 3 reasons why embroidering text ...
8 simple steps to make a microwavable rice pack
Yesterday I used the Brother Dreamweaver XE to sew HST units into pinwheel blocks. Here are 8 simple steps to ...
Making a hot pack out of pinwheel blocks
Yesterday on QUILTsocial I used the Dreamweaver XE and some leftover half-square triangle units (HSTs) to make a matching potholder ...
The Dreamweaver XE + HSTs = a fun and functional gift
Yesterday on QUILTsocial I used the Dreamweaver XE from Brother to embellish a store bought tea towel with some beautiful ...
3 simple steps to embellish a tea towel with HSTs
Yesterday on QUILTsocial I showed you 4 different blocks that could be made using HST units. Today I'm using the ...
4 creative quilt blocks using HSTs
Last month on QUILTsocial, we used the Brother Dreamweaver XE to machine quilt our nine-patch and snowball block baby quilt ...
Creating a bold batik street for the quilted night skyline
The night skyline is almost complete! In yesterday's post a high-rise building and a building with solar panels were sewn ...
Adding height to a quilted skyline with batik high-rise
It's time to add some height to our skyline! In yesterday's post, we constructed a row of houses with half ...
Perfecting your Half Rectangle units to make rooftops
Construction begins today on the quilted batik night skyline quilt. In yesterday's post, the fabric requirements and cutting instructions were ...
5 steps for adding a pop of color with a flange in the binding
Welcome back to another super exciting week of tips to make your sewing and quilting easier and better! Let's not ...
4 best kept secrets to perfecting the flying geese quilt block
Yesterday I explained why, you may have so many unfinished quilts and how the PFAFF creative icon helps finish projects ...
2 in 1 – embroidering and quilting at once with THE Dream Machine 2
Yesterday on QUILTsocial we used the bobbin work embroideries made with THE Dream Machine 2 on Tuesday and Wednesday to ...
How to make crazy quilted setting triangles for a tablerunner
Yesterday on QUILTsocial we followed 6 basic steps to create some fun bobbin work embroidery with THE Dream Machine 2 ...
6 basic steps to create awesome bobbin work using THE Dream Machine 2!
Yesterday on QUILTsocial we got THE Dream Machine 2 all set up in preparation for doing bobbin work embroidery. Now ...
