I recently received the Brother ScanNCut SDX225 electronic cutting machine. With all of our recent self isolating and staying at home, I’ve had lots of time to play with this wonderful machine. This model is part of the only series of home and hobby cutting machine with a built-in scanner. It…
Yesterday I completed the appliques on the Sewing Happens Here wallhanging. I hope you enjoyed the process. I use fusible applique for all my projects, it’s simple and easy to use and gives excellent results every time. Today I’m going over a few simple finishing techniques, preparing the quilt sandwich,…
Yesterday I prepared the applique shapes using HeatnBond Lite … today I add them to the shoofly background! Using the picture as a guide, layout your appliques onto the background… tomato body, tomato top, lettering and hearts. You can move and shift the parts until they are pleasing to your…
Yesterday I created the oversize shoofly quilt block. This will be the background to which I’ll add the appliques. Today I’ll trace the sign shapes onto fusible adhesive in preparation for applique tomorrow. There’s a lot to get through today so let’s get started! materials HeatnBond Lite iron-on adhesive pencil…
Yesterday I selected the colors for the Sewing Happens Here quilted wallhanging. Today I’ll begin with creating an oversized shoofly block. Taking a traditional quilt block and supersizing it’s a lot of fun to do and an easy way to get a large space created without a lot of effort.…