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Finding Your Sewing Inspiration: How One Quilter Pulls Her Inspiration into Quilt Designs
Guest Blog Post by Jen Frost of Faith and Fabric Inspiration is defined as: “the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative”. Everyone finds inspiration from a different source; perhaps it’s in the setting of a sun, a walk on the beach, fond memories of growing up, or events in popular culture. For me, I draw inspiration from the beauty of my faith – and use it as a basis for creative quilt designs. Today I’m excited to share two quilts I designed that came from this inspiration! Easter is a beautiful season which, to Christians of all denominations, has more emphasis…
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Copyright and Crafters – Recap of my panel discussion at Quiltcon
Copyright and crafters – a recap of a Quiltcon panel discussion! One of the fun thing I was able to do at Quiltcon West in Pasadena, CA a couple weeks ago was to be on a panel called Copyright and Your Work. We had a wonderful panel of people and an even better audience for this. The “copyright and crafters” discussion was so interesting and well received that I decided to give a recap here. The panel was moderated by Rossie Hutchinson of rossiecrafts.com and my fellow panelists were Suzanne Paquette of ateliersixdesign.com, Amy Marson (@amymarson on Instagram), Publisher with C & T Publishing, and Linda Augsburg, Editorial Content Chief of the Better…
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Thread Lace Scarf to Stitch – Free Sulky Webinar
Thread Lace Scarf Free Sulky Webinar A thread lace scarf is either elegant or casual, depending on how you wear it and how you pair it. This thread lace scarf is made entirely of THREAD! The colors are up to you, the stitches are up to you. You’ll surely find your sewing zen as you stitch and stitch your cares away to making a thread lace scarf. If you ever wanted to try free-motion work on your sewing machine, but didn’t know where to begin, this thread lace scarf project is ideal. You literally can’t make a mistake! Once you see how easy it is, you’ll be inspired to create…
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Leap Day Fun Facts
Leap Day Fun Facts are Here! Today is Leap Day. Every 4 years we get this extra day. I have to be honest, it doesn’t quite make sense to me, but hey, I’ll go with it. Especially since it means we are running a great sale on Sulky.com! I also thought it would be fun to share other fun facts about Leap Day. These came from timeanddate.com Leap Day Customs & Traditions Leap Day, on February 29, has been a day of traditions, folklore and superstitions ever since Leap Years were first introduced by Julius Caesar over 2000 years ago. Women Propose to Their Men According to an old Irish…
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St. Patrick’s Day TBT
St. Patrick’s Day is just 3 weeks away! Are you planning a fun party, an Irish meal or doing any St. Patrick’s inspired crafts with you kids? My girls love to ‘look for the leprechaun’. We usually color him, hide him somewhere around the house or in the yard; and once they find him, we eat candy or cookies. Simple but fun. Here are some fun leprechaun coloring pages. Last year I made these St. Patty’s Day Placemats. They are quick and easy to make. The full tutorial is here. We also have some fun St. Patrick’s Day Machine Embroidery designs in the Sulky Embroidery Club. As always, click on the picture to…
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Quiltcon 2016
Growing up with a mother that is an artist and sewist means I have been going to quilt shows, craft fairs, art galleries and gatherings of creative people since before I can remember. Even our family vacations consisted of stops at museums, folk art installations (my mother’s favorite), the general store in a Mennonite community and fabric stores. So when I tell you that Quiltcon is different, I really mean different from any other kind of artist gathering I have been to. It’s hard to put my finger on one thing that makes it different, so I thought I would make a list: The quilts – Quiltcon quilts are, of course, modern…
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Become a Sulky Affiliate!
The Sulky Affiliate program is here! We are so pleased to be able to announce that we have a new way for Sulky friends and fans to share their love for Sulky and make money doing it! I will give you an example. Let’s say you are writing a tutorial on your blog like this one I did on making a Heart Mug Rug & Placemats. In the tutorial, you mention that you used Sulky 30 Wt. Cotton Thread to do the cute topstitching and you put a link to Sulky.com in the blog post. When your blog readers go to Sulky.com and make a purchase, you get 20% of their sale!…
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Tips for Using All Sulky Threads on Longarm Machines
By Sue Moats and Evelyn Byler These tips are from two professional Long Arm Quilters who are graciously allowing us to learn from their vast experience. Do you have any tips or tricks for Long Arm Quilting? If so, please leave them in the comments. While all Sulky threads can be used on longarm machines, some may need special handling. Some of the most important things are: Sew more slowly; use a soft, smooth thread in the bobbin; and use a needle with a larger eye, even when the thread seems very thin, like Sulky Original, Sliver™ and Holoshimmer™ Metallic Threads. It is not unusual to need to adjust the top…
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Embroider a Stuffed Animal: Embroider Buddies Tutorial
Embroider a Stuffed Animal Have you ever tried to embroider a stuffed animal? The only way is to take it apart and restitch seams, and that’s assuming you can access one layer of the stuffy in order to get it secured in the hoop. All in all, the whole process is a bear (pun intended). Embroider Buddies A few months ago, Sulky.com added these adorable Embroider Buddies to the online store. With a large zipper that allows you to access the whole animal belly, it’s never been easier to embroider a stuffed animal. That’s what they’re meant for! This allows you to add a name, favorite motif or monogram…
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Needles and Threads – Which to Use Where and When
Needle and Thread Choice All too often as sewists, we blame our skill level when a project doesn’t come out perfectly. But many times, it isn’t our skill that is the issue, but our needle and thread choice! Pairing the right needle with the thread we choose (and fabric, for that matter), can determine whether a sewing project is a success or failure. Zoë MacDonald, the Social Media Manager for H.A. Kidd, wrote this well written post. (Click here or on the picture to go to the post) She explains how to choose the right needle for the thread at hand, and has some atypical choices for certain tasks. Sometimes…
