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Easy Peasy Game Day Scarf (Seriously, sew easy!)
Easy Peasy Game Day Scarf (Seriously, sew easy!) Football season is finally here! It is one of the reasons I love fall. My little town in North Georgia is a true “Friday Night Lights” town and I wouldn’t be a true southern girl if I didn’t love college football as well. Overall, the temperatures in the south in the fall are perfect and, many days, you can still wear shorts and t-shirts to games – but the nights do start to get chilly. This prompted me to make some cute and ridiculously easy scarfs for those chilly fall football nights. Supplies 10″ x 57″ of Fleece (buy 1/3 yard at…
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DIY Tote Bag | Kraft Tex Paper
DIY: Kraft-Tex™ Paper Fabric Tote Bag This series is written by guest blogger, Pamela Cox. Pamela is an expert embroiderer, designer, digitizer and all around wonderful girl! We are so happy to have her contributing to the Sulky Blog! Tote Bags have become a lifestyle necessity. In fact, we depend upon this casual bag for everything from carrying groceries home, to heading off to the beach! Bags embroidered with specific themes can even help us stay organized by knowing which bag to grab when heading to a music lesson or off to the gym. The birth of tote bags began with being environmentally conscientious. To embrace this concept, let’s…
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Root for Your Favorite Team with Embroider Buddies!
Football season is upon us and it’s never too early to get your kids rooting for the (obvious) winning team! Whether you’re a “Cheese-head”, a Dawg, or a Gator, it’s time for your kids to be a part of the tradition – and what better way to get them in the team spirit than with Embroider Buddies?! It’s the best of both worlds – they get a soft cuddly new stuffed animal, and you get the pleasure of knowing they’re headed in the right direction in life! Embroider Buddy stuffed animals are not only adorable, but are extremely simple to customize. Plus, if you’re like me (yes, I can still…
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Free Webinar: Holiday In-the-Hoop
Free Webinar: Holiday In-the-Hoop Embroidery Quilt Block Projects & More with Lisa Archer Join us for this FREE webinar: Holiday In-the-Hoop! Lisa Archer, Owner & Creative Director of Pickle Pie Designs, will teach you how fast, fun and easy it is to make machine embroidery in-the-hoop projects. Lisa is the master when it comes to in-the-hoop projects, and she will share her tips and tricks for success. She will explain the purpose of each step of an in-the-hoop project as she walks you through the process of making a whimsical Snowman Coaster entirely in the hoop. That’s right, no machine sewing required! Get the details: Title: Holiday In-the-Hoop…
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Introducing Machine Cross Stitch to the Sulky Embroidery Club!
Introducing: Machine Cross Stitch to the Sulky Embroidery Club Machine cross stitch gives you the unique look of counted cross stitch with the ease and versatility of machine embroidery. We have added over 100 machine cross stitch designs to the Sulky Embroidery Club from two of the most popular cross stitch designers: Marcia Manning of Lickity Stitch Designs and Ursula Michael with her famous Word Play Designs. If you like the look of Cross Stitch designs, especially Word Play, but do not have the patience or desire to hand stitch them, then you will love these Machine Cross Stitch Designs from Ursula Michael. Here are some of her Word…
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Quilting in the Tropics – Book your Cruise!
Quilting in the Tropics with Ellen Osten Book your Cruise! Combine the warm tropical breezes of the Eastern Caribbean with the fun-filled days of quilting with Ellen Osten and you have the perfect vacation. Join us for this amazing adventure on the high seas. This is a great ship to invite the family along to enjoy their activities while you enjoy yours – Creative Quilting and Stitching! Here are the details: Date: July 15-22, 2018 (7 nights) Ship: Royal Carribean – Oasis of the Seas Featured Educator: Ellen Osten Sponsored by: Sulky of America Package Includes: 7 Nights Onboard Accomodations Port Fees and Taxes Prepaid Onboard Gratuities Quilting and Stitching…
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It’s Back! Fearless Free-Motion Stitching II
Free-Motion Stitching with Eric Drexler In just six 15-45 minute segments, you can learn from Eric Drexler, the Master of Free-Motion, how to easily move beyond the basics of Free-Motion Stitching so you can enjoy more intricate Thread Painting, Quilting, Print Embellishment, Turned or Raw Edge Appliqué, and much, much more! Eric introduced you to the basics in “Fearless Free-Motion Stitching I – For Beginners”: It was an incredible success and we thank you. He covers some of the basics again in this course (so you do not necessarily have to take the first course before this one); and we include a free, 26-page hand-out from the basic course to…
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Love to Stitch | Machine Quilting Webinar
Love to Stitch: Machine Quilting Tips & Tricks with Lori Kennedy In case you haven’t heard, we’ve got another FREE webinar for you guys! Join us for Love to Stitch: Machine Quilting Tips and Tricks. The best part? Lori Kennedy, author of Free Motion Machine Quilting 1-2-3 and the voice behind the popular quilting blog, The Inbox Jaunt, will be our special guest! Here is a link to a book review of Free-Motion: Machine Quilting 1-2-3. In this webinar you will create a whimsical sewing machine wall hanging, while learning tips and tricks for better machine quilting as Lori guides you through her own unique process. Discover Lori’s secrets for…
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DIY Halloween T-shirt Glows in the Dark! (And you can make it in less than an hour)
This Halloween T-shirt Glows in the Dark! (And you can make it in less than an hour) It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, not Christmas – Fall! I love Fall. The colors are beautiful, the weather is perfect; there is football every weekend and Halloween! We love Halloween at my house. This year, to kick off the season, I made this adorable skull t-shirt. And by ‘made’ I mean I purchased the actual shirt and just put the skull on the front 🙂 It is quick and easy to do and took me less than an hour. Here’s how I did it… I found a cute skull…
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My “I Heart” The 80’s Quilt Tutorial
When I was at Quilt Market in the spring, I fell in love with Cotton+Steel Designer Kim Kight‘s new collection – Snap To Grid. The collection just sung to me with memories of the 80’s: Great music, geometric designs, and of course NEON COLORS! As soon as I saw the fabric, I knew I wanted to make a quilt with them and with the Sulky super cool PolyDeco™ Neon colors! My “I Heart the 80’s” Quilt Tutorial This is actually a super quick and easy (not to mention, fun!) quilt, too! Supplies: I started with 6″ squares of Cotton+Steel Snap to Grid fabric and 6″ squares of RJR Cotton Solid…
