Christmas
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Felt Bottle Topper for Gift Giving
Felt Bottle Toppers Designed by Heidi Pridemore Felt Bottle Toppers are great crafts to make to dress up bottles for a special occasion. Whether it’s a gift for your sweetheart or a way to add a festive touch to party favors, these adorable heart felt bottle toppers are the perfect solution. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to create these delightful toppers using Sulky Felty, 30 wt. threads, and a few simple techniques. The soft texture of Felty combined with vibrant threads makes these hearts stand out, giving your bottles a fun, “heart-felt” flair. Finished size: 4” x 4” FELT BOTTLE TOPPERS SUPPLIES Heart Felt Bottle Toppers Pattern (it’s…
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Velvet Table Runner with Ruching & Embroidery
Velvet Table Runner with Ruching & Embroidery by Katrina Walker Add a little glam to your next festive gathering by combining luxe ruched velvet, softly shimmering silk dupioni, and sparkling machine embroidery in one beautifully elegant table runner. Use a gathering foot on your serger to make the ruching fast and easy. This table runner works for an upscale holiday dinner party or Valentine’s Day dinner. Note: Yardage will vary depending on the desired length of the table runner. It is recommended to cut the velvet fabric twice as long as the main dupioni piece to ensure it will fit. You can piece the velvet if needed to achieve…
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Holiday Hand Embroidery Napkin Set
Holiday Hand Embroidery Napkin Set Designed by Heidi Pridemore Holiday Hand Embroidery Napkins make a great hostess gift for the holidays. It’s also a nice touch to have newly embroidered napkins on your festive holiday table! Add a personal touch to your table setting or create a memorable handmade gift with these beautiful hand embroidered napkins that feature a classic chain stitch. If you’re new to hand embroidery, this tutorial will help you transform simple napkins into charming, custom pieces that look expensive and upscale. And if you’re a handwork veteran, you’ll love the simple design transfer method that allows you to use any font of your choice to mimic…
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Snowflake Appliqué Coasters
Falling Snowflake Coasters Designed by Heidi Pridemore, the Whimsical Workshop SNOWFLAKE APPLIQUÉ COASTER SUPPLIES Supplies listed are enough to make a set of four snowflake appliqué coasters. Fabrics A (8) 6” squares of blue print (background) B (1) 12” square of Sulky Felty™ (white) C (2) 2 ¼” x WOF strips of Navy (binding) Snowflake Templates Sulky Perfect Appliqué Fusible Web (4) 6” squares of Sulky Soft ‘n Sheer™ Stabilizer (4) 6” squares of Fusible Fleece Sulky Thread Poly Sparkle™ 50 wt. Cotton Organ™ Needles Size 90/14 Metal (for Poly Sparkle Thread) Size 70/10 Universal (for 50 wt. Cotton Thread) Removable Fabric Marker or Chalk Washable Glue Stick or Sulky…
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Sleigh Appliqué Sweatshirt
SLEIGH APPLIQUÉ Appliqué a sweatshirt with “Sleigh,” “Merry,” or Fa La La” for a fun take on holiday apparel. Use Sulky Felty for the collegiate-style appliqué lettering to give the sweatshirt texture and dimension. This project is easily customizable, depending on the word or phrase you choose to stitch! SLEIGH SWEATSHIRT SUPPLIES Sweatshirt of your choice Sulky Perfect Appliqué™ Fusible Web Appliqué Template (Download “Sleigh” HERE or create your own) Sulky 50 wt. Cotton Thread Organ® size 70/10 Universal Needles Sulky Felty™ PREPPING APPLIQUÉ Either download and print the Sleigh Appliqué Template or create the design of your choice. (The featured letters measure approximately 3″ tall for reference.) Transfer the…
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Patchwork Christmas Stocking with Stabilizer Grid
Patchwork Christmas Stocking Sew a Patchwork Christmas Stocking using a stabilizer grid for accurate piecing. Quilt the stocking for dimension and interest, bringing in specialty threads that add sparkle. Create a matching set or coordinating stockings that feature the same or similar fabrics, speaking to the recipient’s interests. PATCHWORK CHRISTMAS STOCKING SUPPLIES The following supplies are enough to make one stocking. Sulky Soft ‘n Sheer™ Extra Stabilizer Printed Stocking Template (Courtesy of Lunden Designs; print pages 3, 4, and 5, omitting the cuff instructions) Sulky 50 wt. Cotton Thread (piecing & construction) Sulky 30 wt. Poly Sparkle™ Thread (quilting) Assorted 2 1/2″-wide fabric strips (for patchwork front; enough for 77…
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Embroider an Ornament for Travel Destinations
How to Embroider an Ornament that Commemorates Your Travels Embroider an ornament using the city, state or country you last visited. This simple project makes a great gift for travel buddies, family reunion attendees and more. Plus, an ornament blank makes a great gift tag, place holder and garland, too! TRAVEL ORNAMENT SUPPLIES Ornament Blank (such as this or one that is meant to hold a photo) Sulky Stick ‘n Stitch™ Stabilizer 5″ square of cotton fabric Sulky 12 wt. Cotton Blendables® Thread ORNAMENT INSPIRATION This ornament design was inspired by our Sulky Bali trip with Craftours. Since we had an entire day devoted to making our own batik fabric,…
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Patchwork Christmas Pillow
Patchwork Christmas Pillow – Free Pattern Create a festive patchwork Christmas pillow, featuring holiday prints. Map out your own grid onto fusible stabilizer to stitch perfectly accurate seams in a fraction of the time. To finish, quilt the pillow top and back in the manner of your choice and add piping for a designer touch. Grab this free Sulky pattern and create a pillow set for the holidays! Finished Size: 16” square PATCHWORK CHRISTMAS PILLOW SUPPLIES Patchwork Christmas Pillow Pattern (it’s free!) 16” Pillow Form Sulky Soft ‘n Sheer Extra Stabilizer 2½”-wide assorted fabric strips (a jelly roll works perfect for this) Sulky 50 wt. Cotton Thread (piecing) 18” square…
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Gingerbread Puff Ornaments in the hoop
Gingerbread Puff Ornaments GINGERBREAD PUFF ORNAMENTS WEBCAST DETAILS Watch how the Gingerbread Puff Ornaments come together quickly and easily using Sulky Felty for texture and Sulky Puffy Foam for dimension. Register now>> Each ornament finishes at 3.09″ x 3.51″ and fits into a 4×4 hoop. Live-streaming on November 12, 2024 at 2pm ET. As a thank you for registering, you’ll receive the All Is Calm ITH Christmas Coaster design for FREE, from Sulky! GINGERBREAD PUFF ORNAMENTS KIT Create two sets of four ornaments each using this convenient kit, which includes Sulky Felty, Sulky Puffy Foam, beautiful Poly Deco Threads and more. KIT INCLUDES ITH Gingerbread Ornaments Design Collection by Parker on the Porch…
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Felt Christmas Ornaments to Sew
Felt Christmas Ornaments Designed by Chelsea Briner, Sew Simple Home Felt Christmas Ornaments Supplies Felt Tree Ornament Pattern Sulky Felty Holiday Assortment – white, red & green or colors of your choice Red, blue and green sequins Gold Rickrack ½”-wide Green, White or Gold Ribbon ⅛”-wide Green Ribbon Sulky 12 wt. Cotton Petites™- Christmas Sampler Organ® Needles Universal Size 80/12 – 5 Needles Per Pack Polyester Fiberfill ORNAMENT CUTTING & PREP Using the printable pattern, cut out two felt trees in the same color. Use the pattern to transfer one of the three embroidery designs onto the front of one of the felt trees. Follow the embroidery pattern and stitch…
