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Butterfly Napkin Rings with Freestanding Lace Techniques
Butterfly Napkin Rings with Freestanding Lace Techniques Create freestanding butterflies to adorn your summer table. Add an elastic to wrap the butterflies around napkins for a fresh tablescape that brings the outdoors in. BUTTERFLY NAPKIN RINGS SUPPLIES Butterfly Palette for Machine Embroidery (Includes 10 spools of Sulky Rayon Thread and multi-step butterfly designs in two sizes) Black Bobbin Thread Sulky Ultra Solvy™ Stabilizer Fabric scraps (for butterfly front; batik fabric looks especially great!) Sulky Clear Embroidery Tape Cork or faux leather fabric scraps (for butterfly back) Organ® Size 80/12 Microtex or Embroidery Needles Nylon/elastic hair tie Hand sewing needle Appliqué scissors Curved Tip Squeezers Some of the above supplies contain…
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Paper Pieced Bee Blocks Come Together in a Springy Table Runner
Create a springy placemat set featuring foundation paper pieced bee blocks that come together like a “quilting bee” on your table. Print the paper pieced bee patterns onto Sulky Paper Solvy, a water-soluble paper that is easily sewn through and removes completely without the need to tear away pesky bits after piecing. Moisten a cotton swab and run it along seamlines to lift away the paper sections carefully and accurately. Or leave the paper intact until the placemat is complete; then, wash it away in a rinse and spin cycle in your washing machine. PAPER PIECED BEE PLACEMAT SUPPLIES Supplies listed are enough to create four 15″ x 21″ placemats.…
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Quilty Wall Hanging – Embroidery Session with Designs by Juju
QUILTY WALL HANGING In this Session, embroidery expert Becky Thompson of Power Tools with Thread and Designs by Juju educator, will teach you how to create a nine-patch quilty wall hanging. Register today to reserve your spot! The wall hanging features a “Sulky Quilt” sewing-themed End-to-End Quilting Design, appliqué Friendship Stars and an exclusive appliqué Sewing Machine design that has a 3-D fabric effect. Over the course of several videos, Becky will teach you how to navigate the Designs by Juju End-to-End Quilting™ designs, with perfect alignment every time. During the Session, you’ll use Sulky 30 wt. Blendables® for the quilting and Sulky 40 wt. Poly Deco for the embroidery, to create a beautiful…
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USA Embroidery
USA Embroidery USA Embroidery is the perfect embellishment for a variety of projects. Add USA embroidery to a small shelf pillow, complete with a pocket on the back for storing things like the TV remote for easy access, playing cards for outdoor entertainment or a note for a fallen soldier. Or create wall art to hang up for Memorial Day and July Fourth. Either way, add pom-pom fringe and specialty baubles for fun and whimsy. USA EMBROIDERY SUPPLIES Sulky Tear-Easy™ Stabilizer Sulky Stick ’n Stitch™ Stabilizer https://sulky.com/stick-n-stitch-8-12-x-11-printable-sheets Frame machine embroidery design, no larger than 6” x 6” (Such as Sulky’s Uncle Sam Frame design) https://sulky.com/uncle-sam-frame-machine-embroidery-design Sulky Rayon Thread (purchase the…
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Puffy Letters with Puffy Foam Embroidery
Puffy Letters with Puffy Foam Sulky Puffy Foam allows you to create dimensional embroideries that “pop” off the surface for great readability and emphasis. Available in 2mm and 3mm thicknesses, Puffy Foam comes in all colors of the rainbow so you can choose a complimetary thread color for minimal show-through. Before embroidering, apply Puffy Foam much like a topper – over the fabric surface. After embroidery, tear away the Puffy Foam from beyond the stitching perimeter. It tears cleanly, especially when used under satin stitching and densely filled areas. For more tips on how to use Puffy Foam, consult THIS post. Puffy Letters What’s more fun than puffy letters? Puffy…
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Rag Quilt that Glows in the Dark
Rag Quilt Tutorial for Beginner Quilters A Rag Quilt is named as such due to its ragged, or frayed, edges visible on the quilt top. Each block is assembled with the top, middle and backing fabrics quilted prior to construction. Then, the pieces are sewn with wrong sides together so the seam allowances are exposed and showing from the front. This creates a vintage-style look with extra comfy and plush textures. This featured Rag Quilt is quilted with Sulky Glowy Thread, so it glows in the dark once charged by a light source. This is a fun addition for a kid’s quilt or outdoor camping throw. For National Quilting Day,…
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Easter Table Runner to Embroider & Quilt
Easter Table Runner – Bunny Hop designed by Cherry Guidry of Cherry Blossoms Quilting Stitch a springy table runner for your Easter festivities. This project features several in-the-hoop appliqué embroidery designs to bring texture and dimension to the table runner. Choose Sulky Felty or a plush minkee fabric for the bunny bodies to create a fun effect. EASTER TABLE RUNNER SUPPLIES Bunny Hop Table Runner Pattern (it’s free!) Bunny Hop Machine Embroidery Palette (includes six designs in three sizes, plus 10 spools of Sulky Rayon Thread) Sulky 60 wt. PolyLite Thread (bobbin & quilting) White Sulky 50 wt Cotton Thread (piecing) Sulky 12 wt. Cotton Petites™ Blendables® (Big Stitch Quilting)…
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Vintage Days of the Week Embroidery Designs
Vintage Days of the Week embroidery designs for handwork & machine These sweet vintage Days of the Week embroidery designs are now available at sulky.com. Designed by Carol Ingram, this collection contains ten designs that include a motif for each day of the week, Valentine’s Day, Flag Day and Home Sweet Home. The vintage designs are illustrated in Redwork, a classic style reminiscent of 19th century hand-embroidered household items. ABOUT REDWORK After the Industrial Revolution, when red dye, specifically “Turkey Red, was imported from Europe, red thread was widely used to embroider various household goods, napkins, tea towels, pillowcases and more. Redwork designs often depicted children, toys and animals, chores,…
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Pillow with Yarn Couching
Yarn Couching Pillow for Spring Experiment with yarn couching and create a springy pillow that literally says “hello.” The lettering is couched onto the pillow fabric using Sulky Invisible Thread, which allows the fuzzy yarn texture to take center stage. The pop of pom-pom fringe brings all the colors together with a fun accent for your couch or outdoor dining set. WHAT IS YARN COUCHING? Couching is a decorative technique whereby a fiber (yarn, in this case) is laid over a fabric and stitched in place. Many machine brands offer couching, sometimes called “braiding,” feet and/or attachments for your sewing machine that make the process even easier. There are several…
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Simple Patchwork Mini Quilt with Fusible Appliqué
Simple Patchwork – Irish Twins Mini Quilt Create a simple patchwork mini quilt featuring Irish twins for St. Patrick’s Day décor and to celebrate National Quilting Month. The center block is super easy due to a fun patchwork hack. And the appliqué gnomes echo the fabric print motif. Use Sulky Felty™ for the gnome beards, noses and hat tufts, adding texture and dimension. Finished mini quilt measures 20″ square. PATCHWORK MINI QUILT SUPPLIES Gnome Appliqués (appliqué templates are on page 4 of the Gnome Mug Rug free pattern.) Perfect Appliqué™ Fusible Web Sulky Felty™ (white & tan) (2) 10″ squares of print cotton fabric (2) 4″ x WOF strips Sulky…
