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Halloween Décor, Party Place Cards & More
Halloween Décor Just Got Easier with festive labels made in the hoop! Halloween décor is super fun to sew. With these in-the-hoop labels, you can decorate existing canisters, vases and containers of all sizes for Halloween, and the easily remove them for next year when needed. Embroider a few for the bathroom, and place them onto various sized canisters filled with cotton swabs, toilet paper rolls and floss picks. Stitch some for the kitchen and set up a s’mores party with chocolate, graham crackers and marshmallows placed artfully into spooky vases. Create your own food labels for a fun party that spooks the kiddos. The possibilities are endless! The designs,…
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Quick Cape Costume for Halloween
Quick Cape Costume your super simple solution to dressing up this Halloween (or every day you need some superhero energy)! CAPE COSTUME DETAILS This cape is sized for an adult, but easily adaptable for a kid’s costume. Draft a quick pattern, and then sew. Include a superhero-inspired motif, monogram or appliquéd letter to the cape back for fun personalization. No cutting machine is needed for this glittery motif, but if you have one – now’s your chance to use it! It’s easier to use the vinyl shimmer sheet than a fabric appliqué, especially if working with a fabric that can’t tolerate the heat needed for fusible web. Plus, the sticker…
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Carving Pumpkins the Easy Way
Carving Pumpkins with Sulky Stick ‘n Carve with tips from Cathie Filian It’s almost time for carving pumpkins, so Sulky partnered with the craftiest of all crafty gals, Cathie Filian, to bring you pumpkin carving tips and tricks for working with Sulky Stick ‘n Carve! ABOUT STICK ‘N CARVE Stick ‘n Carve are water-soluble design transfer sheets that easily stick to real or fake pumpkins for easy carving. They come in 3-, 10- or 24-sheet packs. The cool thing is that if you’re already familiar with Sulky Stick ‘n Stitch and Sticky Fabri-Solvy…these are the same sheets! BUT, the ones labeled “Stick ‘n Carve” come with 10 FREE printable designs…
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Halloween Word Play Embroidery Designs on Towel Blank
Halloween Word Play a NEW Curated Collection for Blanks, Pillows, Treat Bags & More! Halloween Word Play machine embroidery designs, with artwork by Urusula Michael and digitizing by Marcia Manning, are spooky cute and offer a quicker alternative to cross-stitch. That’s right! These designs come in multiple sizes (and counts) to enable you to do cross-stitch right in the hoop of your embroidery machine! Add one of each design to a tea towel or kitchen towel blank and gift them to friends and neighbors for fun “boo-ing” during the Halloween season. Grab all four Halloween Word Play Designs as a “combo” collection, or purchase them individually. HALLOWEEN TOWEL SUPPLIES Sulky…
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Sewing Themed Mini Pillow for National Sewing Month
Sewing Themed Mini Pillow a shelf sitter for your sewing room Sewing themed anything is fun for your sewing space, and this mini pillow is no exception! Embroider a fun sewing themed design onto a Felty™ base, and then choose a fun sewing-themed fabric print and mini pom-pom trim. Gift this to a sewing buddy or fellow guild member, or display it proudle in your sewing room to celebrate National Sewing Month! SEWING THEMED PILLOW SUPPLIES 8″ x 11″ sheet of Sulky Felty™ Love to Sew Machine Embroidery Palette (comes with 6 spools of Sulky Rayon Thread and six sewing-themed designs; Full Bobbins is used for the sample, which measures…
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Welcome Home Wall Art for Fall
Welcome Home Family & Friends with Festive Wall Art Create a fun and easy hooped “Welcome Home” wall art for your front door or a décor shelf. Start with our Fall Botanicals Hand Embroidery Kit to have what you need to get started stitching. WELCOME HOME WALL ART SUPPLIES Fall Botanicals Hand Embroidery Kit (shown above; includes a sheet of Cream Sulky Felty, 10 spools of Sulky Cotton Petites™ Thread, Sulky Stick ‘n Stitch™ sample with printed designs, complete Fall Botanicals digital hand embroidery collection & PDF instruction booklet) or Sulky Felty™ (one sheet in the color of choice) Stick ‘n Stitch Stabilizer Cotton Petites™ Thread Hand embroidery designs of…
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Teacher Tote – a Great Back-to-School Gift
Teacher Tote Create a Teacher Tote for a back-to-school gift, using a tote bag blank. Or create a quick tote bag using two fabric squares and self-made handles. This tote isn’t lined, so it couldn’t be easier to embroider and construct! Alternatively, create this “Teacher” Tote for a student and replace the embroidery design with one of your choosing that’s more appropriate for the recipient. TEACHER TOTE SUPPLIES Tote Blank (or create your own tote!) Sulky Sticky+™ Stabilizer Sticky+ Slitting Pen Sulky Thread: Poly Deco™ (colors according to chosen embroidery design) & 60 wt. Bobbin Large-scale embroidery design (Featured design is Teaching is my Thing in the 6×10 hoop size…
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Teacher Mug Rug for Back to School
Teacher Mug Rug Designed by Melanie Call, of A Bit of Scrap Stuff A teacher mug rug makes a great back-to-school gift. This design featured piecing, quilting and a bit of hand embroidery. Change up the words to suit the teacher(s) in your life, or personalize the teacher mug rug with a name or phrase, such as “welcome back,” “teachers rule” or something clever like “2+2=4” for a math teacher, for example. MUG RUG PATTERN NOTES Finished size: 5 1/4” x 7” Please read all instructions prior to beginning. Seam allowances are ¼”. WOF = Width of Fabric RST= Right Sides Together TEACHER MUG RUG SUPPLIES Fabric Star Background: (8)…
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Nylon Drawstring Bag with Machine Embroidery
Nylon Drawstring Bag how to sew the perfect summer accessory Create a simple drawstring bag with a few designer details and personalize it with machine embroidery. This is the go-to summer accessory to fit swimwear, flipflops and sunnies for a day at the beach. DRAWSTRING BAG SUPPLIES Sulky Stabilizer: Soft ’n Sheer™ KK 2000™ Temporary Spray Adhesive Hello Summer Machine Embroidery Palette (includes 10 spools of Sulky Rayon Thread & 6 machine embroidery designs in 3 sizes) Sulky Thread: Poly Deco™ Thread (construction) & Bobbin (machine embroidery) Organ® Needles: size 70/10 Microtex or 75/11 Embroidery ½ yard of 60”-wide ripstop nylon fabric 2¼” x 9” rectangle of heavy-duty vinyl or…
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Fabric Food Tent for Summer Picnics & More
Fabric Food Tent Create a fabric food tent to protect picnic foods from the elements. A mesh fabric gusset allows the food to “breathe” without critters having access inside. And fun machine embroidery personalizes the food tent and adds pops of color. The project was inspired by the Sallie Tomato Cora teapot cozy pattern. FOOD TENT SUPPLIES Sulky Thread: Poly Deco™ Thread (construction) & Bobbin (machine embroidery) Hello Summer Machine Embroidery Palette (includes 10 spools of Sulky Rayon Thread & 6 machine embroidery designs in 3 sizes) KK 2000™ Temporary Spray Adhesive Soft ’n Sheer™ Extra Stabilizer (2) coordinating fat quarters of quilting cotton fabric (outer & lining) (1) fat…
