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Machine Embroidery for Beginners – How to Start
Machine Embroidery for Beginners how to get started with machine embroidery by Pamela Cox Machine embroidery is a fun sewing technique that allows you to personalize readymade items and custom sewing projects. It’s a simple embellishment to learn once you understand the fundamentals, because the machine does most of the work for you! Let’s delve in to the world of machine embroidery to see just how simple and fun it can be. Whether you consider yourself a quilter, garment sewist, home-dec aficionado, cross-stitcher, tailor or general crafter, machine embroidery is a technique that adds another layer to your creativity. Think you need to be a super advanced sewist in order…
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Learn How to Make an In-the-Hoop Scissor Case
In-the-Hoop Scissor Case Join Sulky and Allison Nash of Sweet Pea Machine Embroidery for a FREE 1-hour webcast teaching you how to create an In-the-Hoop Scissor Case. This in-the-hoop embroidered scissor zipper case is the perfect size to keep any pair of scissors safe and sound in your sewing room. The design comes in two sizes and only requires one hooping. The case is lined with no raw seams and a thick tip to prevent the scissors from cutting through the bottom of the case. It is a quick, easy project to make – and the perfect gift! Join Us Live: Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Time: 9:00 pm EST…
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Embroidery on Sheer Fabric with Metallic Thread
Embroidery on Sheer Fabric with Metallic Thread by Katrina Walker Learn tips for embroidery on sheer fabric with metallic thread to create fashions worthy of any New Year’s Eve party. The holiday season is the perfect time to add some shimmer and shine. Embroidery on a lovely sheer silk organza with metallic thread always looks so elegant. Whether used on a blouse (like the one above using a BurdaStyle pattern, from Creative Machine Embroidery) a simple scarf, or even home décor – it’s a fabulous accent perfect for any festive occasion. Embroidery on sheer fabric with metallic thread may look intimidating but it’s actually quite easy to do if you…
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FREE Gift Tag Pattern & Printable
Holiday Gift Tags by Ellen March Handmade holiday gift tags are the perfect finishing touch to a wrapped present. Even better if you include a message to the recipient, letting him or her know you made what’s inside, too! These cute handmade gift tags are made using Sulky 12 wt. Cotton Petites thread but you can also use 30 wt. or 40 wt. thread for different looks. Download the free printable to use as a hand embroidery template, machine embroidery template, or simply print them out onto card stock and use the tags as-is! GIFT TAG SUPPLY LIST Supplies listed are enough to make 6 gift tags, depending on size…
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FREE Sulky Webinar – Free Motion Doodling Celestial Wall Hanging
When you’re finished piecing a quilt top or other project, do you wonder what you can do to take it from “meh” to WOW? Maybe you have a stack of unfinished quilt tops collecting dust in your closet? Or perhaps you need some fresh ideas to embellish wearable art, totes, and more. Introducing doodle quilting to the rescue! Learn how to apply the fun and simple process of doodling to free-motion quilting with confidence. In this webinar, Beth Bradley of Martingale Publishing, will show you how to make the quick and easy Celestial Wall Hanging. This simple wall hanging gives you lots of bite-size opportunities to practice doodling designs from…
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Embroidery on Blankey Buddies!
We are all ooo-ing and aahh-ing (and a little bit of cuddling) over these new Embroider Blankies that we have in stock on our website! We have this cute giraffe, Rory Lion, Blue Bear, and Monty Monkey. The best part is they are sew easy to embroider! Here is how: Now go here and order a few to embroider for yourself, a grandchild, friend for Easter or the next baby shower you are attending. Happy Sewing!
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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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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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Sulky Clearance Sale!
I don’t usually post about this kind of stuff, but this is one seriously good sale! Sulky is clearing some space in the warehouse and you get the benefit. We are clearing out some of our older books, some great deals on thread and a stabilizer grab bag! We have some perfectly good stabilizer that is packaged in our previous packaging so we are giving it to you for a great price! Each grab bag will have at least $50 of stabilizers in it and you are guaranteed 1 roll of Tear Easy (black or white) and 1 roll of Totally Stable (black or white). The rest of the grab…
