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Celebrate Your Sewing Machine
Celebrate Your Sewing Machine on National Sewing Machine Day! Tomorrow is National Sewing Machine Day, so celebrate your sewing machine with these fun projects & products! Sewing Room Wall Hanging This sewing machine appliqué is the focal point of our Quilty Wall Hanging, designed by Designs by Juju. Learn how the simple nine-patch block comes together, and then appliqué and quilt it in the hoop of your embroidery machine! Limited kits are available for the project, and the design files (for both appliqué designs AND multiple formats and orientations of the quilting files) are available with purchase of the Embroidery Sewing Session. Sewing is My Jam Patch Create a freestanding…
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Ice Cream Zipper Pouch Free Pattern
Ice Cream Zipper Pouch for Summer Fun An Ice Cream Zipper Pouch is a fun way to have an ice cream sundae any day of the week without any of the calories! Grab this free pattern, designed by Melanie Call, and stitch your way to happiness! The zipper pouch makes a great gift for anyone celebrating a summer birthday. It’s also great for toting makeup, markers, or odds and ends while traveling. ICE CREAM ZIPPER POUCH SUPPLIES Pattern (it’s FREE!) Thread Sulky 12 wt Cotton Thread: 1045, 1115, 1187, 1051 (for sprinkles) Sulky 50 wt Cotton Thread: 1015, 1130, 1366 (for quilting & pouch assembly) Fabrics 1 Fat Quarter of…
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USA Appliqué Embroidery Garden Flag
TEAM USA Appliqué In the Hoop Add USA Appliqué Embroidery to a fun garden flag or wall hanging to add to your patriotic décor. SUPPLIES FOR USA Appliqué Embroidery Garden Flag Uncle Sam Machine Embroidery Palette (comes with 6 designs in 3 sizes and 11 spools of Sulky Thread – including Rayon and Poly Sparkle); featured design: Team USA Sulky 50 wt. Cotton Thread (construction) (2) fabric rectangles approximately 9″W x 14″ H 2 1/2″ x 11″ rectangle of no-fray fabric (for fringe) Sulky Tear-Easy™ Stabilizer Sulky Felty™ (for appliqué portions of design) Appliqué scissors Curved Tip Squeezers Sulky KK2000™ Temporary Spray Adhesive Organ Needles: size 75/11 & 90/14 Embroidery…
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How to Embroider a Cheeseburger Charm
Cheeseburger Charm Cheeseburger Charm, you ask? Yes, you read that right! It’s National Hamburger Day, and we are here for it with a Cheeseburger Charm tutorial! This project is done in the hoop of your embroidery machine, with the help of Parker on the Porch. Parker on the Porch is a machine embroidery design company that offers tons of fun stand-alone Felties and Planner Clip designs (among other cute things). We’re starting this charm “hack” with the stand-along Feltie design shown below left, part of the Cheeseburger Planner Clip & Feltie Set. Then. we’ll transform the design into a Cheeseburger Charm with swivel clip tab so we can attach it…
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Boba Tea Zipper Pouch with Parker on the Porch
Boba Tea Zipper Pouch In the Hoop with Parker on the Porch – LIVE! Parker on the Porch Embroidery Designs is excited to collaborate with Sulky for a special Boba Tea design release! PLUS, Parker on the Porch has generously provided a FREE Mochi Charm and Boba Tea Card Guard ITH design for all registrants of this event! Register now to reserve your spot. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Jennifer Chesnick, the digitizer of all Parker on the Porch designs, began her digital embroidery journey in 2016. Jen’s daughter, Parker, would often pose on their front porch steps holding the new finished products Jen designed, which is where the business name “Parker on the Porch” comes…
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Convertible Picnic Blanket with Pocket & Strap
Sew a Convertible Picnic Blanket This picnic blanket converts into a tote with a few simple folds, making it great to take to the park, beach or on the road. The shoulder strap is tucked into the pocket when using the blanket, keeping it out of the way. Stuff the pocket with plates and cutlery for your picnic, a small pillow for a relaxing nap or conceal personal items when taking a dip in the water. The picnic blanket is made of two easy-clean vinyl tablecloths, so you’re protected from damp grass, wet sand or muddy lakefront. PICNIC BLANKET SUPPLIES Materials listed are enough to make one 52″ x 90″…
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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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Beach Tote Pattern with Machine Embroidery
Beach Tote Pattern – Reimagined from the Aurora Bag A beach tote doesn’t have to be fussy or complicated. But it does need to be roomy and easy to wear. The Aurora pattern, designed by Sallie Tomato in partnership with Sulky for our 2021 New Year’s Eve Sew-Along event, is a large bag that has strap options and a zipper closure, with plenty of space on the front for added embellishments. So it lends itself well to a beach tote “remix.” We’ll start with this pattern but change up a few things and add a beach-themed embroidery design. Then, we’ll have the perfect beach tote to bring to the boardwalk,…
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Embroidered Apron for your Favorite Mixologist
Embroidered Apron for Margarita Night An embroidered apron with colorful margarita motifs is just the ticket for Happy Hour mixology. Whether you’re mixing up the “virgin” variety or a full-strength cocktail, Taco Tuesday and/or Cinco de Mayo will be that much more festive with this colorful accessory. EMBROIDERED APRON SUPPLIES Apron blank (Or try your hand at making your own apron with our simple tutorial HERE.) Embroidery design (featured design is Margarita Clothesline by Embroidery Library, 6.85″ x 4.18″) Sulky Thread: Poly Deco™, Bobbin Sticky+™ Stabilizer Sticky+ Slitting Pen Curved Tip Squeezers Removable fabric marker Magnetic Hoop (optional) The above supply list contains affiliate links. We may receive a commission…