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Love Appliqué Bunting
Love Appliqué Bunting Valentine’s Day Décor to Sew by Hand or Machine designed by Chelsea Briner, Sew Simple Home Create a festive flag bunting featuring appliqué letters that spell out a special “love” note. Hand this up for Valentine’s Day, an anniversary celebration or birthday party. The following instructions are to sew the project by hand. Alternatively, do the appliqué and topstitching by machine for a quicker version. Use Sulky 50 wt. Cotton Thread for the machine version and a size 70/10 Universal Needle for stitching. Love Appliqué Bunting Supplies Love Bunting Templates 3 to 5 cotton fabrics (or try Sulky Felty™ for a different, no-fray look) 35” length…
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50 States Wall Hanging to Sew
50 States Wall Hanging There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays Create homey wall art to welcome family and friends and proudly display your city and state at the same time. This free pattern comes with templates for all 50 states, so you can personalize your wall hanging depending on where you (or your family) live. 50 STATES WALL HANGING REQUIREMENTS Sulky Thread 50 wt. Cotton (construction; featured color: Med Tawny Tan) 12 wt. Cotton Petites™ (hand embroidery; featured colors: Almost Black & True Red Needles 70/10 Universal Organ® Needles Hand Embroidery Needles Fabrics & Stabilizers (4) 5¼” squares of solid quilting cotton (A; matching or coordinating) (3)…
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Quilted Ornament Frames for Holiday Gifting
Quilted Ornament Frames by Heidi Pridemore Create fun quilted ornament frames to hang on the tree, use as gift tags, or place at each plate on the table for a holiday feast. These ornaments feature vinyl pockets to hold photos and appliquéd holiday motifs embellished with sparkly metallic threads. The ornaments measure 5″ diameter. QUILTED ORNAMENT SUPPLIES FABRIC REQUIREMENTS A: 1/4 Yard of Blue Snowflakes or Cream Confetti B: 6” square of White C: 6” square of Bright Blue D: 6” square of Yellow E: 6” square of Hot Pink F: 6” square of Green G: 6” square of Purple ADDITIONAL ORNAMENT MATERIALS Sulky Perfect Appliqué™ Fusible Web Assorted…
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Designs by Juju Notebook Embroidery Session
Designs by Juju Notebook a NEW Embroidery Sewing Session with Sulky Designs by Juju founder, designer and digitizer, Julie Trieb, joins Sulky for another Embroidery Sewing Session! In the Notebook Embroidery Sewing Session, activating on September 13, 2022, embroidery expert Julie Trieb will teach you how to create beautiful custom notebook covers in the hoop of your embroidery machine. Register today to reserve your spot! You will learn how to assemble this project right in the embroidery hoop, how to personalize an appliqué on the notebook front, how to customize the quilting and designs, and much more! The Kit for this Session features Art Gallery Fabrics, shown above, and you…
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Bloom Machine Embroidered Mini Quilt
Bloom Machine Embroidered Mini Quilt Create a machine embroidered version of our Free Bloom Hand Embroidery Mini Quilt pattern designed by Aimee Davis, featuring appliqué done entirely in the hoop of your embroidery machine. This version of the project also uses Sulky Perfect Appliqué for nice, crisp lettering that doesn’t shift during or after stitching. This design comes with three sizes, for a 5×7, 9×10 and 10×14 hoop (or larger). The featured stitchout is the largest size and a 360mm x 260mm hoop was used for the sample. BLOOM MACHINE EMBROIDERY MINI QUILT SUPPLIES Bloom Embroidered Mini Quilt Pattern (it’s free!) Fabric & materials according to pattern guide sheet Bloom…
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Heart on Your Sleeve Sweatshirt
Put Your Heart on Your Sleeve (Literally!) with Perfect Appliqué Fusible Web Whip up a Heart on Your Sleeve Sweatshirt in no time. This is a great Valentine’s Day or date-night garment, which is easily dressed up or down depending on your accessories and shoes. HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE SWEATSHIRT SUPPLIES Purchased sweatshirt 5″ x 10″ rectangle of medium- to heavyweight knit fabric Sulky Perfect Appliqué™ Fusible Web 12 wt. Cotton Blendables® Petites™ Thread Sulky KK 2000™ Temporary Spray Adhesive Hand sewing needle HEART TEMPLATE Create a heart template for the sweatshirt using plain old paper or card stock. Fold a 5″ square in half and draw half of a…
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Hanukkah Potholder to Make & Give
Make a Festive Hanukkah Potholder by Cheryl Lynch Quilts A Hanukkah potholder (or Chanukah, depending on preferred spelling) is a great accessory for your kitchen and makes a wonderful host/hostess gift. This simple potholder is shaped like a dreidel and comes together nicely using insulated batting for heat protection. From Cheryl: I look forward to Chanukah every year. For me, it’s all about the traditions of being with family, lighting candles, exchanging gifts and eating potato pancakes, or as we call them – latkes. The location of most of our festivities is the kitchen, where we wait impatiently for the latkes to finish cooking. Frankly, we eat them (with applesauce)…
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Wilderness Wonder Appliqué Videocast
Meet Wilderness Wonder a large-scale appliqué trio by Ashley Hough Designs Join us November 9, 2021 at 2pm ET for Wilderness Wonder Appliqué, a virtual videocast hosted by Ellen March. VIDEOCAST DETAILS You’ll learn how to create large-scale animal appliqués for stunning wall hangings, quilts and more. Preprinted appliqué fabrics make quick-and-easy work of the appliqués, paired with high-quality, lightweight fusible web. Learn how the pieces come together to make a deer, elk or moose, and then secure with lustrous cotton threads. Plus, get tips for piecing & quilting a larger piece and a smaller pillow. We’ll show you stippling & micro stippling techniques you can easily master with any…
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Gnome Mug Rug Appliqué Project
Gnome Mug Rug designed by Chelsea Briner, Sew Simple Home How cute is this little Gnome Mug Rug? A mug rug is similar to a coaster, but much larger to accommodate a cookie or snack, too. Think of it as a mini placemat, perfect for appliqué, machine embroidery or showcasing a fun fabric print. This mug rug design will get you into holiday-sewing mode, and have you diving into your stash for some fun leftover holiday prints from last year. APPLIQUÉ BASICS This gnome mug rug was created using a sneak peek of Sulky’s new fusible webbing: Perfect Appliqué. Remember to always use care when fusing and set your iron…
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Sun Table Topper using Sunshine & Daydreams Palette
Here Comes the Sun Table Topper designed by Ellen March Let the sunshine in with a beautiful Sun table topper. Featuring appliqué and quilting, this centerpiece will bring you and your guests rays of happiness. The trick to successful sewing is to use lightweight, high-quality fusible web and lustrous, long-staple thread. SUPPLIES Sulky Sunshine & Daydreams 50 wt. Thread Palette for Quilting KK 2000™ Temporary Spray Adhesive Lightweight fusible web (such as Sulky Perfect Appliqué Fusible Web (coming soon) or SoftFuse Premium™ ) Size 70/10 Organ™ Microtex Needles (2) 30” squares of Background fabric (shown in white) 15” square of Center Sun fabric Fat quarter of Sun Ray fabric Fat…
