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    Peasant Blouse Embroidered with Heavyweight Thread

    Embroidered Peasant Blouse by Katrina Walker Pair a soft cotton peasant blouse with beautifully textured Filaine thread machine embroidered to create a charming homespun look. Simple floral motifs are perfect for displaying the lofty nature of the Filaine and mimic the look of delicate hand crewel work. SUPPLIES Blouse Thread: Sulky 12 wt. Filaine Acrylic Needle: 100/16 Topstitch needle Pre-Stabilizer: Palmer/Pletsch PerfectSew Stabilizers: Sulky Fabri-Solvy, Sulky Sticky Fabri-Solvy Embroidery Designs: Charlotte’s Flowers, by Anita Goodesign Embroidery Machine: PFAFF creative icon Embroidery software (template creation and layout): Premiere+ 2   Choosing a Design for Peasant Blouse Sulky 12wt Filaine is a beautifully soft thread with wonderfully lofty texture. The thread thickness…

  • Vintage Inspired Picnic Quilt

    Create a Vintage Picnic Quilt for National Picnic Month

    Pack yourself a picnic and tote a vintage-inspired picnic quilt to celebrate National Picnic Month! This quilt pattern is simple to construct, yet impressive at the finish. I started with a basic chevron quilt pattern (there are tons out there! Just Google “Chevron Quilt” and find one you love.) Then, I gave it a vintage vibe with my fabric and thread choice. SUPPLIES 1 1/2 yards of orange fabric 1 1/2 yards of vintage-vibe cotton print fabric 2 1/2 yards of coordinating cotton fabric (backing) Twin size batting Easy Angle Ruler™ Sulky® PolyLite™ thread for piecing Sulky Filaine thread for long-arm quilting Sulky KK 2000™ Temporary Spray Adhesive Vintage-style picnic basket (for…

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    Embroidered Velvet Stocking

    Create an embroidered velvet stocking set for your mantle this Christmas. By starting the project in July, you’ll have plenty of time to create one for each member of your family, including hand embroidered letters to represent their first names. Grab the free stocking pattern to start creating your stockings today. What You’ll Need: Winter Greens Hand Embroidery Patterns Stocking Pattern Template Stocking Pattern Instructions Sulky 12 wt. Cotton Petites Thread for the hand embroidery — OR — Sulky Filaine 12 wt. Acrylic Thread Sulky Stick ‘n Stitch Stabilizer – to print the designs on! Printer   This beautiful embroidered velvet stocking project is rather easy to construct. The embroidery…

  • free-motion lilac pillow

    Free-Motion Lilac Pillow + Free Pattern Downloads

    Make a Free-Motion Lilac Pillow to add springtime decor to your home. This pillow tutorial includes free free-motion lilac pillow embroidery templates from Katrina Wright. About Katrina Katrina Wright lives in Colorado with her supportive and creative family. As a member of Sulky’s Designer Endorsement Program and SAQA, she loves to exhibit her fiber art and talk about the advantages of fiber as a medium. When she’s not stitching, you can often find Katrina hiking along a trail being inspired by the beauty around her or tending to her flower garden. To learn more about Katrina, visit www.kwfiberart.com.  The Free-Motion Lilac Pillow Technique To learn more about free-motion, including a…

  • visible mending jenny wilding cardon

    Jenny Wilding Cardon + Visible Mending: Featured Artist

    Featured Artist: Jenny Wilding Cardon We’re highlighting Jenny Wilding Cardon so you can learn about how she started her quest of Visible Mending to breathe new life into worn, outdated, antique and thrifted items. All you need is a needle and thread to re-create some of her looks and mend garments, decor and accessories in an artful way. Jenny Wilding Cardon has been maneuvering the two worlds of sewing and thrifting since high school. Back then, she would design eccentric, rebellious items of clothing, and then make her friends wear them to school. After graduating from college in Utah with a degree in Women’s Studies, she spent three years with…

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