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    Felt Bottle Topper for Gift Giving

    December 11, 2024 /

    Felt Bottle Toppers Designed by Heidi Pridemore Felt Bottle Toppers are great crafts to make to dress up bottles for a special occasion. Whether it’s a gift for your sweetheart or a way to add a festive touch to party favors, these adorable heart felt bottle toppers are the perfect solution. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to create these delightful toppers using Sulky Felty, 30 wt. threads, and a few simple techniques. The soft texture of Felty combined with vibrant threads makes these hearts stand out, giving your bottles a fun, “heart-felt” flair. Finished size: 4” x 4” FELT BOTTLE TOPPERS SUPPLIES Heart Felt Bottle Toppers Pattern (it’s…

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    Quilt Block Pillow Making a quilt block pillow is a great entry into quilting. If you don’t want to commit to making an entire quilt right off the bat, making one block helps you understand quilting fundamentals. If you’re a quilting pro, experimenting with different block patterns is a great way to discover new fabric or color combinations for future quilts. Perhaps you don’t have enough fabric to turn that one block experiment into a full-fledged quilt. Or maybe your experiment turned into something you’d love to showcase in another way. What to do with one-off blocks? Turn them into pillows! Better yet, add hand embroidery to make a statement…

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    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…

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