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New Year’s Eve Sew Along 2024 with Sulky & Sallie Tomato
NEW YEAR’S EVE SEW ALONG with Sulky + Sallie Tomato Howdy, partners! Join us on New Year’s Eve from 12pm – 4pm ET and sew a western-chic shoulder bag featuring a freestanding lace overlay that mimics the look of trendy tooled leather. Join us for this rip-roaring sewing party and ring in 2025 in style! Learn more & register today! We’re coming together LIVE to teach you how to make the Dutton version of the Jessica Bag pattern by Sallie Tomato. Plus, we’ll add a freestanding lace machine embroidery overlay to the framed exterior with all-new designs courtesy of Designs by Babymoon. Can’t join live? No worries! Every registrant gets access to view the event at any time, on-demand after the livestream ends. Simply access the video on the…
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Freestanding Lace Zipper Pulls from Earring Designs
Freestanding Lace Zipper Pulls Freestanding lace zipper pulls are a fun finishing touch to add to a bag or pouch, especially when gifting it to a special someone. Plus, zipper pulls are easy to create using fun earring designs, like the featured pair from Designs by Babymoon. Find these, and eight more, styles of freestanding lace heart earrings files in our Freestanding Lace Earrings Kit. And watch how they come together as earrings in our Love-ly Earrings Webcast, with Sheila Ryan, the mastermind behind Designs by Babymoon. ZIPPER PULL SUPPLIES FSL Earrings Designs (featured are from our Freestanding Lace Earrings Kit) Sulky Fabri-Solvy™ Stabilizer Sulky Poly Deco™ Thread (featured design…
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Freestandling Lace Earrings with Designs by Babymoon
Freestanding Lace Earrings Webcast with Sheila Ryan, of Designs by Babymoon Learn how to create freestanding lace earrings that combine in various ways to create loads of different looks. Sheila Ryan, of Designs by Babymoon, will show you how! REGISTER> JOIN US JANUARY 9, 2024 at 2PM ET FOR THIS FREE EVENT! These earrings are made entirely of thread, and are attached to various types of earrings hardware, depending on your wearing preference. Go big and add thread tassels, gems and beads. Or keep it understated with a stud application. Featuring Sulky Fabri-Solvy Stabilizer and beautiful Poly Deco Threads, the earrings also make great gifts. Just for registering, you’ll receive a FREE earrings design, courtesy of Designs by…
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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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Freestanding Tea Lights + Bonus Charms
Freestanding Tea Lights Webcast with Designs by Babymoon Learn how to create freestanding tea lights holders to celebrate spring with a nod to Easter. Sheila Ryan, of Designs by Babymoon, will show you how! JOIN US MARCH 14, 2023 at 2PM ET FOR THIS FREE EVENT! REGISTER NOW > These freestanding tea lights projects are made with a combination of freestanding lace techniques as well as appliqué patch methods. Featuring Sulky Felty™ and beautiful Poly Deco™ Threads, the egg-shaped sections combine for stunning centerpieces, are open at the bottom for placing over a battery-operated tea light, and make great gifts. As a bonus, you’ll also learn how to make mini eggs for ornaments or earrings!…
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Freestanding Lace Basics & How-Tos
Freestanding Lace What is it? How do I make it? Freestanding lace is made from a machine embroidered design, usually comprised of lace fill stitches and satin stitch outlines that hold the lace together and finish the edges so the finished piece can stand alone. Read on to learn the basics of these designs and how to stitch them with professional results. Note: This post contains affiliate links, which if used to make a purchase may earn us a commission. What is Freestanding Lace Freestanding lace designs are often referred to as “FSL.” These types of designs are always stitched onto water-soluble stabilizer so it’s entirely washed away after the…
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12 Days of Projects to Make & Give
12 Days of Projects for making, giving & enjoying over the holidays Starting today, we’re giving you 12 days of projects & products to enhance your makes during the holiday season. Some are themed for Christmas, some make great gifts and some are just plain fun to make! Subscribe to our newsletter, like our Facebook and Instagram pages and be sure to check in at sulky.com to see each project unfold over the next 12 days! You’ll find a mix of oldies-but-goodies and new ideas to get your creative juices flowing. Plus, we’ll offer SPECIAL DEALS on the products you need to make the projects (and make them with CONFIDENCE).…
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Freestanding Lace Christmas Village with Sulky Fabri-Solvy
Create a Freestanding Lace Christmas! This freestanding lace Christmas Village is a labor of love. It takes quite a bit of time to stitch out each element and assemble together, but the results are worth it. Stitched in all white Sulky 40 wt. Rayon thread, this village is a great way to decorate for the holidays. Christmas Village Details Start now and vow to complete a new element twice a month leading to Christmas. The work is manageable in chunks as you have time at the machine. This is what “Christmas in July” is all about – starting now on projects to complete by the big day! Jennifer Tryon created…
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Halloween Costumes to Sew – From Crafty to Couture
Halloween costumes to sew don’t have to break the bank and don’t have to keep you up all night sewing before the big day. Here are some great Halloween costume ideas, whether you want your costume (or your kid’s costume) to be subtle or elaborate this year. Halloween Apron Sew an apron (pinafore, really) with festive Halloween embroideries. These are Halloween costumes you can quickly throw over clothes at work right before the lunch potluck begins. Or don it while handing out candy on Halloween night. Dress it up with a fascinator and some makeup to complete the look with a bit more effort. Use reflective CRY thread for some of…
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Snowflake Wreath with Freestanding Lace Designs
Snowflake Wreath by Pamela Cox Create a wintry snowflake wreath using freestanding lace designs and winter white thread. A snowflake wreath fits my home-decor bill quite nicely. I live in New England and the next few months promise to bring continual snowy-weather. It seems only fitting that snowflakes take center stage on my Sulky-challenge wreath. My real inspiration for the snowflake wreath began after searching several of my favorite embroidery websites looking for possible designs. The perfect set for the snowflake wreath, “Light and Lacy Snowflakes” was found on Embroidery Library. www.emblibrary.com There were two collections of the FSL snowflake designs, each available in three sizes. Since they say that…
