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    Pumpkin Carving Tools for Success (even with kids!)

    October 9, 2019 /

    Pumpkin Carving Tools for Success Pumpkin carving tools are made for a reason – carving a pumpkin is hard work! From scraping out all the guts to carving the actual jack-o-lantern, it’s exhausting work–especially if you’re carving more than one or creating an elaborate scene. Now, the pumpkins shown above were carved by my three small children. So there were no elaborate scenes going on here. However, I will say that they did them all by themselves! Even my five-year-olds drew the faces and carved their pumpkins without help. Sulky Stick ‘n Carve made it so that they didn’t have to draw directly onto their pumpkins. If they made a…

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  • Halloween Decor: Fun Threads to Use to Spook & Delight

    October 1, 2019 /

    Happy Halloween…Decor, that is! Halloween decor is so much fun to make and display. All bets are off when it comes to embellishments, too. The more the better! Add some fun effects to your Halloween decor with thread that glows, reflects, sparkles and pops! The pillow above features several different thread types, and YES it glows, too! Let it Glow Sulky Glowy thread is my first choice for Halloween decor projects. There’s no better time to create glow-in-the-dark wall hangings, table runners, quilts and the like. Some embroidery designs are even digitized specifically for glow-in-the-dark thread, such as the Halloween Glow – Jack o’ Lantern by Urban Threads pictured below.…

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  • Make a Halloween Quilt with Applique Embroidery Designs

    September 5, 2019 /

    A Halloween quilt is a great home-decor project that serves many purposes! Throw it over the couch to cozy up with; hang it on the wall to display a festive vibe; bundle up little ones in their strollers on Halloween night. The quilt size is great to comfort kids, gift as a lap quilt or even pamper your pet’s bed. Constructed by strip piecing, the Cuddle fabric by Shannon Fabrics is like butter to sew. With our convenient kit, you won’t even have to contend with cutting it, either! Thee strips are ready to sew and embroider, complete with stabilizers and six spools of high-quality Sulky rayon thread. Halloween Quilt…

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    August 30, 2019 /

    Halloween Table Runner by Ellen March Special Ruler Creating a Halloween table runner with pieced circles is easy with the help of specialty rulers. These rulers are fantastic tools for so many piecing projects, and this table runner is a great primer for using the rulers and learning the best ways to cut and sew the pieces together. I chose to create large circles in order to have a great embroidery canvas to play with. A few pins are all you need, along with a patient hand to place and replace the concave pieces as you sew. The trick is to NOT stretch either piece during construction. These pieces get…

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  • DIY Glow-in-the-Dark Halloween Pillow

    October 9, 2018 /

    Create your own Glow-in-the-Dark Halloween Pillow! Halloween will be here before you know it! I don’t know about you, but we’ve already started decorating for the festivities and sewing spooky projects. Guest blogger Pamela Cox stitched up this amazing Glow-in-the-Dark Halloween Pillow for us and you’ve got to check it out! It would make a fantastic addition to your Halloween decor that you can use year after year. Isn’t it great?! This pillow is available as a FREE Project on the Sulky website, equipped with free design downloads, free instructions, a supply list, and free tips and tricks. Check out these details! And it really glows! You can find the…

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    Spooky Solvy Spider Web in 10 Easy Steps This blog post is written by Eric Drexler, Sulky National Educator I first experimented with this project making large Easter Egg decorations in fun colors. You can view that blog here. Recently I saw a Halloween decoration on the internet that looked a lot like my eggs. They were really cool spider webs with spiders on them. Oooo CREEPY. So I wanted to try it out for myself! Supplies: First, find water balloons (This turned out to be the hardest part of the project). Then, gather the web material. For the Easter eggs I used Sulky’s 12 wt. Cotton Blendables Thread.  You…

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    This Halloween T-shirt Glows in the Dark! (And you can make it in less than an hour) It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, not Christmas – Fall! I love Fall. The colors are beautiful, the weather is perfect; there is football every weekend and Halloween! We love Halloween at my house. This year, to kick off the season, I made this adorable skull t-shirt. And by ‘made’ I mean I purchased the actual shirt and just put the skull on the front 🙂 It is quick and easy to do and took me less than an hour. Here’s how I did it… I found a cute skull…

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    Halloween In The Hoop Costumes for Halloween in the hoop are some of the easiest and most fun to create because you can make them assembly-line style for lots of kids and adults. It is so fun to dress up in costumes, get together with friends and take the kids and grandkids out trick or treating. If you don’t want to don an entire costume, but still want to be in the spirit, these fun props will do the trick. These fun little Halloween In The Hoop projects will get you in the spirit. Pair them with some clothes right out of your closet for a quick costume that’s worry-free.…

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    Free Halloween Hand Embroidery Patterns Get in the Halloween spirit with these free Halloween hand embroidery patterns! Each of these designs are so cute would make a great addition to a bag, shirt, or tea towel. First, we have the Trick or Treat and Drink & Be Scary designs, which you can download here. Create a garden flag with these designs and put in your yard for trick or treaters, or add it to a tea towel for some Halloween kitchen decor! We also have 6 more FREE Halloween hand embroidery designs for you! The Spooky Spider and Spider Web hand embroidery patterns (seen below) are 2 of the 6…

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