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Breast Cancer Awareness – Gifts for Patients & Survivors
Breast Cancer Awareness Month is Here! Celebrate a survivor or show your support of a patient with five gifts to sew or quilt. PERSONALIZED ZIPPER POUCH FOR TREATMENT DAYS This zipper pouch blank is actually meant for jewelry, but anything is easily stored inside. Fill it with sewing supplies to tote to classes. Fill it with treats for treatment day, such as tissues, hand sanitizer, mints or candies, ear buds, hand lotion and Chapstick. The small compartments inside are also perfect for corralling sewing supplies to classes or from one station to another in your sewing room. The zipper goes around the entire top, making it easy to embroider using…
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Create a Filaine Fluffy Kitty with Fun Free-Motion Techniques
Filaine Fluffy Kitty by Bonnie Langenfeld Create a Filaine fluffy kitty using free-motion embroidery techniques. When making this project you will learn how to use fabrics for background color fill, use Sulky® Filaine thread to create beautiful life-like fur, and attach the image to a background of your choice. Finished Kitty is about 10″ high. Fluffy Kitty Supply List Sulky™ Filaine Brush Sulky 12 wt. Filaine thread #864-1000 White #864-1001 Black #864-3327 Med. Dark Gray #864-3977 Dark Whisper Gray Sulky 40 wt. Poly Deco thread in black, medium gray and white (for bobbins and details) Organ 90/14 Top Stitch needles Sewing machine with free motion or darning foot, feed dogs…
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Paper Pieced Heart Quilt for Valentine’s Day & Beyond
Paper Pieced Heart Quilt designed by Kelly Nagel Create a paper pieced heart quilt featuring heart appliques. This quilt is perfect for Valentine’s Day decor, a Mother’s Day gift or any time you want to express your love! Quilt Overview The hearts in this quilt are created with Sulky Paper Solvy™. This stabilizer comes in 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheets and can be run through your printer to transfer paper piecing patterns. Sew right through the paper and fabrics, and then wash away the stabilizer completely when piecing is complete! No more picking paper pieces out of small seams or intricate patterns! Another removal method, used for this quilt, is…
