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Cotton Thread & When to Use It
When to Use Cotton Thread & Why Choosing the right thread for your project is an important factor that determines the final look, feel, and oftentimes longevity, of the project. With so many choices, how do we decide? Sheen I think about thread sheen the same way I would if I were choosing paint for a room. Do you want the thread to shine, glisten, reflect light, look slick, matte or textured? These decisions will determine how to choose the right thread for your project, specifically whether you choose between rayon and cotton. Strength When choosing the right thread, decide if you need the thread to hold up to heavyweight…
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DIY 4th of July Place-Mats in a Serger
This series is written by guest blogger, Pamela Cox. 4th of July Napkins and Place-Mats The 4th of July is all about outdoor gatherings, fireworks, and celebrating our country’s independence! These explosions of color are sure to inspire creativity! So, this is the perfect time to explore the wide variety of Sulky® Threads and using them in applications other than our regular intentions. Sulky Cotton Blendables Thread in a Serger Let’s look at Sulky Cotton Blendables Thread . These exciting, multicolor threads are a masterful blend of different colors within the same range of tone and intensity, with random, subtle color changes every 2-1/2 to 5 inches, which come…
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Crossbody Bag with Sulky Blendables Thread
I am so excited to be on Amy Barickman’s Crossroads Denim Blog Tour! I hope you have been following along on the tour. I have the full schedule with links at the bottom of this post. Be sure you head over to Amy’s blog too so you can enter the fabric and pattern giveaway at the end of the tour! A few months ago I got Amy’s Magic Pattern book and fell in love with it. I have made a dress from the book and have started on one of the jackets using some of the Crossroads Denim that I received. I also got a pattern for a Crossbody bag. I love this…
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Free Pattern In Honor of Veteran’s Day
If you get my newsletter than you may remember that around Memorial Day, I did this thread sketch of Red Poppies in honor of fallen military men and women. (If you don’t get my newsletter, sign up to receive it here!) Being from Georgia, the Red Poppy as a symbol for veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice is very special to me, since this came to be the symbol because of a Georgia woman named Miona Michael. In 1918 she wrote a poem called “We Shall Keep the Faith”. Here is the full poem: Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields, Sleep sweet – to rise anew! We caught the…
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Fall from the Sulky Embroidery Club
As promised, here is the Fall Round-up of designs available at the Sulky Embroidery Club. Just like in the Halloween Designs post, the picture is linked to the design in the Sulky Embroidery Club so you can just click the picture to head on over and buy the design. Unlike the Halloween post, I could not give you everything that is “fall” in this post! Fall is a bit more ambiguous than Halloween. What I may consider to be a Fall design, you may think of as winter or even spring. Instead, I picked a few of my favorite and I want to encourage you to explore the Sulky Embroidery…
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Easy Chevron Quilt – Tutorial
Sometimes you need a quilt and fast. There is a little girl at my church who was just diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma. She is 10 years old and she will start some pretty intensive chemo treatments this week. Although we are all praying for a full and complete recovery for her, we also know that she is about to walk a very hard road. I just couldn’t in good conscience allow her to start chemo without a snuggly quilt to take with her. When I was in Los Angeles for the Mimi G Style conference I found this wonderful Minky at Michael Levine’s. I knew this would be perfect for the…
