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Easter Sewing Projects to Make & Give
Bring on Spring with fun and festive Easter sewing projects! Need Easter sewing projects? Easter is later this year, giving us more time to create handmade gifts, decor and wearables. Here are a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing. 1. In-the-Hoop Scissor Case This design is completely free and comes with instructions for both sizes from the digitizers themselves in our free webinar download. Sulky 40 Wt. Rayon Thread really makes this case shine – kits are available, too and come with all you need to make both sizes! Fill it with some Easter grass and a little gift for a friend or little one. Not just for…
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Easter Egg Quilt Block + Free Stitching Templates
An Easter Egg Quilt Block is a great addition to a pillow set, table runner or quilt (of course!). You could also bind the quilt block and use it as a potholder or decorative place mat for Easter. Combine free-motion stitching with paints and learn from Eric Drexler how to create your own Easter Egg Quilt Block work of art. This Easter Egg Quilt Block combines free-motion stitching with custom paints for a truly unique block. If you’re new to free-motion stitching or need a refresher, Eric takes takes you through the process in his video course, Fearless Free Motion. If you want to learn more and have virtual hands-on…
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It’s Back! Fearless Free-Motion Stitching II
Free-Motion Stitching with Eric Drexler In just six 15-45 minute segments, you can learn from Eric Drexler, the Master of Free-Motion, how to easily move beyond the basics of Free-Motion Stitching so you can enjoy more intricate Thread Painting, Quilting, Print Embellishment, Turned or Raw Edge Appliqué, and much, much more! Eric introduced you to the basics in “Fearless Free-Motion Stitching I – For Beginners”: It was an incredible success and we thank you. He covers some of the basics again in this course (so you do not necessarily have to take the first course before this one); and we include a free, 26-page hand-out from the basic course to…
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Screen Shot – New Free Pattern Download on Sulky.com
I am giddy about this new pattern download on the Sulky website in our Free Projects section! The pattern is called Screen Shot. You can get it hereAren’t the colors amazing! Evelyn Byler who has created projects for Sulky for years designed this quilt. I love the details she added like these twisted tucks. Evelyn’s attention to detail is incredible. The thread painting uses a variety of Sulky threads. If you haven’t tried thread painting yet, this is a great one to try because you are basically coloring with thread the way you would color in a coloring book. Just follow the lines and colors of the fabric and go!…
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Some Inspiration!
Sulky Certified Teacher and Quilt Artist Chris Eichner recently sent me these great pictures of a maple leaf that she thread painted. I was already impressed and then I asked her about how she made these two leaves. She answered, “Those aren’t two separate leaves, that is the front and back on one leaf that I thread painted onto an already quilted wall hanging.” How cool! She said she used Sulky Solvy® as her template. She drew the design onto the Solvy with a pen (I recommend using a FriXion pen), then she stuck the Solvy to the front of the quilted wall hanging with Sulky KK 2000 Temporary Spray Adhesive.…
