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Patchwork Pojagi Webinar + Sheer Embroidery Techniques with Katrina Walker
Join our Modern Patchwork Pojagi & Sheer Embroidery webinar with Katrina Walker! THE DETAILS August 13th is the day, 2pm EST is the time. Register today to take advantage of all the great instruction, tips and techniques from Katrina. Plus be eligible to win door prizes throughout the presentation! That’s right! Two lucky attendees will win the kit we’ve curated, including double-gauze Embrace yardage from Shannon Fabrics, lovely Sulky threads (including metallic!), Organ sewing machine needles, Sulky Solvy and Sticky Fabri-Solvy stabilizers, plus 7 exclusive embroidery designs. The sheer properties of the double gauze fabric lend themselves to Pojagi techniques well. The idea is to almost see through the fabric,…
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Laser Cut Appliqué Wall Art Kits for Summer Décor
Laser cut appliqués are the coolest thing in appliqué! These precut pieces allow you to put together seemingly intricate appliquéd projects in a mere fraction of the time, cutting (pun intended) out the tedious cutting, trimming and recutting needed in most cases for a layered appliqué project, such as our Summer Simply Appliqué scene. HOW LASER CUT APPLIQUE WORKS This pattern comes with a layout sheet to aid in layering the laser cut appliqué pieces properly to achieve a beautiful end result. Use a nonstick pressing sheet to place each piece and fuse the layers in order. A lightweight table-top lightbox is also SUPER helpful for this process. Tweezers also…
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Matchstick Quilting Quilt Block – Kelly Nagel
This matchstick quilt block is named as such because of the matchstick quilting it features, which really calls attention to the brightly colored thread used on a neutral background. Matchstick quilting is basically straight line quilting but a bit wonky. The stitching lines are placed about a matchstick-length apart, and just like a burned matchstick, the lines aren’t perfectly straight. For this quilt block, we’ll take matchstick quilting one step beyond and use the negative space in the quilting to spell out a name. This process is easy with Sulky Stick ‘n Stitch. Stick ‘n Stitch is a water soluble sticky back stabilizer that is a great tool for straight…
