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Bias Maker Heaven
If you haven’t used one of these little tools for making bias strips you are in for a treat! You can have a perfect bias in no time at all! Think of all the little basket handles you can make! It’s so easy! Follow me… Start with a square of fabric. Fold diagonally, wrong sides together. Press the fold… Now…
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Embroidery 101, Part Two
Here we go, we’re on our way to stitching together! Make a little practice piece to try the stem and backstitch with different types of threads. Cut a scrap of cotton for the background fabric. Cut a piece of flannel or fusible interfacing the same size. (I cut my flannel a tiny bit larger so you could see it in…
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Embroidery 101, Part One
“Rabbits Prefer Embroidery” is back from the quilter! Now its binding time, and then off to the photographer. Before too long we will have a new pattern available! If you’re new to embroidery, I’ll share a few tips with you over the next few posts. I hope to get you started on the road to embroidery heaven. Yes, there is…
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Machine Applique
I finished the scallop border on Rabbits Prefer Redwork using invisible machine applique. That’s right, invisible machine applique, but with DMC Machine Embroidery thread or Aurifil 50wt. thread. I love to stitch by hand, but there’s a time and a place for everything. Machine applique can be the perfect solution when you need to get it done fast. The four…
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Merry Christmas Wishes!
“I heard the bells, on Christmas Day, Their old, familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the words repeat of peace on earth, goodwill to men.” …Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Merry Christmas Everyone! French… Joyeux Noel German… Froehliche Weihnachten Italian… Buone Feste Natalizie Japanese… Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto Norwegian… God Jul or Gledelig Jul Portuguese… Feliz…
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Holiday Traditions on Fast Track!
I feel like the sleigh Santa uses turned into a locomotive! Since when did Christmas come so fast? Yesterday my grand-daughter announced the imminent arrival of Christmas and I couldn’t believe it. No! I need more time! Santa’s coming in a locomotive! I’ve been busy trying to fitting in all those holiday traditions. We all have them, the things we…
