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- Top 10 Christmas Gifts for Quilters and Machine Embroiderers
- 5 Reasons Why You Think Thread Painting Is Hard (and why you’re wrong)
- History of Sewing and Quilting Machines: A thread through time
- How to Choose the Best Backing Fabric for Quilting
- How to Choose the Best Machine Embroidery Thread
- How to Care for Sewing Scissors and Rotary Cutters
- How to Use Rotary Cutters Safely: Essential Tips for Quilters
- A Guide to Pre-cut Quilting Fabric and How to Use It
- Fabric Paints and Dyes for Textile Artists: How to make the best choice
- Quilting Fabric: How to Prepare and Care For It
🎄 Christmas Gifts for Quilters and Machine Embroiderers 🎄
The holiday season is the perfect time to treat a fellow quilter — or yourself — to something special. I’ve gathered a few of my favourite finds this year: practical tools and pretty extras that make sewing and quilting even more enjoyable.
- Thread Sampler Packs: A rainbow of colour for creative stitching projects.
- Fat Quarter Fabric Bundle: You can never go wrong when you gift a quilter some fabric!
- Versatile Fabric Glue: So useful for appliqué and art quilting projects.
- Storage Organisers: Keeps all your tools neat and handy, at home and when travelling.
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For more ideas, see my full list: Top 10 Christmas Gifts for Quilters and Machine Embroiderers.
Beginner’s Basics…
- Best Quilting Machines for Beginners: A comprehensive guide
- A Beginner’s Guide to Free Motion Machine Embroidery
- Free motion stitching on a domestic sewing machine
- Setting up your machine for free motion stitching
- How to improve your thread sketching FAST!
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I help people like you discover how — with a bit of enthusiasm and willingness to explore new horizons — you can create beautiful stitched textile art using thread sketching, thread painting, and freestyle artful appliqué techniques.
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