Looking for a gift for book lovers? Book Sleeves are one of my favourite projects. They’re so much fun to personalise for people who love books! Here’s the perfect cover for a book sleeve – a tall Tales Book Block by Kate Basti. Inspiration There are lots of good Book Sleeve tutorials out there. Jessica …
Fabricating Postcards
I have a pet project. It’s fabricating postcards. I’ll show you a simple way to make fabric postcards with favourite fabrics on your sewing machine. Small is Beautiful One of my favourite things about fabricating postcards is that they’re a small fast, easy-to-finish project; a perfect opportunity to try out something new on a small …
Making Moana Waves
Recently, I watched the Disney movie Moana and decided to transform the primitive wave motif that appears in the movie title, into a free motion quilting line design. I like to call it making Moana waves. Regrettably, I missed Moana the first time around. Our kids had passed their Disney princess stage when Moana came …
Raw Edge Applique Hearts
Did you know that you can use tulle netting to raw edge applique? I’ve been loving Raw Edge Applique for the past few years. I enjoy how fast and easy it is to make a pop of colour! Usually, raw edge applique is done sitting down at the sewing machine. But this tutorial is different. …
Raw Edge Appliqued Hearts
I’ve been loving Raw Edge Applique for the past few years. I enjoy how fast and easy it is to make a pop of colour! Usually, raw edge applique is done sitting down at the sewing machine. But this tutorial is different. We’ll show how to raw edge applique using a free motion quilting technique …
Stitching Christmas Postcards
Home stitched fabric postcards are like sending a hug through the post. It’s one of my favourite ways of connecting with family and friends. This post shows how to make fabric postcards free motion quilted on a long arm or quilting frame. Longarm quilting your postcards, allows you to quilt all the Christmas cards on …
Film Prop Quilt
Every film has a backstory. Here’s the story behind our film prop quilt. Getting Dressed in the 18th century In September 2017 Crows Eye Productions released Getting Dressed in the 18th Century. It was a short film commissioned by the Lady Lever Art Gallery and National Museum of Liverpool showing a Lady in the 18th …
Tensioning your Juki TL 2200 QVP Mini
free motion quilting We’re going to show how to get your Juki TL QVP Mini straight stitch sewing machine ready for free motion quilting. This Juki straight stitch machine has 4 features that make it the perfect quilting machine: space, speed simplicity and strength. The simplicity of the Juki straight stitch machine makes it easy …
The Little Machine that Behaves like a long arm
Long arm quilting machines are becoming more popular and many quilters are looking for a smaller more affordable version of these amazing but expensive machines. Machine Quilting frames can provide the same freedom of movement as their long arm cousins, for a fraction of the cost. Quilting frames are designed to work with home sewing …
Heather Ross wonky triangle Trixie whole cloth
When I saw this Wonky Triangle fabric by Heather Ross for Windham Fabrics, it was just too pretty to cut up! So I decided to make it up into a baby whole cloth. Whole cloth quilts were traditionally a way to show off exquisite quilting. But whole cloth quilts have become popular with modern quilters …