Like most projects, this kimono jacket started with falling in love with the fabric. I’d ordered a Fat Eighth Bundle of Wonderland Fabrics designed by Rifle Paper Company for Cotton + Steel from the Fat Quarter Shop. Wonderland was the second fabric line brought out by Anna Bond from Rifle Paper Company. As the name …
Practice new line designs on a stripy table runner! When you’re learning something new, start small and simple. This easy-to-piece stripy table runner creates an ideal canvas to practice new line designs. The easier something is to piece, the more adventurous you’ll be when it comes to the quilting. The strips are simple to cut and piece. …
Studio Stories Meet Emily Lou Inman from Brick Dust & Glitter and get a peek into her new studio space. One of the joys of a new hobby is the chance to create a space to enjoy working on it. I am lucky enough that my children, at this stage, want to share a bedroom. …
Celebrate sewing & quilting all year with our Juki Club Shop Parties. Our Juki Club shop Parties are LIVE Events so we can meet up and share our love for all things sewing and quilting. Here’s how it works. Juki Club teams up with a local shop, it can be a sewing machine shop or …
We like to think of the perfect stitch as a love affair between the top and bottom threads. But no relationship is automatically perfect. Most sewing machines are pre-set at the factories for sewing garments with a mid-weight thread on mid-weight fabric.That’s fine if you’re sewing clothes but what if you’re doing something else? If you are …
According to an ancient Japanese legend, there is an invisible red thread tied to everyone’s little finger at birth. The other end of the red thread is tied to someone that we are destined to meet. The people connected by this thread will become part of each other’s story. The thread may get tangled or …
Starry Night is arguably Vincent van Gogh’s most famous painting, but he considered it a failure at the time. Vincent van Gogh’s iconic 1889 oil on canvas painting of The Starry Night is currently in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. We can get insight into the painting by lines from a letter that Vincent …
I’ve been working on a Book Quilt for Emily inspired by Lynne Goldsworthy’s Magpie Books quilt featured in issue 21 of Quilt Now Magazine. I fell in love with Lynne’s quilt and wanted to create something similar. Lynne chose a style similar to the Penguin book theme but I wanted something broader to include all …
Our Just Sew January Instagram photo challenge is up and running. Never done one before? Here’s how it works. We post a daily prompt. The prompt is a challenge for you to interpret anyway you like. Respond to the prompt by posting a photo on Instagram with the hashtag #justsewjan Pauline @periodwardrobe and Martha @juki_club are …
Renata stopped by the Machine Quilter Studio with her exquisite Gypsy Wife quilt top. I fell in love with this colourful pattern by Jen Kingswell. The combination of brilliant blocks, stripes and floral fabrics took my breath away. Renata wanted to choose just the right thread for the quilting. When it comes to auditioning threads, …
