Category Archives: tips/tutorials Like most quilters, I have acquired a large amount of randomly sized pieces of batting. Every so often I remember that using up my batting scraps instead of buying brand new batting for a project leaves me more money for FABRIC, and then I get all responsible like my momma and I piece together my […]  I get so many questions about my favorite skirts, and after months of saying that I am thinking about writing a tutorial for them, I’m actually doing it! Disclaimer: I don’t really know what I’m doing. I stumbled upon this skirt method when I realized that the Yard Sale Wrap Skirt in Heather Ross’s Weekend […]  Inspired by Jessica‘s fantastic sewing kit for her diamonds quilts, I put together a similar kit for my diamonds quilt as well as the hand quilting I’m doing (and it’s all ready to go for bindings, too). So far it’s so handy I can’t believe I ever lived without it. Here’s a peek: All this […]  I am so excited about the skirt I made from the Central Park fabric line: (Yes, it’s for me, not Ellie. The 7 year old next door was over while I was making it and he said “Is that another dress for Ellie?” and I said “No it’s for me” and he said “Are you […]  It occurred to me a few months ago that I have a very nice sewing machine with very nice features that I never use, and that if I sold said machine I could buy a serger and a basic sewing machine and have money left over. As I began my research into great basic straight […]  When I started free motion stitching I was desperately looking around online for some kind of tutorial to accomplish the modern embroidery look I was going for with my sewing machine. I wasn’t able to find much (though admittedly it’s hard to search for something that doesn’t really have an official name). To me it […] |
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