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Cotton Quilting thread is made of long staple 100% Egyptian mercerized cotton; it’s versatile and gives seams a natural character. + Suitable for hand or machine sewing; the perfect thread for your quilting projects + Larger cone sizes are excellent for long arm quilting machines + Available in 100m, 250m, 400m, 800m, 3000m and 500m spool lengths + 186 stunning solid and variegated shades + Ideal for ornamental stitches, decorative seams and embroidery + Soft and supple with tear and abrasion resistance + Colorfast: fade resistant to UV rays and multiple washingsTea Time SetIn this issue, and the next Issues to follow, we're going to explore many kitchen and home decorating accessories, to sew for your home. Important to remember is that there are no barriers from season to season when it comes to fabric choices ‘or embroideries. Visualize each project in its seasonal or all year round fabric choice. That means holiday seasons ‘can be interchanged when it cames to embroidery. So if you would like to make this tea cozy in December with holidays in mind, you can easily switch the fabric and colours of thread! Or each accessory featured in the 2016 Issues for that matter, can be made in all the same home decorating fabric to match your décor. Because these are quick and delightful projects to make, create a set for yourself or for gift giving, Make more than ‘one and enjoy a seasonal line-up of each iter, The front and back this tea cozy, for examp in cotton print, and the cotton lace is added with a sik ‘scrunchy'for the top. Explore using many other fabrics for the same project, such as wools, cottons, silks, laces, linens, satins and felts, are made Stay tuned for kitchen accessories in ANPTmag 2016 Issues to Include a table runner, cushions, sewing machine cover, and more home décor ideas. Watch for quilting, machine embroidery, serging, felting, specialty feet and stitches and of course software to be included in all of these future fun creations, Explore the freedom to adjust the patterns to your desired, sizes and shapes if you like, and most of all have fun with it. + The beaitty of tiene miugcuge and wrapeisthat they are quick tonnake,canbeadapted to any décor and stitching, and make great little gifts to cheer anyone on your gift list dheughoutdhe yearn, 9 QU LTacciatn | issue 6skill level intermediate finished measurements 12°x 11" BOS x 28cm] materials fabric +2 pieces 13°x 16°[33 x 45cm] printed cotton for front and back +2 pieces 13°x 16" [33 x405cm| printed or solid cotton for lining +2 pieces 13"x 16"[33 x40.5cm] batting, this can be cotton, polyester, thermal or wool +2 pieces 3°X 16"[25 x-40.5em] sik or satin for tea cozy scrunchy +8°x 52" [20 x 132cm light weight lace piece +2 pieces 3/4°x 8'[9 x 20cm] linen ~ mug cozies +2 pieces 5/4°x 54" [14x 14cm] linen —mug rugs +2 pieces 4°x 110" [10x 28.Scml fet - mug cozies +2 pieces 614°x 64" [16x 16cm] felt - mug rugs other requirements for mug wrap and mug rug + applique pressing sheet -cutting tools to include rotary cutter, cuting mat, and INSPIRA* machine embroidery hoop 80% 80 machine embroidery hoop 120 120 shot touch cystals tool +1 pkgs" elastic + ’badkin =point turning tool +matking tools «assorted buttons +5'0r 6" zipper sewing feet used embroidery foot =general sewing foot -topstitching foot with quide + foat or sewing foot fr directional stitches +Zipper foot +1 seam foot -button placernent tooVfoot software Husqvarna Viking® Christmas lace kit for the Tea Cozy design PFAEF® Elegant cross stitch design #473 - embroidery designs Used for the mug wrap and mug rug needles + INSPIRA* microtex needle size BO oF 90 + INSPIRA* embroidery needles size 90 threads + assorted colours of Rabison- Anton® 4Dwt Rayon thread for machine embroidery + assorted colours of Sulky® 30wt Blendable threads far construction + assorted colours Signature 40wt Cotton Machine Quiting threads for machine embroidery décor on tea cozy front stabilizers + INSPIRA* Tear NWash with graph for making pattern + INSPIRA® Stabilizer Cut Away for machine embroidery mugs and rug + INSPIRA® Stabilizer Fast & Easy Tear Away for decorative stitches + INSPIRA" Stabilizer Aqua Magic for ornamental embroidery on teacory instructions Preparation Steps 1. Prewash cotton fabrics Note: 13 afso important to do tea pot fittings throughout the project toensure your tea cozy is the correct fit The tea cozy template ir cludes the seam allowance. 2. Trace the template on Tear NWash stabilizer. Adjust the pat- tern according to the sizeof the tea cozy. This Tea cazy is for, a large te8 pot. The top edge of the pattem isa petal shape for spring season. Create your own top acige design if desired, ‘Adjust to the size of your own tea pot Layersforsewing (Quited with omntmenion eh Flomepiacsmentandpnning rst Insaco phos by Cha ranges QUiLTneciat.. | issue 6 10Front and BackTea Cozy Make 2 1. Layer the fabric as follows: batting, cotton lining right side up {and cotton print right side down. Place the template on the layered pieces. Pin into place Mark the top of the cotton print fabric for turning right side ‘out later. This can be 3°to 4" opening, Leave a 2 opening on the right and left side of the base of the cozy to create a channel casing for the elastic Note: 'you havea sewing advisor on your sewing machine, please setit to woven/heavy for this project 4, Thread the sewing machine with cotton thread and stitching around the pattern close to the edge. Leave an opening for tuning the fabric right side out. Choose an edge finishing stitch and proceed to finish the ledges. Trim away exces fabric from the finished edge. Clip into areas of curves on upper edge. Turn right side out, Press Use a bodkin to pull the 4" elastic through the channels at the bottom edge of frant and back pieces Pull the elastic to, desired width to fit over the tea pot base, Stitch all of the open seams closed, including where the pleces were tumed right side out. 9, Topstitch using a topstitching foot around all outer edges. Machine Embroidery | Hoop the Aqua Magic stabilizer and load the embroidery design of choice. This particular design is an actual seasonal ‘ornament, but this isa gteat example of seasonal crossovers, Christmas designs erent just for Christmas: it can be carried into other seasons. Another example of this is the Husqvama Viking Decorate for Easter it, Eribroidered eggs can be used for Christmas Omaments, Watch for this in a future issue, Thread your embroidery machine with Signature 40wt Cotton Machine Quiting Thread in the needle and sow polyester thread in the bobbin to match Embroider the designs and when complete trim away excess stabilizer Soak and rinse the water soluble stabilizer away and lay out 10 dry, following stabilizer manufacturing instructions. 8 Choose alace piece ou love Lace placement Placing the embroideries on the tea cozy is exciting. Hand stitch them where desired on the front and back of the tea cozy, Following manufactures instructions, use a Hot Touch tool, place crystals on the embtoiceries and secure. (Omni-motion stitches ‘Omnk-mation stitches are wonderful to work with. These are 2 larger decorative stitch that use a special fect, and tear away sta- bilzer behind the fabric. They vary in size and even thaugh the fabrics thick, the stabilizer is commended for a great perfor ‘mance. Choose your favourite omni-motion stitch. 1. For the single omni-motion stitch to machine quilt the front, and back tea cozy, use the 40wt Robison-Anton* Rayon thread in the needle, and a 60wt bobbin thread. Stitch it out Inmultiple locations, and in doing so, this will quilt the layers for your front and back tea cozy. 2. Tear away the stabilizer after completion. Zipper preparation 1. Choose a short zipper and install the zipper foot on the sew: ing machine, choosing thread to match the zipper. Lay the two completed quilted/embroideted pieces side by side Place the bottom of the zipperat the base of the cozy. This, Zippered edge isthe opening for the spout. “This zipper application was simply stitched on top; it was not inserted into the sear. You may choose to insert the zipper Pin the zipper on top of the front and back pieces and stitch the zipper into postion witha zipper foc. Lace preparation 1. The lece in the sample has a scallop design on one edge only. Another option isto embroider your own lace. 2. Fold lengthwise the unfinished edge of the lace #"to the wrong side. Pace a tear away stabilizer under the folded ledge and stitch the hem in place. Then fold the lace piece inhalf lengthwise right sides together, Stitch the right and left sides. Turn right side out and sip this ace over the upper edges of front and back tea cozy pieces stitch ace in place Serunchy om arthefold ade i QUI LTaceiatn | issue 61. Cinch the lace in between the scallops and using a sat with a width of 7mm and stitch length of 2, stitch the lace inits cinched position. Embelish this lace inlet with a small satin bow or other embelishment 2. Repeat for each scallop, 3, Place your completed tea cozy on your tea pot for a fitting Pin into positons that need to be stitched leaving an oper ing for the handle ofthe pot. Stitch, Also stitch the base together. Scrunchy for teapot 1. Cutthe sik stip and press each long edge ¥#"to the wrong side, Press the stip in half lengthwise 2. Stitch 4 along the fold and on the opposite side to close the edges of the strip lengthwise. Using a hodkin pul the elastic through the strip to desired fullness, 3. Press, 4, Pin elastic at each unfinished short edge. Place the unfin gether and stitch togetl stitch down. 5, Make mote than one scrunchy if desired so you can change Up the colours for different occasions, er. Finger press the Machine embroidery for mugs and mug mat 1. Hoop the cut away stabilizer. This stabilizer will in fact not be cut away later. t will be left in to add stability to each item, 2. Thread the embroidery machine with 40wt embroidery thread and 60w1 bobbin thread 3, Hoop the linen fabric for these embroideries. 4, Select the embroideries, n this case a crs stitch desig chosen. 5, Embroider and cut e mug accessories, Leave a small or laige edge around embroidery for satin stitching. 6. Place the embroideries on felt pieces for each accessory. mbroidered fabric to desired sizes for Pin each into position and straight stitch into position first. Select a decorative thread choice to match the fabric. Select 2 very narrow satin stitch and edge stitching feat, and proceed to stitch embroidery design onto each felt piece Cut to desired sizes, The mug wraps require an additional width of approximately 2of f the embroidered piece. Fold one of these edges over Ito wrong side. On this same, side, clip a small hole into the center ofthe folded place elastic loop. Place a stabilizer piece into th edge as well to add stabilty. Pull the folded elastic piece through the hole and stitch along the edge with the fold line. Repeat about "from that stitching line, The elastic is reinforced in the edge (On the opposite side of the mug wrap position a button and stitch into place either by machine using the button placement too\/foot, or stitch by hand. ton each sideallo Product & Event Specialist, Husqvama Viking hhusqvarnaviking.com seecherylsew.blogspot.com B QUilTiosiat Tissue 6bed scart # pillowcasesskill level easy finished measurements bed scarf 20"x 58°(51 x 147m] pillowcase 20°x32"151 x 81cm] materials fabric + fabric 1: 2.7y¢ [2.5m] cotton for body of2 pillowcases and wedges of bed scarf + fabric 2: 2.7y¢ [25m cotton for2 pillowcase bands, wedges and back of bed scarf + fabric 3; 20"[S0cm cotton for accent band on pillowcase and binding of bed scart += 21"s¢60" [53x 152.5ern]} quilt batting +3104 fat quarters for flowers notions + Sew Easy 10° Wedge Ruler + quilting ruler 6x 24" + 45mm rotary cutter + Heitloom Alr-erasable marker + Kal Scissors 415" + glass head pins + all-purpose thread = 30Wt Sulky Cotton Blendables thread + Universal needle size 80/12 + quilting needle size 90/14 + 505 Temporary Adhesive + Clever Clips + Clover Kanzashi Flower Maker - Orchid Petal Large + Clover Kanzashi Flower Maker - Orchid Petal Small + assortment of buttons + Gutermann upholstery thread + handneedies + Gem Tac glue ‘Sew Easy 10° Wedge Ruler Bed Scarf Cutting fabric I:Cut 2 ~21" x21 for Wedges fabric 2:Cut 2 21°x 2" for Wedges Cut2—21"x3I forBack fabric 3 Cut 4-2 strips for Binding fabric 1: From the 21° x2” pieces cut 11 wedges with the 10° Wedge Ruler fabric2: From the 21" 21" pieces cut 10 wedges withthe 10° Wedge Ruler Machine set up Sewing Foot: Reqular Sewing foot or 4'foot “Thread: Cotton or All purpose thread top and bobbin Needle: Universal size 80/12 1. Use a4" seam and sew a fabric 1 wedge ‘pointing up to a fabric 2 wedge which s ‘pointing dow’ ress seam open. Continue to add wedges until scarfis approximately 60" long pressing seams open as you go. 2. Use ali" seam and sew both pieces of back together to make 221" x 60" backing Press seam open, Make a quilt sandwich with the backing fabric, batting and scar top holding the layers together with 505 Ternporary adhesive 5 QUilTiosiat Tissue 69 Machine set up Sewing Foot: Regular sewing foot or open toe foot ‘Thread: Suiky Cotton Blendable thread top and bobbin Needle: Quiting size 90/14 1 2 Choose a decorative stitch, ke to choose a stitch that is ‘7mm to 9mm wide. I'S 2 Good idea to make a scrap quilt sandwich and audition the stitches. You may need to adjust the tension or stitch length to ensure a perfect stitch and when you finda stitch that you lke, stitch along al of the seams in the scarf top. “Trim the scarf to approximately 20° x 58" binding Machine set up Sewing Foot: Regular sewing foot or Ya foot Thread: Cotton or all-purpose thread top and bobbin. Needle: Universal size 80/12 1 2 3. 4 Sew the 4 pieces of 24 binding strips together to make one. stip lang enough to go all around the scar. Press searns| open. Fold the binding in halflengthwise with wrong sides together. Press. Using a walking foot or even-feed foot anda 4" sear; sew con the binding, Fold the binding aver to the back and hand-stitch in place. At each comer fold the binding to create a 45° mitred comner. Flowers 1 Use the fat quarters and upholstery thread to make an assortment of Kanzashi flowers both small and large following the directions In the package, Glue buttons in the center of the flowers with Gem Tac glue. Sew or glue the flowers onto the bed scarf as desired, Pillowcase (hotdog pillowcase) When I learned how to make these pillowcases they were called Hotdog Pilowcases because of the way you rell up the body of the pillowcase (which becomes the wiener) and sew the band (the hotdog bun) around it This way there are no exposed seams on the band. Note: you sew thelong edge and the end of the pillowcase with French seams there are no exposed season the entire pillowcase! Cutting (02 make 2 pilowecases) fabric 1:Cut 2 - 29° x WOF for bodies fabric 2: Cut 2-9" x WOF" for bands fabric 3: Cut 2— 114" x WOF for contrast strips Machine set up_ Seviing Foot Regular Sewing foot or foot Tread Cotton or Al purpose sewing thread top and bobbin Needle: Universal size 8/12 IL Fold he 1 rp af contac far n hal lengths and press 2. Pin the contrast fabric to long edge of fabric 2 band; raw edges together 3, hight sides together pin body of pilowcase ontop of contrast stip and band, 4, Sew together with a” sear. 5. Lay pilowcase right side up on table with the band wey from you To put the wiener nthe bun startat the edge closest to you and rll the body ofthe case towards the band Place the ole body inthe center ofthe band, Fld the bband over ight sides together and pin the edge. The wiener is now stuffed inside the bun 6. Sew the seam jst inside the previous iow of stitching. Pl the wiener out ofthe bun 8, Pres the band making sure the seam sat and there's nice crisp edge 9, ‘with wrong sides together fold pitoncase in al matching up the contrast stip. Square up the pillowcase and tm the tong edge. in and sew ith a’ sear, lotr seam 0 Tum inside out and pres cam. Wh ight sides together sew the long edge again with a "sear. The fai edges sre no rapped insde French zea) 11-Tum pllowease ight ide out and press seam 12. Folow steps 910 11 to sew the seam on the end ofthe pillowcase. Donna Housley & Cathy McClean wornchakiddcom ta | issue 6 Qui 16Get more quilting fun inQuilting with denim is a unique and fun concept. Denim is durable and so rugged that it's a great faboric to use in a quilt. It does come with a few challenges that can be overcome, and starting with these 5 essentials to quilting with denim, and the articles that follow, we'll explore brilliant solutions and two fun quilts you can make and an adorable little mug rug. Ready to dig out the denim and embrace it in your quilting life? essentials to quilting with denim Jackie White Tips on sewing with denim The story on denim Il types of denim are fine to use when maki D quilts. Ifyou're going to use stretch denim, be sure ‘til ets Its ess from 2, to back it with a stabilizer. When working with that one set of yarns sit on top of 2-4 sets of yarns a any denim, but particularly the heavier and thicker regular intervals to create a diagonal textured fabric, denim, be sure to use what they callajeanneedle, This gest the lasting effect of the fabric: You can also buy diferent types of denim as well There's a stretch denim that has spandex yar ‘added to it to give ita bit of elasticity, heavy denim you find on jeans, printed denim anda lighter thinner denim to use = (One of the most fun things about denim s that nc Wash and dry your denim before using to combat two pieces are alike. Especially when cutting up old any shrinkage issues. leans. They have been washed different amount of you can choose between lightweight and a times, worn mare or less and each piece of denim fs neavier weight denim, choose the lighter it's e ‘ompletely unique and each has astory! ro quik. Use the walking foot for better control, Take your time. Due to the fact that denim is a heavier fabric to work with, you dan't want ta be shoving t under ine. Go slow and set nice pace so cr push ic isnot being pulled wing machine caus 2s oF needle breaks. site Be aware that denim can fray. \. F Try pairing denim with quilting cotton to ease up con bulk and weight, Denim realy isa fun fabric to use in quilting -cauise It has 50 many unique characters to it The arious shades, types, and al te different ways you ‘an use it in your quilting. You don't have to make a quilt out of it, think of the quilted accessories ould be wonderful for!Denim pieces cut out of jeans ready to be turned into quilt blocks. steps to turn old 7eans into new quilts There's nothing more satisfying than taking denim, and recyciing it into a beautiful quilt thereby ‘iving that denim a second Ife Jeans are the most ‘common and easlly accessible denim to recycle Into quilts and have history, different shades of blue depending on their previous lif, ‘Where can you find this denim or Jeans to reuse? Start by looking right in your own closet or your partner‘! | bet youll find at least two pairs that you haven't worn ina few years! Other places to pick up denim are rummage sales, thft stares, or second hand stores. When looking for used denim or jeans to be mote specific, look for the larger sizes, you get more denim our of them. As well make sure they aren't too worn or thin or have mary stains ‘Once you get your denim home, begin by washing the denim, and drying it to get rid of any stains and take care of any shrinking issues. Cutapart the fabric and discard seamsas they'te too bully, unless you're using certain components in the quilt such as a back pocket, then save those. ‘Once you've cut out your large denim pieces, look ‘over to ensure there are no holes, thinning or stains on the denim, Now you can start cutting the shapes that you need for your quilt, Remember denim does fray 0 YoU may have to consider having larger seam allowances to account for that ifusing alot af ‘denim. Using a variety of pieces of denim can provide a pleasing effect as well, especially f you have alla of different shades. (Often if you have a full denim quilt, you don't need a heavy batting, use a thin layer such as bamboo batting or flannel will work perfectly as well Binding your denim quilt Ifyou lke the look of binding, use a nice cotton that cortesponds withthe denim, You might, ‘also consider using denim from shirts which are lighter fabric yet sturdier than quiting cotton to bind a denim quit ther options are, instead of binding your quilt, consider a machine appliqued edge or rather a pillow case method, ‘Those extra pieces you cut out such as pockets, are great to use for embelish ments an bags, purses and even quilts! Kids love having a jean pocket an a quilted backpack as it nat only adds character but provides functionality too! Now you have your denim pieces ready ta be turned into a quit! Start planning (or should | say dreaming) how to use all that scrumptious denim Ina quilt. Jeans with seams and pockets cut out. 19 QUI LTaceiatn |Fished denim gut bcek with cotton wave Gata denirn square in hatf with a gentle wave ‘Adenim block with eotton weave fallowing same line runeang through shave. ‘sotherpece af denim D e ae ‘denim quilt block the right way ‘Ate you ready ta do up @ denim quilt blackin style? Here's how to make a quilt lock with and denim, combining the two the right way. Startwith 2 51s" denim square and make a gentle wave cut through i. Puta 2°x514" solid coloted catton fabric stip under ‘one piece of the denim and follaw the wave to cut ‘out the cotton piece. Right sides together stitch the cotton fabric to the one denim piece along the wave cut Remember to use your denim needle and siovdy, feed the fabric through easing the curves along, “Then press to the cotton side so the denim lays fat, Fight sides facing up, lay the wavy edge of the remaining piece of denim on the cotton so to leave .%°to I" width piece of cotton showing, Cut out the wave fiom the cotton using the wave in the denim piece as a guide. With right sides together sew the remaining denim piece to the cotton, ress towards the cotton. Trim toa S*block. Imagine if you made a bunch of these blocks and turned them into a quilt? Remember denim Isheavier than cotton fabric so you don't need a ‘heavy batting in the middie, Try a bamboo batting cr flannel works wonderful as the batting as well. \When quilting, consider putting the walking foot en andoff yau go! Here's a sample using different shades of denim and solid colered cotton fabric. Sample pattern oF enim quit QUiLTacciat. | issue 6denimeors make a great quilt ye SeMinions and mug rugs? How much fun can one quilter have? Throw in some denim and you have a fun project! This post highlights how perfect denim can be in making a minion mug rug for a child. Minions are a smashing hit and denim is the perfect stand-in to make a mug tug last against the adventures a child will bring to it! Cutout 3 erees tom fatto make me eye (Cotoutahapes fr body and head of min. denim mini Relea Stee ta A ES aE Make a on mug rug Start by gathering 6" square of both denim and yellow print fabric, some bits of grey, white and black felt. You could also use fabric for the grey, white and black I chose felt as 1 wanted a 3D effect. Don't forget abit ‘of batting and backing. With your 6" denim square, cuta small rectangle out of the bottom, to create pants for the minion, as shown below. Cut the yellow square into!a dome shape for the head of the minion. Stitch the body and head together along the middle and press to head, ‘Cut out a "x6" band from the black felt and cut out 3 ctcles as shown from the grey, black and white fet, ‘with 2 14" dlfference in size between the circles, Layer black, white and grey and lay on top of band and pin to head of mminion. I stitched right through all the layers of t to affix to the head. Layer the batting and backing under the minion. Quilt along black headband and outer perimeter of the minion.1 straight stitched V4’ in as would like it tofraya litle IFyou prefer no fraying, do a tight zigzag stitch along outside ede. How fun would it be to make a bunch af minion mug rugs for a birthday party or give out as Cheistmas presents? The denim totally makes it! You could also increase the size and turn them into place-mats! | hope you enjoyed quilting with denim in this, feature. Look to your creativity anc ‘explore the many more possiblities to Use denim in quitsQUILTsocial bloggers Jennifer Houlden quittsbyfen.ca Jennifer runs Quilts by Jen, a fantastic educational resource for quilters with many great free tutorials ranging from how to choose fabrics, understanding the value of fabrics, pressing, building Bargello runs, pinning, binding, sandwiching, couching, quilting, and much more. Check them out! Gall Berry-Grahamn thequiltstudio.ca Never one to back down from a challenge it took her 20 years to finish her first quilt. There ‘wasnt one big moment that led to quilting but rather a series of paths that all ended up in one place. She learned to quilt and never looked back. She found a love for long arming and machine embroidery, and is a Handy Quilter and PFAFF representative, Christine Baker FairfieldRoadDesigns.com Christine has been designing and publishing quilt patterns for the last 10 years under the business name Fairfield Road Designs. Her patterns range from fusible applique and piecing to felted wool applique and punchneedle. You can see all her patterns on her website Jackie White Jabotquilt.blogspot.ca Jackie is a quilter who loves quilting outside the box especially when it comes to 3D and embellishments. Her work has been published in books and magazines and she currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Quilters’ Association. When she's not in her studio, she's working as a Social Media Manager. Sarah Vanderburgh sewjoycreations.com Sarah loves to play with color and quilts are her playground! A self-taught quilter, She's been designing her own quilts for almost 20 years. She's inspired by happy fabrics, selvages, traditional blocks and nature. She's also a wife, mother, and elementary school teacher, and enjoy drinking coffee on my front porch in northern Ontario. Jean Boyd ‘patternsbyjeanboyd.com Jean has been designing and publishing patterns since 1997, Her work has been published in several magazines across North America. Jean holds a Fiber Arts Certificate in quilting and has taught extensively throughout Canada, including six national Quilt Canada inferences. She was named "Canadian Teacher of the Year’ in 2003 by the Canadian Quilters Association and has won numerous awards for her quilts QUI LTaceiatn | issue 6tips on piecing Pieanals PFAFF Passport 3.0 Re ne eee ag Stereo ty Pere eee Se eee ene my favorite parts of quilting - piecing! 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Inot only want to get better ati, have wonderful fantasies of ing good at itand merging those skils Into exquisite works of thread painting) actually be There's only one thing holding and that's me.| e, and practic ind quit beating over my free So with my me back luckly Ihave an extensior fable that was made for my DFAFF Passport 20. slips on and off easily, giving me 12% surface with really good visitity 2 Agoos quilting foot is essential spring action type of foot like you see below. This is my PFAFF Passport 30 but rth i's weight in gold for free motion quilting, 2 TEST, TEST and TEST your tension, say enough about this step! It doesn't matter how good you are or how artistic you are in your quilting! Ifyou don't jood quality stitch then it doesn't matter if you have perfect FMO feathers or pebbles, the stitches won't hold up in the long run, The tension Is so easy to adjust con the PFAFF Passport 3.0 that t's adream todo fie cuilting on it Just adjust the dial until you find the tension that right for your quilt, The weight of your fabric, batting and thread could all affect your tension, so always, and I mean always, run a seal -ample through your machine Dent be intimidated by adjusting your tension, Onc you figured out the corre tension settings through testi youll be amazed at your res Rule of thumb: If you see top thread showing on the bottom your top tension is too loose, if you see bobbin thread showing on the top your top tension is too tight. Is. ‘ve tun my tension test lowered my feed dogs and ow it time to actually start he quilting. 3 key elements to successful free motion quilting inachieving my mission. [realy will be ready for the binding t er ‘great day in my sewing room, QUilinesat Tissue 6The ultimate finish to any quilt—binding! These are the last few days of the year and i'm celebrating the past year by finishing a quilt m making for charity Im part ofa group that makes over 200 quilts a year that are donated to different organizations in our city, By finishing the quit | mean Ihave to put on the binding. There are so many ways you can approach binding and there isnt one right way or one wrong way, i's important to consider these 4 before binding your quilt. It doesrit matter which method you choase Itt all 1 thing. Binding isthe ultimate finis toanyq) jthout the binding and attaching my binding with the PFAFF wing machine with IDT makes it easier, et assport 3) Consider these aoe binding you here are some basic questions toask yourself before you take that final step of binding your uit 1. What fabric will you choose for your binding? Wilt be one r more) of the fabrics used inthe quilt op? Will ithe the same fabric as the bi lit be a completely separate but coordinating fabric? Print? Plain? Strip 2.\Will you cut your strips on the bias or straight cut? Usually this is personal preference that occasionally this decision i made for us based on the quilt top itself. Ifthe quilt top urves on concay convex points then youl likely go with Bias Cut How wide will you cut your strips? Most people fall into will choose either the 21" width or 24’ Some people even use ip For me it depends on the thickness of the quilt, and the method Im going to use apply 4, How are you going to attach the binding to the quilt? This can be the cause of some e quilting d that most serious debates int ond. peop this issue » Option one- attaching the binding to the front of the quilt by machine and hand stitching the quilt to the back » Option two - binding ine then fl the binding era ine quilt the binding to the front of the quilt. These are jus came of the to cut strips you could leave e fon the front or back o binding My favorites Hove. striped fabric binding jon the bias at 24 wide and tse my machine with IDT to attach the binding to the front the quit. I pressit to the back ofthe quilt and hand stitch the back down. | tried lots of ather methods and ths s the one | ke hand it to they come Up with some of the most beauti fabric lines. And no matt n | look at fabric is or cut Up in gined ane quilt with this line, but we d th digital i re actual fabric. Our p This time | was going ‘old schoo!” an play with BEFORE | designed Now to wait for the fabric. So emailed Elaine at Northcott t jeand | carit wait to get start Christine Baker a Ul TaowiatWhen fabrics arrived at once | started to think of ways to use them in a project. | came up with a few ideas....a table runner...a tote bag...an apron....a lap quilt. But | wanted to make something that | actually needed. It hit me when | was looking at my cutting table. | need a bag big enough to carry my cutting mat when | go to quilting classes and retreats. Do you also need a great way to get organized for your next retreat? Then making a tote for your quilting tools is the solution. Making a tote for your quilting tools Now...how to make it? Supply List The fist thing did was to gather all the IF you would like to follow along to make your awn retreat bag, here's list of supplies | like to take along to quilting supplies you'l need: retreats. A cutting board, rotary cutter, + Tpane! ColorWorks Concepts # 20813-99 (New York Beauty) rulersand other small tools.This gaveme + 30" ColorWorks Concepts # 20792-99 (fying geese) an idea of what size the bag and packets + Tyd ColorWorks # 9000-640 (teal) would need to be. My cutting board + lyd ColorWorks Concepts # 20804-44 (rainbow diamonds) measures 24" x18" so my bagis going to + Tyd/Coloriorks Concepts # 20826-98 (black print) measure 26" wide x 20" tall. + 4" ColorWorks # 9000-71 (lime green) + 60 fusible heavyweight interfacing such as Fast 2 Fuse + 28'x 28" piece of medium weight clear vinyl + 1-15" long zipper + 60"of 1" woven black strapping + 4-1" rectangular rings lve made large tote hags before, but he things Idontt lke about thems that everything gets lost at the bottom of the bag or lost in the packets I ecently made some tote bags with, Vinyl pockets on the outside and Ilo how you can see everything in them, so Hl want to add some clear vinyl pockets ‘tomy bag, lalso want to make sure that the cutting be ys lat when it's Inthe bag, An idea is starting to come. together. But to make this bag, Im golng to use somennotions | usually dont use in ‘my quilting; things like hook and loop tape, heavy fusible interfacing, woven strapping, clear vinyl and rectangular strap rings How to cut the fabric? [My stack of Colororks Concepts fabrics looks 50 inviting! Icarvt wait to cut into it. but what am going to do with it? To decide which layout to use and which fabrics to Use for each block, find it helpful, and playful, to lay the fabrics out (on my cutting board and previewing that of the f 0 lke beside each other and how they interact’ together | old the fabrics into long borders, squates or tangles and lay them our to what like best, Mystack of Color Works New York Beauty cnn Retreat Bag QULneciat= | issu