April brought shows and finally when the snow and rain showers cleared, small green growth is bringing wonderful spring flowers. Flowers come in lots of colors, shapes and sizes. The one thing that is consistent is that they all seem to have petals. So I have designed a petal, mix them in sizes for leaves and larger for flower of all kinds. Get it the may petal applique here
Check back next month and see what I have made with them!
Happy Sewing!
Crystal
Well the second half of April is here and along with the calendar comes the rain. Hopefully these nice showers will bring lots of May flowers and nice green trees and grass. This Month’s free applique is an umbrella and lillies . Use it with other free appliques to make a fun project, use on drapes or shades or a pillow. Have fun with it.
Happy Sewing
Crystal
Each Month I am giving away a Free Applique. January’s is a Snowman that you can use alone or with any of the other free applique’s. For quick and easy applique’s I recommend using the fusible method of applique. So download this months by clicking this Snowman Applique link and then use your favorite fabric and make something fun!
Quick and Easy Pillowcases. An easy gift that is sure to please all.
The holiday season is almost over, and there is still too little time and too much to do. I always seem to over commit on how much I am going to sew, but every minute I get to spend in my studio is relished and feeds my passion.
I was blessed to have both of my boys home with their girl friends over Christmas. As each year goes by I know that there will be years to come when they won’t get to spend the holidays with me, so I turely value the time I get with them.
I was able to complete one project for each of them and even one for each of their girlfriends. I bought them pillows and made pillowcases for each of them. As with all of my sewing projects a little bit of magic and a lot of Love goes into each one.
Each of the pillowcases followed the same instructions, but was customized. Here is the PDF link for this instructions in case you want to make one or many too in the next couple days.
These are quick and easy. I decorated each one for each recipient so that they match their personality. Click here for Quick and EZ Pillowcases for the free pattern and instructions, download it and make some for yourself and others.
Happy sewing!
Crystal
When using decorative thread, or doing machine quilting a common complaint is that the thread keeps breaking. Here are a couple of ideas to use which I have found help.
First always change your needle. If the needle has even a little bend or nick it can fray the thread and cause it to break.
Next try using Sewers Aid. Apply the sewers aid to the spool of thread. Draw a line of the Sewer’s Aid from the top of the spool to the bottom of the spool of thread. This will lubricate the thread enough to sometimes keep it from breaking.
And my final suggestion is to add clear nylon thread. Thread both your decorative thread and the nylon thread through the machine at the same time and through the same needle. I have found this especially helpful when using metallic decorative thread.