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Hand Quilting with Perle Cotton...Tips!

  I often get a lot of questions about my hand quilting tools and techniques. Here is a list of tools I use and techniques. Hopefully, this will help you get started on your hand quilting journey! Quilting Hoop. When I began quilting many years ago, Georgia Bonesteel was the 'it girl' on the scene! Georgia brought the idea of lap quilting to every quilter who longed to hand quilt, but not keen on the idea of sitting behind a large frame. First of all, a quilting hoop is different from an embroidery hoop. A quilting hoop has thicker sides,...

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Heartwarming Hot Pads

My daughter and her husband are in the process of buying their first home. I wanted to stitch up a quick gift for them so, of course, I turned to Pinterest for inspiration. I found a beautiful collection of hot pads on a Japanese site called Fabrickaz+idees. It appears to be an abandoned website, but […]

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Sunny Day Dresden Pincushion

Pincushions are such a fun, quick and useful project. Great to use at your sewing machine or to give as a gift for a stitch-loving friend! Our Sunny Day Dresden Pinnie is nice and heavy because it’s filled with both crushed walnut shells and rice. The shells are perfect for holding pins secure and the […]

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Sunny Day tips for applying crochet bias tape binding

Our new crochet bias tape is just the most adorable addition for any project! We have 18 choices of scrumptious tapes to add charm to your next quilt or garment. In this post I will walk you through the process of adding the tape to a quilt as a binding. Most of you can probably add binding in your […]

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