Welcome back to Week 8 of #freemotionfriday! Our video library is growing with these awesome videos, so if you’ve missed any of them be sure to search for them here. Learning each week with you, as we share our faith journey, is such a pleasure. If you’re just beginning your journey, here’s a post to help launch your free motion…
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How to Use a Stitch in the Ditch Foot (Janome Brother Pfaff)
Have you ever wondered how to use a stitch in the ditch foot? Chances are, this particular sewing foot came with your machine and still sits in the original plastic bag, tucked between several other feet that haven’t been use yet either. No problem: today, we’re going to look at three tips for how to use your stitch in the…
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Free Motion Quilting Designs: Love the Lord (hearts)
Welcome back to Week 7 of #freemotionfriday! Our video library is growing with these awesome videos, so if you’ve missed any of them be sure to search for them here. Learning each week with you, as we share our faith journey, is such a pleasure. If you’re just beginning your journey, here’s a post to help launch your free motion…
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Sew-a-Saint: St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal
St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal was an Indian Carmelite nun of the Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in Kerala, India. She suffered illnesses her entire life – that is until she began to have vision of the Holy Family, at which point the illness she had long suffered ceased. She was canonized as a saint by Pope Francis on November 23,…
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Sew-a-Saint: St. Cecilia
Saint Cecilia a Roman martyr, loved by musicians world-wide as she is the patron of music and musicians. Her story says that, as the musicians played at her wedding, Cecilia “sang in her heart to the Lord”. We celebrate her feast day on November 22nd, a day often accompanied by concerts and musical festivals. Additionally, this extraordinary woman is one…
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Free Motion Quilting Designs: Someday Saints
Welcome back to Week 6 of #freemotionfriday! Our video library is growing with these awesome videos, so if you’ve missed any of them be sure to search for them here. Learning each week with you, as we share our faith journey, is such a pleasure. If you’re just beginning your journey, here’s a post to help launch your free motion…
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Blog Hop: QuiltInk
Have you ever come across a pattern online whose overall design captures you, but you don’t love the colors and wonder how it would look in tones that better fit your aesthetic? Or, have you ever wished you could test out color combinations before you begin cutting into your fabrics to make sure your contrasts and balances are where they…
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Pantone 2021 Artisan Challenge: Week 5 Link-Up (Finished Products)
Welcome to the fifth and *FINAL* week of our Pantone 2021 Challenge – it’s been amazing to journey this month alongside you as we create beautiful works in this year’s Pantone colors! Like you, I’m so very excited to share my final project with you: a modern baby quilt. Didn’t it turn out so so lovely?!? I love how the…
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Free Motion Quilting Designs: Emmaus Road
Welcome back to Week 5 of #freemotionfriday! If you’ve missed any of the prior free motion quilt designs, you can see them here. Learning each week with you, as we share our faith journey, is such a pleasure. If you’re just beginning your journey, here’s a post to help launch your free motion practice this year. ? This week we’ll…
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Tutorial: How to Make a Quilt Block into a Pillow
Do you have a lot of orphan quilt blocks laying around? Me, too. That’s why I’m going to show you an easy project on how to make a quilt bock into a pillow! Your quilt blocks make the perfect front for custom DIY pillows, already sized to the perfect square. Plus, by creating an envelope pillow, you’ll be able to…
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Free Motion Quilting Designs: Abraham
Welcome back to Week 4 of #freemotionfriday! If you’ve missed any of the prior free motion quilt designs, you can see them here. It’s been so much fun practicing our free motion quilting with you each week; what a journey this has already been! If you’re new and just getting started, here’s the full post to help launch your free…
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Pantone 2021 Artisan Challenge: Week 4 (Sneak Peek) Linkup
Welcome to the fourth week of our Pantone 2021 Challenge, and our next-to-last linkup! I can’t believe next week is the last week and the week we share our final projects. This has been going so fast – and it’s been so much fun to see what you’re all creating. Are you ready for some sneak peeks into the projects…
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Pattern: Love Letters from St. Paul
St. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and that often means lots of little love letters start showing up in our mailbox from family and friends. I have such fond memories of St. Valentine’s Day from being a child, too – all those little valentines, many with sweet treats or sparkly heart pencils attached! The inspiration for this block…
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Tutorial: How to Top Stitch Curves on a Quilt
I’m excited to join you for *two* fun shares today: the first is the release of Cinzia White’s latest quilt pattern, Dazzling New York Beauty Sampler, and the second is a great little tutorial on how to top stitch curves on your quilt when you don’t have a compass to pencil in those lines. This short video teaches you everything…
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Pantone 2021 Artisan Challenge: Week 3 (Progress) Linkup
Welcome to the third week of our Pantone 2021 Challenge, and our second official linkup! I hope you’ve enjoyed cutting into (or breaking into, depending on your medium!) your materials. I had so much fun with mine, you guys! I’m making a quilt – no surprise there. The challenge for me this week is two-fold: not only is it a…
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