Tutorials

Tutorial: Attaching Bows to Shirts

January 15, 2012

There are a number of ways to attach bows to shirts. Today, I’m going to show you my favorite technique. Most of my designs involving bows include some kind of in-the-hoop bow tack. Generally, you will use that tack down stitch right in the middle of the bow like shown in the image above. But [...]

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Buffalo Chip Cookies

December 19, 2011

One of my husband’s customers made these for our family last year. They immediately became a family favorite, most requested treat. The recipe came from Hometown Recipes, submitted by Doris Morrison of Bishop, California. Ingredients: 1 cup margarine or butter (I use butter) 1 cup solid shortening 2 cups packed brown sugar 2 cups granulated [...]

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Tutorial: Simple Gift Idea

December 3, 2011

Just in case you did not see this yesterday over at The Sewing Loft, here is a simple and inexpensive gift idea. I love to give personalized floursack dishtowels, along with some homemade baked goods, to the special friends and teachers in our lives. The following tutorial shows you how to dress up a dishtowel [...]

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Holiday Hotpads from Riley Blake Designs

December 1, 2011

This is such a quick and easy gift idea using

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Tutorial for Ribbon Mane

November 10, 2011

Here is a tutorial for adding the ribbon mane to your MCA Jingle Jungle Lion in Lights. This technique can be used with any applique where you will be adding ribbon. Click on the tutorial to view at full size. Be sure to take advantage of the 2 FREE offers available thru Sunday, November 13th. [...]

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3 Tips for Quilted Applique

October 25, 2011

Trick or Treat VI Trick – Tips for Quilted Applique Treat – 50% off New Designs – priced as marked, no coupon needed, 1 week only LOVE, LOVE, LOVE how the Fox Trails Green Dot fabric looks like little lights on the tree. I only have a few yards left of this one! To learn [...]

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Heat and Bond Lite for Applique – Part 2

October 4, 2011

Trick – Heat and Bond Lite for Applique – Part 2 Last week, we talked about how to prepare and store your applique fabrics with Heat and Bond Lite. A few of you wanted to know what to do next, so here is Part 2 to last week’s trick. 1. Now that your fabric is [...]

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Heat and Bond Lite for Applique

September 28, 2011

Trick – Heat and Bond Lite for Applique When it comes to applique, there are always many questions about the use of Heat and Bond Lite (HBL)on applique fabric. Here is a little trick, or tip, that seems to make using HBL easier for me. 1. First of all, I purchase the large 75 yard [...]

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Ruffled Applique Tutorial

September 20, 2011

I thought I’d start trick-or-treating a little early this year. You can never have too many tips, tricks or treats, can you? Your trick for today is a tutorial for my newly released Ruffled Apple and Ruffled Pumpkin designs. There is also a treat below the tutorial. It also seems that I accidentally played a [...]

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My Memories Video Tutorial

August 27, 2011

Have you recently purchased the My Memories Suite software and need a little boost to get started? Or, are you on the fence about whether My Memories Suite is the software for you? This video may help. It contains the following information – · Software Screen Tour – finding your papers and embellishments. · MyMemories.com [...]

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