Tutorials

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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Prize Winning Packaging

August 20, 2011

*Edited to include information on clear poly bags.* There has been quite a bit of talk at Applique Forum about product packaging. How much should the small business owner invest? How important is that ribbon, tag, or clear plastic bag? So, I decided to give you a little peek at my packaging center. Aaaand if [...]

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QAYG Quiltalong

September 16, 2010

I am a little behind, but I finally completed 2 squares for the Quilt As You Go Quiltalong. I decided to mainly use Sandi Henderson’s Meadowsweet 2 for this quilt. So far, I am pleased with it, and I LOVE this QAYG technique! Also, I realized this morning that my links from yesterday’s post were [...]

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Quilt Along, part 7

August 9, 2010

One thing I’ve learned with this quilt is that a quarter inch presser foot makes all the difference in the world! Now, I know some of you who have quilted for eons are out there saying, “DUH!” And for those of you who are still trying to piece this thing without the 1/4″ foot, spend [...]

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Quilt Along, part 6

July 26, 2010

It’s getting to be more challenging to photograph this project. And it looks like it must be harder to iron as well! I love the pieces that ended up with the little songbird in them. Ordered a perfect 1/4" foot and hoping it helps keep the rest of this thing from becoming too wonky. This [...]

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Quilt Along, part 5

July 19, 2010

I finally caught up with Week 6 of Crazy Mom Quilts’ quilt along. It’s actually part 5 for me in my posting of the process. As you can see, I’ve had to get a bit more creative in photographing the quilt top as it grows. You can see more photos from the quilt along in [...]

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Quilt Along, part 4

July 8, 2010

This week I had to catch up on three weeks worth of quilt along instructions after being on vacation. I follow Crazy Mom Quilts’ instructions for week 3. I carefully lined up stacks of 3 strips into 4 rows to make the cutting faster. Then I made my first square by following instructions for week [...]

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Quilt Along, part 3

June 16, 2010

According to Crazy Mom Quilts’ directions, I began to sew my printed fabric strips to my solid fabric strips, and pieced together my center square. I was a bit too particular about which fabrics were chosen for the center square. I like how it turned out, however it probably wouldn’t have mattered which fabrics I [...]

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Quilt Along, part 2

June 10, 2010

Following along with Crazy Mom Quilts this week, I cut out all of my fabric strips for the quilt top. First, I copied and pasted the directions into a printable form to make things easier. Then, it only took maybe an hour or so to iron and cut everything. I don’t really know, I wasn’t [...]

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