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Frosty Stars – Little Box of Sunshine
We’ve been busy working on our latest Little Box of Sunshine and Bag of Moonshine! Curious? Watch the trailer to find out more. Our Sunshine and Moonshine boxes and bags help you to build ...
Little Box of Sunshine, Threads, Tips & Tricks
Christmas Sunshine and Moonshine
Both our November and December Sunshine Boxes and Moonshine Bags have Christmas themes. They’re out now!! Enjoy the Holly & Ivy and the Christmas Lights and Sparkles. You’ll be ...
Little Box of Sunshine, Machine Quilting frames, sewing machines, Threads
Tricks & Treats in our Pumpkin Patch Sunshine Box
Our Pumpkin Patch Sunshine Boxes and Moonshine Bags have gone out this month. It was exciting for us to come full circle and complete one year of Sunshine Box tutorials! We were able to send out ...
Project, Threads, Tips & Tricks
Window Pumpkins Half-term Sewing Project
Get the kids sewing with this Window Pumpkin project. It’s half-term and this pumpkin project is a perfect opportunity to give your kids a go on your sewing machine. We call these window or ...
Project, Threads, Tools of the Trade
Trick or Treat Bag
Whip together this glow-the-dark spider web bag just in time for Halloween. The trick is to find just the right fabric waiting in your stash. The treat is to have just the right tools to turn ...
Studio Stories, Tips & Tricks, Tools of the Trade
IKEA Hack Curtains
We’re a bookish family. When we moved house, we struggled to find the right place to set up our bookshelves. Consequently, most of our books have been stuck in boxes. We decided to get a ...
Long Arm Quilting, Machine Quilting frames, sewing machines, Tools of the Trade
The Work Horse
This post continues our series on what to look for in a sewing machine that you want to put on a quilting frame. In the first post we considered space. Today we’ll be looking at strength ...
education, Machine Quilting frames, Tools of the Trade
Our oh-so-clever larger poles and tracks!
Our Machine Quilter frames come in 6, 8 and 10 foot sizes. While the 6 foot frame comes ready to use, the 8 and 10 foot fabric poles and tracks require some minor putting together. In ...
education, sewing machines, Tools of the Trade
The little machine that behaves like a long arm
All sewing machines are not created equal. Most machines are better at some things then they are at others. Some machines are designed for general sewing, they do a little bit of everything. Some ...
education, Little Box of Sunshine, Retreats, Threads, Tips & Tricks
Pencil Power
Machine Quilting frames allow the sewing machine to glide every-which-way over the top of your quilt. It’s like magic! This amazingly free movement transforms your sewing machine needle ...
education, Project, Tips & Tricks
Emily’s Uni Quilt
Here’s a throwback Thursday post. To go along with our Back to school theme we’re sharing a post about one of Emily’s early quilts. Emily is now an AWESOME quilter. We thought ...
education, Little Box of Sunshine, Tips & Tricks
Mark Twain on Education
“Never let your schooling interfere with your education.” Having been a teacher, I get nostalgic in September. It will always be for me the start of a new year, fresh with promise and ...