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Little Box of Sunshine, Project, Threads

April Showers free-motion-quilting tutorial

April 21, 2018

A Little Box of Sunshine subscription box is just what we needed this rainy April. The quirky retro fabric from Lecien provides the perfect canvas to practice the umbrella shape. Our video tutorial demonstrates outlining, extending a partial pattern and then, as you gain confidence, going on ...

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Mad March Tea Party

March 26, 2018

Our Mad March Little box of Sunshine is posted and on the way now. We had fun with our Mad Hatter Tea Party theme. The Sunshine Box includes a Wonderland fabric from Josephine Kimberling. The stacked tea cups and wonderland characters are so cute. We’ve included an extra bit of ...

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Little Box of Sunshine, Project, quilting project, Threads, Tips & Tricks

Valentine Hearts

February 1, 2018

I love Valentine hearts. Over the years I’ve extended the reach beyond the obvious romantic view to include my kids, mom and auntie, my sister and friends, my quilting buddies and lots of people that I’m just grateful for. We’ve sent this month’s Valentine Hearts Box of ...

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Frosty Stars – Little Box of Sunshine

January 8, 2018

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 your thread stash, learn new line designs and create a nice stack of machine quilted postcards to ...

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Window Pumpkins Half-term Sewing Project

October 22, 2017

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 stained glass pumpkins because we hang them in the window and the sun shining through makes them ...

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Trick or Treat Bag

October 21, 2017

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 your ideas into reality in a couple of hours. The project started as a way to show off the TL 2200 QVP ...

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Emily’s Uni Quilt

September 28, 2017

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 it would be fun to get a glimpse of how she got started. We made this quilt for Emily to take to ...

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Little Box of Sunshine, Project, Threads

Anchors Aweigh

September 1, 2017

Savour the summer with our Anchors Aweigh Little Box of Sunshine. We’re back from our family holiday in Norfolk. As I write this nautical themed post, I’m savouring the summer memories. Here I am flanked by the kids; Kate, Ellie, Rosie, Pete and Emily and Ben. Then we’re all ...

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Little Box of Sunshine, Project, Threads, Tips & Tricks

Summer Fruits

July 22, 2017

Our Cherries and Strawberries Sunshine Boxes and Moonshine Bags went out this week. Each month when I put together the Sunshine Boxes I think it’s my favourite. We really did enjoy putting this one together. The Sunshine Box has a retro cherry theme; very 1950’s American diner. The ...

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Christmas in July: a Juki Club LIVE Event

July 14, 2017

During our Christmas in July event last weekend we celebrated summer and got ready for Christmas at the same time! The venue was the Franklins sewing shop in Colchester. Besides a massive selection of Juki sewing machines, Franklins have everything for the quilter and stitcher; a superb ...

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