superior threads Archives - MachineQuilter

Lucy’s Quilt & Colour Theory Tips

September 18, 2018

We made this quilt for our friend Lucy when she went to University. Lucy’s quilt is so bright, my husband runs for his sun glasses, but it makes my heart dance. I love how the intense saturated colours fall into simple ordered chaos as the bold floral prints are flanked by stripes on each ...

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Machine Quilting frames, raw edge applique

Red Berry Raw Edge Applique

July 3, 2018

I've been loving Raw Edge Applique for the past few years. I enjoy how fast and easy it is to make a pop of colour! Usually, raw edge applique is done sitting down at the sewing machine. But this tutorial is different. We'll show how to raw edge applique using a free motion quilting technique ...

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Events, Festival of Quilts 2018

Preparing for the Festival of Quilts 2018

June 23, 2018

We're getting ready to head to the Festival of Quilts! We absolutely love the Festival of Quilts. It's such a fun opportunity for us to meet quilters, stitchers and makers. Our frames will be there to try out, and we'll be on hand to chat to you and talk you through how it works. It's actually ...

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Little Box of Sunshine, Threads, Tips & Tricks

Daisies Anyone?

May 14, 2018

“Don’t you think that Daisies are the friendliest flowers?” Meg Ryan in “You’ve Got Mail” Our Sunshine Box May Flowers line design is a daisy! This is one of my favourite line designs. It looks great and it’s easy to do. Making the long thin petals ...

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Events, Little Box of Sunshine, Project

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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Project

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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Little Box of Sunshine, Machine Quilting frames, sewing machines, Threads

Tricks & Treats in our Pumpkin Patch Sunshine Box

October 29, 2017

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 this wonderful fabric from Windham Fabrics by Dinara Mirtalipova called Mischief Night. We used the ...

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Project, Threads, Tips & Tricks

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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education, Little Box of Sunshine, Retreats, Threads, Tips & Tricks

Pencil Power

September 29, 2017

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 into a pencil; so anything you can draw, you can quilt. The frame holds the layers of your quilt ...

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