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Level Up Your Quilting Game with Longarm Sewing Machine Templates!
Hey there, have you ever looked at those stunning quilts with their intricate patterns and wondered how they were made? Well, let me tell you, it’s all thanks to the magic of Longarm sewing machines and their nifty templates. If you’re into quilting but could be better at freehand designs, don’t worry! I’m here to introduce you to Longarm sewing machine templates’ fascinating world and how they can transform your quilting game. Imagine this: your quilt back, batting, and quilt top are all neatly set up on a frame, just waiting to be stitched. Longarm sewing machines, with their long necks and roller frames, make it a breeze to sew…
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Oh How I Love A Longarm!
If you’ve ever wondered what a Longarm sewing machine is, well, here’s your chance! The quilt back is placed on these roller things and the batting is added on top of that, then the top of the quilt is added on top of that. Simple enough, right? It looks a little like this ^ Lying the quilt on this frame allows me to sew all the area’s in the 17 inches the neck of the machine can reach. If I was a great freeform drawer, I could use the handles and make all sort of designs to make my quilts even prettier. But as luck would have it, I’m not…
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Applique and Embroidery!
In blowing the dust off the embroidery machine, one of the designs I wanted to try was an applique. It has been at least a couple minutes since I did an applique. While I was playing around, I posted some fun videos online and a dear cousin of mine started messaging asking me how to applique and how to set up for embroidery. I remembered back when I was learning how to use the embroidery on my machine … a mere 3 years AFTER I received my machine for Christmas …. I lived on Youtube and websites to figure out what to do when. THERE WAS A LOT TO IT!!…
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Did someone say “Embroidery”?
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Did someone say “Embroidery”?
Christmas break brought on some embroidery bug to our place! Its been a minute since I’ve embroidered! But I think I made up for it in a couple weeks time with some baby packs. I got some cute canvas bags to use for stocking bags over Christmas and thought of all these ways to make them even cuter, and make them baby bags … cause we all know you can never have enough cute bags when you’ve got babies! So back to embroidery! I started working in my sewing / bedroom thinking about another project and came across some trifold baby diapers (aka burp cloths just waiting to be made)…
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3 years later
I’ve had my Brother 6800PRW for 3 years now and I love LOVE love it! I’ve made big quilts, little quilts, fun quilts, normal quilts, I have used, used used it! But one of the main features about the machine I wanted was the embroidery part – there’s been quilts I could have embroidered but ….. I didn’t know how to use it =( So this year for Christmas, I asked for a couple Accuquilt dies and a class to learn how to use the embroidery part of my machine. I even FOUND the class AND signed up for it!! But there was a delay with the class in December,…
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Did someone say “Embroidery”?
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2016
This year has been 365 days of a roller coaster. While I love roller coasters, there’s reasons they are usually a couple minutes long and not 24 hours. So while there’s been many ups and downs this year, there has also been a great deal of therapy done as well! And by therapy, I mean sewing, because we all know …. yeah. You know how sometimes when you’re knee deep in a project and then once the project is over, you’re like “so what did I do with my time when I wasn’t doing this project again?!?” no? just me? ok =) Here are the quilts I’ve completed this year.…
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Crown Royal Quilts
A cousin of mine is quite the collector! He’s collected Crown Royal bags for the last 17 years and wanted a couple of quilts made for his theater room! Here some of the steps it took to get these twin quilts made –
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Table Runners
A daughter and I decided we needed some table runners to decorate with. Â We evidently decided we needed two of each of our table runners because we got enough material to make two! ha
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Miscellaneous Quilts
Sitting in my living room minding my own business for once when a cousin was at the state fair and text me a picture of a quilt with the infamous words . . . . “hey! Would you make this quilt for me?” I’ve never seen this quilt or this pattern before IN MY LIFE. So what did I respond? Uh, Sure! After studying the picture a couple dozen times and figuring out what size she wanted the quilt to be, I sent her a materials list and Wah-lah! A quilt was born! Since then, I’ve made this same quilt pattern a couple of times with a little modification here and…
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Baby Quilts
I used to hear how “easy” baby quilts were because they were smaller! Ha! But if you pay close attention to detail, you I agonize to make sure every little detail is perfect! Here are some baby quilts I’ve made
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T-Shirt Quilts
When I first started out, I was making Log Cabin quilts for my kids. And as usual, our middle child did not conform to the norm. I should have named her Norm, but instead, we named her Aud, which has proven very . . . . . appropriate. Anywho, she wanted me to make her a t-shirt quilt and I said . . . .uh, sure! I didn’t even KNOW what a t-shirt quilt was but thought, what the heck, I’ll give it a shot. Since then, I’ve done multiple t-shirt quilts and now I can practically do them in my sleep! Here’s a gallery of some I’ve made! Enjoy!
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Log Cabin Quilts
The very first quilts I ever made were Log Cabin quilts. I was astonished at the response others had when they saw my first quilt! I had NO CLUE what a Log Cabin quilt was and what they intended with the pattern. The specs the teacher gave me was buy 3 dark patterns and 3 light patterns, borders, etc. I believe their exact words were “the bolder the pattern the better!” That was like music to my ears! So I picked some great patterns and went to class! Class (Quilt 101) was four separate Monday nights. Just by the name of the class, Quilt 101, I assumed this was a…
