Lori Kennedy of WeAllSew has your next holiday obsession all lined up for you, free-motion quilting turkeys for Thanksgiving. Lori says, "Stitch the adorable, Turkey Tom on your next quilt! He looks great in the center of a block, or stitch a flock of gobblers in a row to fill a border."
Fall has officially begun, and with it brings all of its favorite treats to snack on. But what are you to do if you want to have a place setting for a nice afternoon snack and don't want to set up an entire place setting? Mary Beck at WeAllSew has the answer for you with her answer to the well known mug rug, the Snack Mat! Now you can enjoy your afternoon snack, leave no mess behind, and have very little clean up afterward.
From Pat Bravo at WeAllSew: "Autumn is in the air! The smell of pumpkin pie, cinnamon and delicious autumn food is here, and what a better way to welcome this lovely season than with a table runner perfect for your gatherings, made with beautiful pink tone colors."
This is a fast and easy project to create a set of four new placemats for your holiday, or any, dinner created by Kerby C. Smith for WeAllSew.com.
Do you ever wish that you could turn your tablecloth into clothes? There's nothing that says you can't, and that's just the sort of out-there and creative idea that Zeta of @zetamakesthings at WeAllSew had. Follow along with her easy-to-follow tutorial and transform that tablecloth that's just been lying around into a Circle Skirt.
Perfect for holding your binding clips, or that sweet treat that you need to keep going, these Fast and Fun Fabric Bowls from Julie Bridgeman at WeAllSew are the perfect project to help solve that storage issues in your studio. Just make one, or a dozen, and organize all those little trinkets you have lying about on your sewing table. AND, maybe make an extra to serve out Halloween candy next month too (just a thought).
Fall is just a few short weeks away, and with it brings Fall decorations. The possibilities for Autumnal decorations are only limited by your imagination, and we've got a great opportunity for getting those creative juices flowing. Megann Freese at WeAllSew has a great tutorial for you on How to Make a Chainstitch Garland. How does this tie into Fall? Well, once you know how to make the chain, you can fill it with whatever designs you want, including such Fall staples as leaves, pumpkins, little cups of coffee, or whatever brings out the Autumn spirit in you.
What's worse than being hot in the Summer? Having your drink being hot in the Summer. So how are you going to keep your beverage cold while carrying it around your party? Easy, you just put it in one of these handy Can Coolers from Stacy Schlyer at WeAllSew. Learn to make this useful and convenient cover to keep both you and your drink cool!
We all probably have a table runner somewhere in our home. You know, the one you put out for holidays and special occasions. But do you really like the design on it? Take that outdated or just not your style table runner and embellish it to give your own personal touch. Don't know how to do that? Julie Bridgeman at WeAllSew is here to help with this straightforward and easy-to-follow tutorial on how to Embellish a Table Runner.
The lovely folks at WeAllSew have shared a wonderful video of our very own Ricky Tims and his journey to finishing a quilt he started over THREE DECADES ago. Ricky says, "Join me on an exciting journey as I complete my Carnival Quilt, a project I began over thirty years ago, with the help of the BERNINA Q 24 and the Q-matic Longarm Quilting Automation System!"
Today marks the closing ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. To commemorate the moment, we thought we'd squeeze in one more story related to the games as reported by the University of Wisconsin that we just loved. Grace Latz, a former Olympic rower and artist who was just featured in Monday's Textile Talk, "was chosen by the Olympic Museum to lead a workshop for senior citizens, transforming recycle sports materials into a piece of art. With the help of a BERNINA, they created this stunning quilt together!" Click through to see the full quilt and to learn more about how this heartwarming collaboration came to be.
Perhaps you have a favorite sweatshirt hanging out in your closet that you don’t wear anymore but just can’t part with because it reminds you of a special vacation spot or favorite sports team. How about repurposing it into a fun and useful tote bag! Mary Beck at WeAllSew is here to help with this straightforward and easy-to-follow tutorial to teach you how to turn a favorite sweatshirt into a tote bag.
Did you love today's featured quilt, Layered Circles by Lori Tourscher? Want to add some circular flair to your next quilt? Well you're in luck, as Cassandra Beaver over at WeAllSew has a new tutorial for your all about Piecing Full Circles. We know circles aren't everyone's favorite shape to make, but Cassandra is here to help you master the concept.
How can you make that Greeting / Birthday / Get Well card you were going to send someone even more personal? Embroider a special design on the cover of course! Kymona Tracey at WeAllSew has a tutorial for you on how to use your embroidery machine to make Embroidered Greeting Cards. Follow along and add an extra special flourish for that extra special someone the next time you need to send them a message.
The BERNINA 990 is BERNINA's latest and greatest sewing machine. With the largest embroidery field at 16.1" x 12", a BERNINA Integrated Stitch Regulator (BISR), a Camera & BERNINA Placement Scanner, and so much more, the BERNINA 990 embodies Swiss engineering excellence with its spacious design, intuitive technology, and versatility at it's best. Learn all about this magnificent new machine below and how to get one for yourself.
Ruler work can at first seem intimidating, but it is actually much more "straight-forward" (haha, get it?) than you would think. Join Nina McVeigh at WeAllSew, who has been a past of guest of The Quilt Show, who has an easy to follow demo showing you how to add Free-Motion Quilting with Rulers to brighten up and a designer's flourish to your home projects.
We're a week into Summer and it's time to get those Summer Projects going. If you haven't one that suits you just yet, may we suggest this lovely Summer Breeze Table Runner from Nancy Mahoney and the fine folks at WeAllSew. Easy and fun to make, once you have this one done you'll want to make more for all of your friend's picnic tables this Summer.
If you make two of these practical pincushions, one for each wrist, you can become Wonder Woman (they just might not be able to repel bullets). Daniela Gutierrez-Diaz at WeAllSew however has a Pincushion Wristband tutorial that WILL help repel pins from sticking in your arms AND from having to hold them in your mouth while you pin things down.
Faith Jones at WeAllSew loves to take traditional quilt blocks and re-imagine them in new and fresh ways. She might "over simplify" the design, play with the colors, or change the scale of the block. In this tutorial, she "supersizes" her quilt block. Learn how she starts with a 12" block and ends up with a 48" x 48" quilt.
Going to the library is a fun activity that the whole family can enjoy, but sometimes it can be difficult to carry everything that they want to check out. Enter the Library Book Bag from Paris at WeAllSew. Convenient and easy-to-make, this brilliant bag will help you bring home your bounty of books with ease.