Telecast Thursday - Chicken Pincushion Project

Welcome to Telecast Thursday! This week I'm showing you a cute little pincushion project that got a little out of hand. I guess if you're going to make something, you might as well super-size it!

I love watching the Missouri Star Quilt Company's videos on creating easy quilts and other stitchy projects. This one caught my eye and I thought it would be perfect made with charm squares. I didn't realize how big this chicken would turn out to be!

You can watch the video below or on my Youtube channel.

If you're looking for a quick and cute pincushion project - or a stuffed toy in my case - check out their video. I'd love to see what you create.

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Telecast Thursday - Cartwheel Mini Quilt

Hi everyone and welcome to another Telecast Thursday. This week I thought I'd show you one of my recent projects.

I found the pattern for this Cartwheel Mini Quilt in Issue 6 of Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine and was excited to use up some scraps creating it. I typically do appliqué quilts, so a completely pieced quilt was a bit of a change for me. I was pleased with the result and love the bright, happy fabrics. 

While I love piecing tops, I'm not so good at quilting them so I was very happy when my friend, Lee of Lala's Lovelys Quilting offered to quilt it for me. Lee does wonderful work on her APQS long-arm quilting machine and I was so glad that the top was quilted - and the quilting looked so much better than what I would have done. You can see the project - and Lee's quilting designs - in the video below or on my Youtube channel.

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Telecast Thursday - Appliqué Template Ideas

Welcome to another Telecast Thursday! This week I'm taking a break from my series on hand embroidery stitches to talk about appliqué templates. You may've seen these for sale in my store and thought they were only useful for adding appliqué shapes to clothing, bags, and quilts. While you can do this, of course, there are also other uses for these designs. 

I often use my appliqué templates in embroidery designs and in this week's video, I'll show you how I do this. 

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I hope you'll try using appliqué designs as embroidery patterns. I'd love to see what you create.