Telecast Thursday - Strippy Scrappy Mug Rug

It's Telecast Thursday!

This week I'll show you how to make a strippy, scrappy mug rug that will use up some of your fabric scraps and batting. It's quick to do as it's constructed using a quilt as you go method. You can, of course, always add some additional quilting to it, but why bother? It's such a small project, that it really doesn't need anything more than maybe a few crystals. You can never have enough bling :)

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

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Make a few mug rugs for friends and a few for yourself too. 

Creatively,

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Singer 48K Acquisition

I'll be explaining why I added another Singer sewing machine to my stable of vintage machines. I know, I know, I'm not supposed to do this, but I did sell one of my other, larger machines, so I definitely had room to add this one. It's a portable hand crank model, so no, well minimal, floor space will be taken up by this machine.

To see my justification for purchasing this machine - and it's a good one - you can watch the video below.

If you are thinking of buying a vintage sewing machine you may be interested in my eBooks for buyers (click here). If you are thinking of selling your machine you may be interested in my How To Sell a Vintage Sewing Machine eBook.

So, if you're a vintage sewing machine collector, could you have passed up this machine? I didn't think so. 

Creatively,

Telecast Thursday - Book Review: Modern Roots

Welcome to Telecast Thursday.

Photo courtesy of www.ctpub.com

This week I'm looking at Modern Roots: Today's Quilts from Yesterday's Inspiration: 12 Projects Inspired by Patchwork from 1840 to 1970 by Bill Volckening. This intriguing book shows you how to create modern projects based on antique quilts. I was amazed at how modern these quilts, some of them over 100 years old, looked. 

Photo courtesy of www.ctpub.com

To see more of Modern Roots, please watch the video below or on my YouTube channel.

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If you admire vintage quilts and would like to recreate them using modern fabrics, you'll want to purchase Modern Roots.

Creatively,

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Telecast Thursday - Colouring Appliqué

Welcome to a colourful Telecast Thursday! I've been having fun using QuiltFusion for appliqué designs, but have found another way to use this amazing program. 

Do you like to colour? or color? Many adults have taken up this children's activity again since it is so relaxing. No thinking, just playing with colours - how fun is that?! I decided to try some colouring too, but rather than searching for colouring pages, I turned to appliqué patterns.

My favourite tool to create appliqué patterns is QuiltFusion. I looked through some of the designs I had created to find one that I thought would work well as a colouring project. 

To see how I did coloured appliqué, watch the video below or on my YouTube channel.

This was so fun and quick to do and my daughter enjoyed this activity as well (she's not a quilter, but loves to colour). 

If you're looking for a relaxing activity to try this fall, why not try colouring appliqué - no fabrics necessary.

Creatively,

Telecast Thursday - Book Review: The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting by Angela Walters and Christa Watson

Welcome to another Telecast Thursday! Today I'm excited to share a quilting book with you that I'm sure you'll want to buy for yourself. It's about quilting - you know the last thing you do with a quilt - well, before binding, that is, but definitely before you are able to snuggle in it.

Photo courtesy of www.martingale-pub.com

In The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting by Angela Walters and Christa Watson, you'll get helpful information for quilting your project on a domestic sewing machine and on a long arm machine. Yes, pros and cons for quilting on both types of machines are covered in this one book, making it a reference book you'll want to add to your quilting library.

From The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting by Angela Walter and Christa Watson, Martingale, 2016; used by permission. Photography by Brent Kane. All rights reserved.

To see more about this book, please watch the video below or on my YouTube channel.

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I'm sure you'll find lots of helpful information in The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting, no matter the machine on which you quilt.

Creatively,

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