Embroidery on quilts

Want to learn the basics of hand embroidery with an easy online workshop - totally free? Sign up for Embroidery 101 here. You'll learn how to get started, the tools and supplies you'll need, the four most basic stitches, how to transfer your pattern and how to display your work. If you already know the

How to Hand Embroider A Quilt to give more texture and more color, quilts are always beautiful, but hand embroidery stitches will make them to look even better!

Welcome to the second installment of Embroidery School! Are you ready to go crazy? I hope so because we're going to work through some incredibly beautiful stitches used along fabric seams in crazy quilts. If you haven't worked the lessons from the original Embroidery School series, you can still do this one. All the stitches are explained, the "old" ones and the "new" ones. Here are some links to other useful lessons: Transferring the design to fabric Knotting and not knotting your thread…

Tying a quilt is an easy and quick way to finish a quilt. Tying a quilt means using thread or yarn to attach all three layers of a quilt together. This is a great option for beginner quilters as well as more advanced quilters! To add some extra interest, ties and quilting can be used...

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Your Walking Foot is Perfect for This Technique! You may have seen and admired modern Crazy Quilts embellished with decorative stitches. But, have you considered adding a bit of that special flavor by quilting with them? It’s really quite easy to do once you understand the basics. In the following video, Jacquie Gering demonstrates how …

Staring at your unquilted quilt top and looking for some machine quilting tips for the borders? We found 7 easy walking foot border quilting ideas to give you the inspiration you need to think outside the box on your next quilt project. #quiltingwemple #machinequiltingtips #quiltingtips #machinequilting #borderquiltingideas

In this video I show you three different ways to transfer embroidery patterns - including my favorite method - one that even works on black velvet.

I was over at Chicken Scratch Country Threads’ blog and saw these pieces. Mary even included a close up picture. Oh, my word. I just loved it.I love hand stitching. I love old embroidery piec…

We are sew excited to share our ultimate guide on how to make a crazy quilt! From planning to stitch type, we've got everything you'll need!