Embroidered quilt blocks

Hello! It’s Stephanie from Sissy Belle Sews here with a special kind of post! In the past, I have posted start-to-finish projects and patterns for you. But today I wanted to share a special project I just finished and tell you how I used my favorite ThermOWeb products to do it! As a quilter, I […] Read more...

Welcome to the weekly hand stitching link up! We celebrate all types of hand work and enjoy seeing what is being created by hands all around the world... slow and steady, one small stitch at a time! Did you know that yesterday (February 8th) was Hari-Kuyo? This is a 400+ year old Japanese ritual called "Festival of Broken Needles". What is that you ask?!? Hari-Kuyo is the Buddhist and Shinto Festival of Broken Needles which is celebrated in parts of Japan on February 8th. For the past 400…

Hello! It’s Stephanie from Sissy Belle Sews here with a special kind of post! In the past, I have posted start-to-finish projects and patterns for you. But today I wanted to share a special project I just finished and tell you how I used my favorite ThermOWeb products to do it! As a quilter, I […] Read more...

Good evening, I love the fall weather, I am hoping that we have some wonderful cooler days as I watch the leaves fall. Halloween is around the corner too and it is one of my favorite holidays with the

Over one-third of quilters own an embroidery machine, and about one-third also do embroidery on quilt tops. That leads to a big question - How do you quilt them?

This lovely bluework quilt top was made by Carolyn. She told me to do what I wanted and I was in a feather mood. So I stitched around most of the embroidery, leaving some of it not stitched to give…

Shelly of The Life of Hazel Ilene is sharing an embroidery quilt-along one block at a time. She says, For these blocks, there’s a plain version, and a fancy version. Which you do just depends on ho…

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Grandma's embroidered blocks quilt is completely finished! I love the texture the circle quilting adds. A view of the back. This is a view of the circles I free handed in the center of the lilac block. Actually that's not too bad! Of course I added a label. After the photo shoot, I washed the quilt then partially dried in the dryer. I took it out before it was completely dry then spread it on a sheet upstairs to finish drying. It has the lovely texture of an antique quilt. Before quilting…

Here is the completed "Little Patchwork Village" wall quilt. Thanks to the gorgeous Janelle Wind for quilting it for me. I love the way it has turned out and the beautiful Holly Holderman Lakehouse Drygoods fabrics were just the thing!...