perle cotton

Orange Peel quilt pattern and tutorial using big stitch hand quilting with perle cotton. Fabric is from the Canyon collection by Kate Spain.

How often do we actually think about the threads we stitch with? What do we know about them and the way they behave? I like to occasionally explore these questions by looking at threads up close, because it’s helpful to know a bit about embroidery threads when making thread choices for embroidery projects. So the ...

Thank you for all of the kind comments on my first mini quilt! I had such fun with that hand quilting. I foresee many more Perle cotton quilted quilts in my future. Speaking of Perle cotton, I made a score on Ebay. This is 36 balls of size 8 DMC Perle Cotton... that I got for $30 with shipping! Woo hoo! That's like 80-something cents each! They are mostly older, but are unused and I read online that they age well. They had been stored in plastic bins. Between these and the inexpensive perle…

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I often get a lot of questions about my hand quilting tools and techniques. Here is a list of tools I use and techniques. Hopefully, this will help you get started on your hand quilting journey! Quilting Hoop. When I began quilting many years ago, Georgia Bonesteel was the 'it girl' on the scene! Georgia brought the

All quilters make mistakes. I make mistakes. Therefore, I am a quilter. Don't you love syllogisms? Or not. It's funny the things you think about when your hands are busy, and your mind is free to wander. I started out hand quilting in the 1980's, and looked forward to the evenings sitting with a quilt in my lap while we watched a tv together. My lap was soon overtaken by one baby after the next, and I didn't get back to hand quilting until a few years ago. But the draw of FMQ with a domestic…

Our beautiful hand beaded coin purses are a master piece of beading workmanship. Every bead is secured individually onto a cotton base cloth and each bead has a lustrous colour changing effect. each bead is utterly unique and so colours may vary from piece to piece so every item is individual. The head is finished with a metal purse clip mouth in an antique bronzed finish with a chain and ring to attach to your bag or keys. The lovely weight of our purses adds to the feel of overall quality…