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How to Maintain Good Posture While at Your Sewing Machine

Is that pain in your neck and lower back getting the best of you and taking away the joy you once had sitting at your sewing machine? In this video, Kelly Pederson Hanson shares some of her tried and true suggestions for keeping your posture in check while at the sewing machine, ensuring that you'll be pain-free and energized while spending time at the machine.

The Right Needles for Your Sewing Machine

Heather Thomas explains in depth the benefits and qualities of each sewing machine needle. These tips and techniques will help you choose the right sewing needle and learn which needles work well with different threads. Learn the many possibilities associated with specific needles and threads. Use these tips to start sewing more efficiently with different-sized…

Machine Quilting Wholecloth Quilts

Wholecloth quilts are a stitched symphony of fabric, motifs, texture and embellishments. Showcase your quilting as you design and create your own wholecloth treasure.

Freestyle Machine Quilting DVD

Description DVD: Freestyle Machine Quilting 120 minutes. Chapter Topics: A Look at the Art of Machine Quilting and How quilting Effects the Quilt Preparing to Quilt Approaching the Machine; Posture, handholds and Movement Stitch It: Dancing with Your Machine Watch a preview of this DVD below:

Machine Quilting Designs and Ideas

Need some new quilting designs and ideas? Heather Thomas gives you a pep talk, telling you that failure and ugly quilts are part of the process to mastering machine quilting. Then, Heather helps you begin by looking at pages of designs. Hear how they are best used on an average quilt, and feel free to pause…

Machine Quilting Pattern Ideas

Looking for some inspiration for your free motion quilting designs? We've compiled a list of pattern vocabulary for you to apply to your quilts! Free motion quilting can be difficult, but it really makes quilts look incredibly unique. Do any of these patterns give you inspiration to give it a try?

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Thread Color for Machine Quilting

I’m learning to use your quilting methods on my longarm machine. They are very clear and well done, thank you so much. My question is: You suggest always using the same thread on the bobbin as well as the top to eliminate the bottom thread showing up at any time on the top, and as well you suggest changing threads on top with the different color changes of the piecing. It all looks great, but does that mean we change the bottom thread each time we change the top thread?

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Choosing the Right Quilting Thread

Heather Thomas teaches you all about thread while providing helpful tips and techniques for working with thread. Learn the many types of thread available as well as the many brands and weights of thread. Understand the value of thread and add element to your quilts. Find out all you need to know about thread and…

How to Satin Stitch with Machine Quilting

Heather Thomas introduces several techniques on how to add satin stitching to your quilts. Find out how many ways you can incorporate satin stitching into your pieces. Learn how change the density of your stitch to create depth in your quilts. Use these tips to add a design element or thickness to your quilt.

Magical Jelly Roll Quilts

Create sophisticated quilts with easy-to-use precuts. Best-selling author Kimberly Einmo shares piecing, appliqué and machine-quilting techniques!