In this video, Heather Thomas shares some creative ideas for how you can incorporate beautiful silk cocoon cherry blossoms to enhance your quilt designs. Heather shows you how to use hand-dyed silk cocoons to create these delicate, life-like blooms. This technique is very simple, requiring no hand work as it’s all done by machine. You’ll find that it’s easier to do than applique and results in a beautiful, unique finish.
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12:18How to Read a Pattern
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2:41Using Fabric Fray in Your Quilt Design
Heather Thomas provides helpful tips on how to utilize the fray in fabrics when making your quilt. Learn what fabrics fray better than others and see the many unique ways of incorporating fray into your pieces. Use these tips to add texture to your quilts.
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5:49Bead Embroidery on Quilts
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2:22Machine Quilting for Beginners
Peg Spradlin provides extremely helpful tips on machine quilting for beginners. Find out her secret techniques that make the learning process much faster. See what tools you may need as well as what thread and needle work best to begin with. Grab your sewing machine and begin making beautiful quilts yourself.
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