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I watched a video the other day from Lisa Capen Quilts on YouTube (you can learn anything on YouTube) and I fell in love with a wall hanging she was making themed around candy...
I watched a video the other day from Lisa Capen Quilts on YouTube (you can learn anything on YouTube) and I fell in love with a wall hanging she was making themed around candy...
Embroidery / Quilting / Scan-n-Cut / Sewing
by Power Tools With Thread · Published December 25, 2018 · Last modified July 18, 2021
As promised, I’m going to show all the quilting and embroidery gifts I worked on throughout the year for my grand kiddos. The quilts were quilted on my King Quilter using a Butler robot....
Applique / Embroidery / Gifts / Longarm / Quilt Butler / Sewing
by Power Tools With Thread · Published November 16, 2018
I’ve had a busy sewing November so far this month. Hubs and I planned to visit the Houston Quilt Festival and we made the trip from our coastal home in Port O’Connor, Texas...
And on the practical side of my life… You’ve heard the old saying “Preacher’s kids are always the worst?” Well, here are my current potholders. Pretty sad, huh? They’ve definitely seen better days. I...
Applique / Embroidery / Scan-n-Cut
by Power Tools With Thread · Published September 23, 2018 · Last modified January 15, 2019
I know “Automated” and “Machine Embroidered” sound redundant, because just the fact that the machine is doing the embroidery means it’s automated, right? I’ve taken it a step further! Last year I blogged about...
by Power Tools With Thread · Published September 16, 2018 · Last modified October 25, 2018
I just took a fun little overnight road trip to The Woodlands (just north of Houston) to attend a Designs in Machine Embroidery (DIME) Stitch Lab. I’d never been to one and wanted to...
Embroidery / long stitches / Longarm / Quilting
by Power Tools With Thread · Published May 13, 2018 · Last modified May 15, 2018
Just a short note to share the latest things recently under my needles. We just came back from the coast with my step-mom for Mother’s Day Weekend 2018 and we had an absolute ball. ...
Have you ever heard of machine embroidery with mylar? Yes, that plastic iridescent stuff for gift bags. A company called Purely Gates has an entire line of embroidery designs specifically for use with mylar. ...
Embroidery / Silhouette Cameo 3
by Power Tools With Thread · Published July 28, 2017 · Last modified October 25, 2018
I’m recently all about a new technology/skill/craft that is creating pre-cut fabric applique pieces with a cutting machine and adding them to a quilt block with an embroidery machine. I’m not sure what that...
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