This week, like all others, was great working with familiar products and new tools and notions. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but I’d say it was the Gütermann Denim Love Nostalgia Box filled with 12 shades of denim thread. Yesterday, I showed you how to baste a quilt using safety pins, and how quilting with parallel line stitches makes things interesting. Today, we’re binding the quilt. Gütermann Denim Love Nostalgia Box Denim Thread 100m 12 Shades To make the binding for the quilt, I need 2½” strips. I can get these strips from leftover denim from the pant legs I cut earlier this week, or f ..read more

Yesterday was a day of sewing and cutting with SoftKUT Dressmakers’ Scissors, OLFA 60mm rotary cutter with a tungsten rotary blade and the labels from the Gütermann Denim Love Nostalgia Box. Labels from the Gütermann Denim Love Nostalgia Box, OLFA 60mm rotary cutter and the SoftKut scissors Before I start today, I just want to remind everyone that there’s still time to add pockets or labels to your quilt top. Easier to do it now than once the quilting is completed. Sew cute labels to a quilt top. As I was putting this quilt together, I debated whether or not to put batting in this quilt as ..read more

In yesterday’s post, I showed you how to hide a hole and rip in denim fabric with a circle made with the help of a TrueCut 360° Circle Cutter and Gütermann Denim Love Nostalgia Box Denim Threads. The Gütermann Denim Love Nostalgia Box and the TrueCut 360° Circle Cutter Today, the plan is to complete the quilt top by adding pockets where needed and attaching the shirt and jeans to the denim backdrop. As I was getting ready for today, I noticed there were a few spots where the fabric was very thin. I showed you how to cover holes yesterday, but today I got another idea, pockets! I took some ba ..read more

When I was presented with the Gütermann Demin Thread Box for this week’s posts, I knew exactly what I wanted to create, a clothing-inspired denim quilt. Clothing-inspired denim quilt This quilt measures 56” x 70” before quilting. materials ·         Gütermann Denim Love Nostalgia Box Denim Thread 100m 12 Shades ·         OLFA Deluxe Ergonomic Handle Rotary Cutter 60mm ·         OLFA Tungsten Tool Steel Rotary Blade 60mm – 5pcx ·       &nbs ..read more

It’s the end of the week, which flew by, and I’ve had so much fun getting to know the PFAFF powerquilter 1600. Yesterday we took a look at the stitch regulation on the powerquilter 1600. Today, I want to mention the optional accessory feet and take a quick look at the Tools Menu on the Color Touch Screen. Four different feet or sets of optional feet are available for the powerquilter 1600. I’ll start with the Ruler Foot, used for straight-line or stitch-in-the-ditch quilting. The Ruler Foot You’ll notice that it’s round like the hopping foot that comes with the powerquilter 1600. However, it ..read more

What a great week I’m having with the PFAFF powerquilter 1600. They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but I have to say that using this sit-down quilting machine with a large throat space and large surface has opened up my eyes to a new way of quilting. Yesterday I used the PFAFF powerquilter 1600 in manual mode, similar to quilting on my domestic sewing machine, which doesn’t have stitch regulation. It’s not perfect, but I was thrilled with the results. Since I’m a little rusty, it’ll take a few more quilts to feel 100% comfortable and get in the groove of those smooth lines. But all ..read more

We’ve spent a couple of days getting to know the features of the PFAFF powerquilter 1600, so we can dive right in today. The built-in four-spool thread stand I’ve got some bobbins wound, the machine is threaded, and we’re ready to go! As I mentioned, there are four stitching modes on the powerquilter 1600, although it’s probably more correct to say there are two stitching modes (Manual and Regulated), but within each mode, you have some choices, so there are a total of five options. In Manual mode, the speed of the machine and how fast you move the quilt determines the stitch length. In Regu ..read more

I’m very impressed with the features and benefits we chatted about yesterday for the PFAFF powerquilter 1600, and I haven’t even stitched anything yet! I’m looking at the remaining physical features today, so we can start quilting tomorrow. I know – you want me to start quilting today, but here’s the thing. If I sit down and immediately begin to play, which I’ve done many times, I miss plenty of little tips and tricks and often run into difficulty. How often have I seen people struggle with threading a machine when it’s pretty simple if you follow the diagrams provided? So, I’ll take a few min ..read more

This week, I get to explore the PFAFF powerquilter 1600 Long Arm Quilting Machine, which is pretty impressive, and you’ll see some of the exciting reasons today. The PFAFF powerquilter 1600 sit-down quilting machine The powerquilter 1600 is a dedicated sit-down quilting machine, and until you quilt on one, you have no idea what you’re missing. I’ve not had much chance to quilt with a sit-down quilting machine in all my years of quilting. As much as I love quilting on a domestic sewing machine, I find dealing with the bulk of the quilt to be physically exhausting and stressful for my body, es ..read more

As I finished quilting the multi-colored quilt panel yesterday, I was curious about how the Gütermann thread boxes would match my next quilt panel projects. I have several quilt panels but here are two that inspire me now. For this printed quilt panel there are several ways I could quilt it but the one that jumps to mind is using vertical lines thinly spaced apart. The other way is to thread paint key elements in the image. Quilting the eyes, the lips, the bobbles, and her hair! There are plenty of colors in the Gütermann Nostalgia Box to suit every detail. My next project! A large print fab ..read more