A review of Odif 909 Permanent Fabric Adhesive, recovering a beat-up TV dinner table with fabric and testing how well it sticks to the fabric and a wood surface ..read more

A review of Odif Iron Cleaner with instructions and photos on how to apply it to make your dirty and well used iron look polished again. See how it’s done ..read more

Odif is well known for its Odif 505 Temporary Quilt Basting Adhesive Fabric Spray. 505, as it’s commonly known, is used to spray-baste quilts for quilting. I could not even start guessing how many quilters use 505 being it is a quality product. When Odif announced they had developed another version of 505, I had to try it out. Yesterday, I used Odif 505 Temporary Adhesive Glue Stick to temporarily stick a paper tree template to the fabric for the Christmas in July quilt pattern. I’ve used Odif 505 glue sticks in embroidery, working with stabilizers, and making English and foundation paper piec ..read more

Everywhere I hear “It’s Christmas in July”, so what better time to make a Christmas-themed table topper? A Christmas table topper or wall quilt measuring 24½” x 24½” For this week’s posts, I’ll try out a few new tools and notions including some old favorites. ODIF 505 Temporary Adhesive Glue Stick ODIF 606 No-sew Fusible Adhesive Web – Pouch Format 60g ODIF 707 Repositionable Fabric Adhesive – Pouch Format 60g ODIF Iron Cleaner – Pouch Format 60g ODIF 909 Permanent Fabric Adhesive – Pouch Format 60g ODIF Odicoat Waterproof Gel Coating – Pouch Format 60g OLISO PROTM TG1600 Pro Plus Smart ..read more

The mini wall quilt is perfect for a small skinny spot in your quilting room. In yesterday’s post, I used the PFAFF passport 2.0 to assemble and quilt the wall quilt. In this last post, I’m adding some selvage embellishments and using the passport 2.0 to machine bind. Quilted wall quilt project made with the passport 2.0 Prepare binding Use the 3 – 2” wide strips cut earlier this week in my post, The Selvage Wall Quilt | Decorative Stitches create letters, to make the binding for the wall quilt. Sew the strips together at a 45-degree angle then press down ¼” to the wrong side of the binding ..read more

I’m getting creative this week with some selvage fabric and the PFAFF passport 2.0. In yesterday’s post, I cut the selvage fabric into side and corner triangles for a quilted mini wall quilt. Today I’m assembling the top and quilting it using the passport 2.0. Sew on point rows together To assemble an on-point project I turn my head a bit to the left to see which seams should line up. For the wall quilt, the left side triangle of the row above lines up with the side edge of the letter block below. This continues for each row until the top is assembled. Sew on-point rows together to make the w ..read more

This project is turning out even cuter than I thought it would! I’m delighted with the simple design elements coming together to make the mini wall quilt for my quilting room. In yesterday’s post, I used the decorative stitches on the PFAFF passport 2.0 to stitch the letter blocks. Today it’s all about cutting the selvage fabric to use as setting triangles. If you’re new to setting triangles the size of this project is ideal for trying out this quilting technique! Before I started to cut the unit pieces I needed from the selvage fabric I sewed one straight line approximately ¼” away from the e ..read more

I’m working on a project this week using treasured selvages and the PFAFF passport 2.0. It’s a mini wall quilt that won’t take up too much space in my sewing room. In my previous post, I shared 5 key tips on how to make selvage fabric using features on the passport 2.0. If you don’t have selvages, you can use another fabric instead. Selvage fabric completed with longer tails still attached Today, I’ll share the materials list and start stitching the word feature of the wall quilt. materials fabric selvage fabric made in yesterday’s post OR 1 fat quarter 1 fat-quarter, solid white 6” x 22” p ..read more

This week, I’m using the PFAFF passport 2.0 to create a wall quilt for my sewing room using selvages. I’ve held onto these selvages for a long time and I’m thrilled to finally incorporate them into a project. To add an extra dimension to the quilt, I’m utilizing the decorative stitches available in the passport 2.0 to stitch the selvages together. Here are five tips on how to use the features of the passport 2.0 to sew with selvages. The PFAFF passport 2.0 Gather Selvages To make this project I’m first sewing the selvages together to make a piece of fabric. From the selvage fabric I will cut ..read more

Yesterday, I finished the windows and doors and prepared the trees and bushes for the Summertime Streetscape Wall Quilt. Today, I put everything together to complete the quilt. I’m using UNIQUE applique pressing sheet, HeatnBond EZ-Print Feather Lite fusible web, the Oliso M2Pro Mini Project Iron as well as the handy pressing mat in the Hemline Gold Multi-Use Craft Bag. Press HeatnBond EZ-Print Feather Lite fusible web on the back of the 6″ x 27″ grass fabric. Cut the fusible web sheets into 6″ strips to make a piece long enough to go across the grass fabric. You can cut a curvy edge at the to ..read more