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[...] more the merrier! The post Gifty Galore Pinterest Page appeared first on Notions - The Connecting Threads Staff Blog. [...]

[...] ! The post New! Free Pattern for Vintage Book Bag appeared first on Notions - The Connecting Threads Staff Blog. [...]

[...] now! Stay tuned. The post Quilt Market – Fall, 2014 appeared first on Notions - The Connecting Threads Staff Blog. [...]

[...] made two! The post Trim the Tree Mini Runner Pattern appeared first on Notions - The Connecting Threads Staff Blog. [...]

Hello my quilty friends!! My name is Karrie (AKA KarrieLyne) from Freckled Whimsy and I am here today to bring you a pattern made exclusively for Conn [...]

Hello!  I am Shannon Mower of Modern Tradition Quilts and it is an honor for me to be the guest-host for this Gifty Galore project.  I am excited to [...]

Photo Christmas Stocking by Sewing Sue It’s that time of year again and I just need to whip up a couple of Christmas Stockings. This year I’m put [...]

Hi everyone! This week’s Gifty Galore project is the Circle Zip Earbud Pouch by Erin Erickson. Ta-da! I love them! The finished project. This proj [...]

Wahoo! It’s Gifty Galore time. I’m super excited about the projects this year, so excited in fact that I somehow ended up signing up for 4 of them [...]

I’m Stephanie and I am happy to have been asked to participate in Connecting Threads Gifty Gal0re. For any occasion or for no reason at all, who wo [...]

This week’s Gifty Galore project, a handy Car Trash Bag, comes from Stephanie Hughes at a A Ditchin’ Time Quilts. Our family enjoys long car trips [...]

Sew Let’s Sew Quilted Wall Hanging Designed by Barbara Weiland Talbert of Jo-Lydia’s Attic Celebrate your passion for sewing and quilting with t [...]

[...] there is no guesswork really. I am just making an odd size and doing it the way I like to do scrappy quilts. I use lids from storage bins to lay out the fabrics so I can see them all at once. The next [...]

[...] brimming with excitement over our latest quilt book, Bits and Pieces. As a huge fan of scrappy quilts, I loved the idea of compiling a group of patterns that use precuts to achieve a [...]

[...] quilts are simply amazing. Speaking of scrappy, I got to hang out with one of the queens of scrappy quilts, Amanda Jean Nyberg. Can I just say, this lady is the sweetest, most energetic quilter I have [...]

[...] and sewing patterns while living in Brooklyn, New York. Alexia and her husband, artist and fabric designer, Rob Bancroft, live in Nashville with their two dogs. She currently divides her time among [...]

[...] Sew Lovely Hi there. I am Nancy Rink, a quilt pattern and fabric designer who has been sewing and quilting for oodles of years. Connecting Threads has several of my [...]

[...] Hi, I’m Winthur, Fabric Designer here at Connecting Threads.  This is my first Gifty Galore project, actually my first [...]

[...] the corners, and smoothing right-side out; I was ready to stuff! Using our Hobbs Polyester Fiberfill, one package perfectly filled my two 13″ pillows! There aren’t photos of this [...]

[...] calls for stuffing the pillow cover with polyester fiberfill. Since we now carry 21278 Hobbs Polyester Fiberfill, I wrote a pattern called 991552 Pillow Insert – Bolster. Now the bolster cover can [...]

[...] out of the way. I stitched basic white cotton fabric together and stuffed them with our Hobbs Polyester Fiberfill – pretty quick stuff. Look at them being all squishy on the couch. Then I cut out my [...]

[...] the binding on at the same time. I left a 6″ opening for stuffing. Using our Hobbs Polyester Fiberfill, I then slightly stuffed the pillow because I didn’t want it too firm – the dogs [...]

[...] , so I glued it on with a drop of permanent fabric glue. I decided to hang the ornament with embroidery floss sewn through the top of the hat because I forgot to insert ribbon in the top earlier. It [...]

[...] , lollipop stick, two red buttons with shanks, snowflake button with two holes, white embroidery floss, red and white baker’s twine, and permanent fabric glue. Some of you may recognize [...]

[...] prevent the paper from warping like it would if I had pinned it in place. Three strands of embroidery floss proved to be just right  for a basic back stitch to really make this and the other design [...]

[...] is it’s so quick to make.  The applique patterns are provided already reversed for fusible applique, which is my favorite method—you get instant results.  A bit of embroidery detail [...]

[...] when fusing my snowflakes to the background circles.  Check out the wonderful tutorial for fusible applique here. Steam A Seam and Applique Pressing Sheet Please note! Steam A Seam is not currently [...]

[...] ’s, I jumped at the chance to make it. It is only 17 inches and the pumpkins are fusible applique so it is small enough to make in a day.  The hardest part was cutting the 17″ circle, [...]

[...] ! CHARGE! We’ll be posting a new project each week here on Notions, as well as in the Gifty Galore group on Quilt With Us. Stay tuned! The post Welcome Gifty Galore 2014! appeared first on [...]

[...] Galore projects, click here. We would LOVE to see how your projects turn out. Join the Gifty Galore group on Quilt With Us (QWU) and post your pictures there for everyone to enjoy. If you’re on [...]

[...] Galore projects, click here. We would LOVE to see how your projects turn out. Join the Gifty Galore group on Quilt With Us (QWU) and post your pictures there for everyone to enjoy. If you’re on [...]