Quilts with embroidered blocks

Hello! It’s Stephanie from Sissy Belle Sews here with a special kind of post! In the past, I have posted start-to-finish projects and patterns for you. But today I wanted to share a special project I just finished and tell you how I used my favorite ThermOWeb products to do it! As a quilter, I […] Read more...

Embroidered and Pieced Quilt: This project combines some hand embroidery with quilt squares. We did only 12 squares, (6 emroidered and 6 pieced squares) because we didn't want to repeat any of our embroidered designs... but you can make as many squares as you would like...…

quilts with embroidered blocks | There were several quilts that featured hand embroidered blocks. I ...

This afternoon it was fine and still and not too sunny so I grabbed a few finished items and works in progress and headed outside to take some photos. After what seems forever, Simple Pleasures is finally finished. I quilted a 1/4 inch each side of the block seams ... and echo quilted the triangles in the border. In case you hadn't guessed it's a Hatched and Patched design by Anni Downs. Her stitcheries are so distinctive. For this quilt I used a range of fabrics by Heather Mulder Peterson…

Good evening, I love the fall weather, I am hoping that we have some wonderful cooler days as I watch the leaves fall. Halloween is around the corner too and it is one of my favorite holidays with the

Welcome to the weekly hand stitching link up! We celebrate all types of hand work and enjoy seeing what is being created by hands all around the world... slow and steady, one small stitch at a time! Did you know that yesterday (February 8th) was Hari-Kuyo? This is a 400+ year old Japanese ritual called "Festival of Broken Needles". What is that you ask?!? Hari-Kuyo is the Buddhist and Shinto Festival of Broken Needles which is celebrated in parts of Japan on February 8th. For the past 400…

This is a small wall quilt. 21" x 32" I hand embroidered this and machine pieced. Made in about 1997. Not the best shot but it's winter and I can't get outside for photos. It's about 20 degrees!

The photo above © Austen Family Album How to make a quick and easy Hunter’s star quilt block... Learn how to make Hunter’s star quilt block in just over 2 minutes. Full Post: Hunter's Star Block

Pictures - Three finishes !! Woo Hoo! - I am excited to have these finished and ready to gift. The first two are little quilts and the purse is a Butterick pattern done with batiks. (number B4476) There are lots of changes I made to it, but the front is the same. This is for my sis who made the dean's list yesterday. I

My online class is now over, and it was a wonderful success!! Thanks to all my students, I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know you and seeing your work! One part of the class that I enjoy doing is …