August 28, 2023
Halloween Mug Rug
Hi, I’m Susan from Sewfeet.com and I’ve just started my holiday sewing. From Halloween to New Year’s Day, there are lots of opportunities to sew, making costumes, seasonal home décor items, and gifts for friends and family. My first holiday project is for Halloween, a simple hexagon mug rug made of triangles. Quilters Select 60 Degree Ruler This specialty ruler is the perfect tool for…
August 21, 2023
6 Tips to Sew Beautiful Decorative Stitches
Today’s sewing machines have hundreds of wonderful decorative stitches and I love them! Hi, I’m Susan with sewfeet.com and this post is about how to make sure that you get the best-looking decorative stitches from your sewing machine. These stitches can be used to enhance almost any type of project that you are making. Garments, home dec items, purses, tote bags, toys, bed linens, and…
August 14, 2023
Fuse and Piece Quilt Block
Hi, I’m Susan from Sewfeet.com and recently I wrote a post on several types of interlinings that add support and body to your fabric for various applications. In this post, I’m going to focus on one of the interlinings, Select Fabric Prep, and show you another use for it. You can piece this 8” block stitching only 8 seams instead of 24 with traditional piecing.…
August 7, 2023
An Old Applique Technique with a New Tool to Make It Easier
Appliqué is a fun technique with many variations. Hi, I’m Susan from Sewfeet.com and in this post, I want to show you an appliqué technique from the 17th century that stitchers are still using today! Broderie Perse is a French phrase that means Persian embroidery. The appliqué shapes for this technique are cut from printed fabric. Originally, the shapes were cut from printed chintz, which…
August 3, 2023
Clarrisa’s Corner: Embroidered Rope Bowl
Here’s What you’ll need: • Clothesline rope. There are different thicknesses but any cord will work.• A pressure foot that has a channel on the bottom so the cord will feed through the channel. I also like an open toe foot to allow me to see where I am stitching.• An extension table for your machine if you have one.• (optional) Quilter’s Select Para cotton…
July 31, 2023
Benefits of Rotary Cutting
One of the best advances (in my opinion) in sewing tools over the last few decades has been rotary cutting tools. Hi, I’m Susan with Sewfeet.com and in this post, I’m showing you the cutting tools I use plus my favorite way to cut bias binding. These tools are from Quilters Select tools from RNK Distributing. Why Use a Rotary Cutter? Scissors have been around…