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Jelly rolls are the new fat quarter bundle! They consist of 2 1/2 inch strips of color-coordinated fabric. The author shows how to make 15 quilts; each perfectly suited to the color-coordinated jelly rolls and includes variations in color, sstle and size for each project. Click Here to buy!
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 New video podcast lessons will be released four times a month on every Friday. The lesson schedule will be as follows: Week 1: digitizing, Week 2: Computer Related, Week:3 Machine Embroidery, Week 4: Whatever goes! Click on Online Clubs above for more information!
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Introducing Online Clubs!Inject yourself with the knowledge needed to propel your Machine Embroidery, Quilting and digitizing skills!. Learn more...
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Moda Fabric and Teachers |
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Written by Cheryl Childers
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:09 |
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So, what does Moda Fabric and Teacher shave in common? Well technically nothing... but both have been the focus of Hand-Made-Hugs this past month. First of all, Hand-Made-Hugs.com is please to announce the arrival of Moda precut fabrics to our website! They will be posted within the week, so we will be letting you know when they are up. I have to tell you, when I began quilting, I believed fabric was fabric. If it was cotton, it was suitable for sewing/quilting. WRONG! There is a huge quality jump between WalMart fabric and high quality quilt shop grade fabric. It's akin to comparing a point and shoot to a Nikon digital SLR. There is no comparison. I learned that when I began working at a quilt shop and was able to "feel" the difference. Sewing with high quality fabric is so rewarding. The color, the texture... both are worlds different. We will be posting many Moda Fabrics Jelly Rolls, Charm Packs, Turnovers, Layer Cakes (hungry yet!?) and much much more! We hope to add other fabric companies to our assortment, so keep checking back! Now onto the teachers! Miss Self of Hampton Park was the first teacher to recieve a 2009 teacher quilt. This quilt was designed by Cheryl Childers. The children of the class wrote their names (digitized and then machine embroidered onto the grass area) and drew tulips. The tulips were appliqued onto the "stems". Miss Self is now the proud owner of three Hand-Made-Hugs creations! 
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Last Updated on Sunday, 24 May 2009 01:01 |
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Written by Cheryl Childers
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Friday, 30 November 2007 16:41 |
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 After juggling a blog, website and webstore, we have finally agreed they all need to be combined, simplified and in one place! Here you will find it all, and I hope you enjoy your visit.
The goal of this website is to keep you up on all of the happenings with Hand-Made-Hugs, our magazine articles, new designs, embroidery and quilt tips and everything else related to our world. We hope you will find it easier to navigate, and easier to find the news that you are looking for.
Hand-Made-Hugs features: - New Designs
- New FREE Designs
- Topical sections by contributing authors
- Quilt Pattern and ideas
- Digitizing hints and tips
- Embroidery FAQ's
- Quilting FAQ's
- Cheryl's Blog
Other features to come: - Industry news.
- New and improved store
- Image and article submission by viewers
- Used Sewing machine store
- and much, much more!
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Written by Cheryl Childers
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Tuesday, 20 January 2009 01:50 |
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About a year and a half ago my family and I move to a new house about 30 miles away from our old house. Even though we increased in square footage, I lost my sewing/quilting room. It was a delight. It was a bright –light Martha Stewart blue, with lights that simulated sunlight. I had two lights, but really only needed and used one because if I used the two it was almost too bright. I had my desktop computer with a dock for my laptop, my printer (stocked with fabric) and my very own flat screen TV complete with a DVD and cable. I had XM radio and stereo speakers hooked up to my ipod, XM and computer and had many “jam sessions” with my rotary cutter as my microphone and my ruler as a guitar. OK, so now you know. My new house, granted, it’s bigger, nicer, newer, had no sewing room. It’s in the plans, I call phase 10, and will probably come to fruition sometime in 2020, but for now, I had to set up shop in my dinning room. Over the course of the year we host many events at our house, which means with each event, my “office” albeit mobile, has to move elsewhere, primarily my bedroom closet. Once the event is over, I am free to more back. After a year of this back and fourth my husband and I had enough! I had enough of losing items from the move back and fourth and he had  enough of my complaining about losing stuff from moving back and fourth. The Answer? The answer my friend, was blowing in the wind. (I couldn’t resist). This past Saturday I came home from the monthly HUGS Ministry workday to find my husband and kids in our bonus room (nicknamed the theatre since my husband gave up his home theatre for this new house) setting up my new sewing space. Granted, it’s only a corner of the room. The kids still claim the other half with their guitars, keyboard, television and X-box, but I have my own space. My sewing table was dusted off and brought out of storage. My cutting table polished. My brand new sewing chair I received for my birthday 2 Octobers before was finally taken out of its box and assembled. My husband even bought me a floor light to brighten up the area. It’s much smaller than my old room, with much less bells and whistles, but it’s mine. I have a place to sit, alone and in quiet or in the roar of my loud music and explore my creativity. I don’t have to pick up every other day, I can leave my creative mess and clean it up at my own pace. I can actually find my sketches and notebooks! I can display a design wall and not have to dismantle it. More importantly, my husband is no longer having to listen to my rants as I go from room to room looking for this or that! In a couple of years I will have the pleasure of designing my own quilt studio once again, and when I do I will refer to the books Creating your Perfect Quilting Space and Creating Your Perfect Quilting Space Studio Planner by Lois Hallock. Both are excellent resources for redesigning any size sewing space. Until then, I will enjoy my small corner in the room of the bonus room I now share with my kids and all their toys, electronics and all their other stuff that tend to accumulate up there. I have room to be creative without losing my mind. If you are finding yourself in the same frustrating place I was in last week, try to find a permanent space in your home to set up shop. You may make more than yourself happy! Happy quilting! P.S. I'll post a photo of my new quilting corner tomorrow. I'm so proud of my husband and kids. They said it took them 45 minutes to carry my sewing table up 2 flights of stairs! I don't doubt that! For that, I know I have the best husband and kids in the world! |
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