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Our newest pack of Glide thread colors have arrived! Our September thread delivery comes courtesy of the Primrose Pixie! Take a look at the cheerful thread colors in our Primrose Pixie Glide Thread of the Month Pack!

The Primrose Pixie loves the summer months and she’s not ready to let go of summer yet! For her Glide thread collection she brought us three bright colors of Glide thread: Glide Daisy, Glide Arizona Sky, and Glide Pink Lemonade. Combined, these three look like a scoop of rainbow sherbet. Individually, they’re ...

Last week we shared a tutorial for turning the adorable Lewe the Ewe panel from Susybee into a chenille pillow. That was just a small peek at what you can create with the fun and playful fabric panels from Susybee! Of course, you can chenille any of their fabric panels to create pillows, quilts, and playmats. But what about machine quilting the panels? Take a look at how we made the Lal the Lamb Dresden quilt!

How to Make the Lal the Lamb Dresden Quilt

My own love for the Susybee fabric panels really began because of the machine quilting ...

If you’ve followed me for a while now, you’ve probably heard of my love for fabric panels. So many people still call them cheater panels, but I wholeheartedly disagree! Fabric panels are the perfect place to play, try new techniques, and practice your machine quilting skills. I especially love the fabric panels from Susybee Textiles for both practicing free motion quilting and chenille. Take a look at how we turned adorable Susybee panels into a chenille pillow!

How to Make a Chenille Pillow with Susybee Panels

Have you tried chenille yet? It creates a fun, fuzzy texture on ...

Recently, Quilted Joy got in stock a new product, pre-made bias binding from Moda. Now I have bound quilts with other pre-made binding before. I was not a fan. The stuff I used before was cheap quality, not cheap price, and I paid dearly for it with my time. The material was inferior and the construction, and pressing in particular, sub-standard. The whole purpose of buying pre-made was to save me time, but the poor construction made it more difficult to sew on straight. I am very happy to report that my experience with Moda’s bias binding could not ...