Perle cotton

Orange Peel quilt pattern and tutorial using big stitch hand quilting with perle cotton. Fabric is from the Canyon collection by Kate Spain.

How often do we actually think about the threads we stitch with? What do we know about them and the way they behave? I like to occasionally explore these questions by looking at threads up close, because it’s helpful to know a bit about embroidery threads when making thread choices for embroidery projects. So the ...

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Valdani Big Core Size 8 Green Collection Limited When these are gone they are gone forever. The color numbers are H212, P11, O512, O196, P9, O548, O178, O565, H202, O519, M82 and O539 All sales final.

Thank you for all of the kind comments on my first mini quilt! I had such fun with that hand quilting. I foresee many more Perle cotton quilted quilts in my future. Speaking of Perle cotton, I made a score on Ebay. This is 36 balls of size 8 DMC Perle Cotton... that I got for $30 with shipping! Woo hoo! That's like 80-something cents each! They are mostly older, but are unused and I read online that they age well. They had been stored in plastic bins. Between these and the inexpensive perle…

All quilters make mistakes. I make mistakes. Therefore, I am a quilter. Don't you love syllogisms? Or not. It's funny the things you think about when your hands are busy, and your mind is free to wander. I started out hand quilting in the 1980's, and looked forward to the evenings sitting with a quilt in my lap while we watched a tv together. My lap was soon overtaken by one baby after the next, and I didn't get back to hand quilting until a few years ago. But the draw of FMQ with a domestic…

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I often get a lot of questions about my hand quilting tools and techniques. Here is a list of tools I use and techniques. Hopefully, this will help you get started on your hand quilting journey! Quilting Hoop. When I began quilting many years ago, Georgia Bonesteel was the 'it girl' on the scene! Georgia brought the idea of lap quilting to every quilter who longed to hand quilt, but not keen on the idea of sitting behind a large frame. First of all, a quilting hoop is different from an…

**PLEASE READ FULL DESCRIPTION** ALL SALES ARE FINAL on the BIG CORE BALLS These are the Valdani Perle Cotton Size 8 BIG CORE Balls - they are 80 meters long and the colors may differ slightly between the traditional Perle Cotton Size 8. Valdani was testing and has discontinued these. Which means you get a great deal! The threads and colors are still gorgeous! This collection includes the following 12 colors -- that's just $4/ball! M37M22O19JP3JP7M14M43H201M18V15M8M26