My local guild has "sew day" three times a month and I attend when I can. In the past, I took my best machine because I'm most familiar with it and I often needed its features. But these days I take along my HQ Stitch 210, and I love it. Lightweight at just 12 pounds. This [...]
I have relationships with my sewing machines. We are friends. If you sew a lot, you know what I'm talking about. This means that whenever I get a new machine, like the HQ Stitch 510, I have to get to know it before we can really be buddies. I love the process of becoming acquainted [...]
I hope you're making use of Handi Quilter's Minute Motifs. These short one-minute videos show how to quilt something delightful each time. When I watch I get so excited, you can bet that I'm on my HQ Stitch 710 within a few minutes. Check out these Curly Stars. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zRcADZYlA[/embedyt] I like to have two [...]
I’ve been making improvisational blocks on the HQ Stitch 510 by Handi Quilter in preparation for teaching a class on string piecing next week. It’s very simple piecing and it takes full advantage of the 510’s speed, one of this model’s most important features. The blocks are a variation of Log Cabin. I start with [...]
