Let's Quilt Balloons

Published: Wed, 11/11/15

Star Wars PJ pants
Hi ,

Are you excited about the new Star Wars movie coming out in December? We've been eagerly awaiting this new movie and getting excited about the new toys and video games coming out this fall.

The last time James and I were in Walmart we ran across some cute Star Wars flannel fabric which I thought would make a great pair of pajama pants.

I made the pajama pants using Simplicity 1037 which is a ninja costume pattern, but the pants are just simple elastic waist pants that could easily be repurposed for pajama pants.

This project was both easy and quick because it only required two pants legs and a length of 1 inch elastic. From start to finish, making pajama pants like these should take about 1 hour and it's a great project for learning the basics of cutting out a pattern and sewing.

Click here to watch how I made James's Star Wars pajamas in this in-depth sewing video.
Beginner Free Motion Fillers Workshop
Beginner Free Motion Fillers workshop
I'm happy to say we've put the finishing touches on our newest version of our popular video workshop, Beginner Free Motion Fillers.

In this video workshop you will learn how to quilt many beautiful free motion filler designs and how to connect them together to create a fun sampler quilt.

We've also updated the workshop learning guide to include printable worksheets of all 30 designs! Print the worksheets to practice drawing the designs on paper, then transfer the lines to fabric to practice quilting on the marked lines.

Pick up this new video workshop for just $18.95 this week only!

Free Motion Filler Design #453: Balloons
How to Machine Quilt Balloons
I'm really wanting to dig into new machine quilting designs and get back to a regular schedule with posting new videos each week.

So Free Motion Friday is back and this week we're learning how to quilt Balloons.


Last week we learned Hearty Vine, Karen Klamczynski's design that would be perfect for bed quilts because it really worked great machine quilted on a large scale.

Balloons is very similar and I think it's going to be a great design for baby quilts and bed quilts that you want to quickly cover with one whimsical design.

Did you know you can find over 850 videos on our YouTube Channel? I've been hard at work this week updating and organizing videos so they're easier for you to find and enjoy.

Click Here to check out a new playlist of the first 50 designs from the Free Motion Quilting Project. Each video will play in order giving you several hours of quilting inspiration.

As always, we love it when you share our videos with your quilting friends! Please feel free to send this newsletter to anyone you know interested in machine quilting and making beautiful quilts.

Let's go quilt!

Leah Day