Adventures with the Brother Scan N Cut and Electric Quilt

Lucky me, I live not far away from a lovely fabric shop Lynns Quilting Studio who sells and services Brother sewing machines.  Brother also makes an amazing machine the Scan N Cut and since I am definitely a gadget person, I was delighted to accept Lynns invitation to learn the machine and then teach others.

Frankly my first attempts at learning the machine were a dismal failure!   YouTube was helpful but one person would do something their way and the next video would show a completely different route.  With a large dose of patience and a stern talking to myself I mastered the fine details of cutting fabrics and happily teach the amazing potential of this machine.


I'm also an avid EQer and these two products were made for each other.
Here's my Sunbonnet Sue design from Electric Quilt 

 

Stay tuned!

Bucket Hats

Although I do love to make quilts, I started my sewing life making clothes.   Inspired by my sister-in-law,  I decided to stitch up a bucket hat.    Quilts are flat - bucket hats are not. Will my sewing a three D skill return?

And what about a pattern?  I live in a rural area so don't have an option to purchase a pattern locally.  Internet to the rescue and here's the result.

Thanks to Oliver + S for the free reversible bucket hat pattern and the my stash for the fabrics.   And yes this is a kids pattern so I used a 1/4 inch seam rather than 1/2 inch as suggested.  Fits me perfectly.

I do love to sew :-)