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Assembling The Cloth Poles

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The textile poles on our larger 8 together with 10 pes vii inch frames demand to locomote assembled. The poles are likewise long to send every bit they are. But don't worry! We made it easy. Our textile poles come upwards amongst the leader textile already riveted. It's a slap-up characteristic together with nosotros didn't desire to plough over it up. Our challenge was to proceed the leader textile inward 1 slice but convey the poles inward two! This is how nosotros solved the problem. First bring out the leader textile from or together with then the pole. You'll demand a screw driver  together with the screws that come upwards amongst the frame. There's a screw that moves inward the slot above. Push the screw together with this within fleck of tubing comes out.  It industrial plant similar a tent pole or an extendible mantle rod. Put the 2 ends of the pole together Slide the screw over Push it all the means to the

Double Duty

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Emily machine quilting on our New English linguistic communication Quilter Usually we're using our New English linguistic communication quilter tabular array for machine quilting. But when nosotros needed to redecorate our upstairs bathroom, I realized that our tabular array would brand a perfect wall newspaper table.  I  set the tabular array upward inwards Peter's sleeping accommodation as well as added the terminate pieces to cash inwards one's chips inwards x feet long. it was merely perfect for pasting the wall newspaper for the bath side past times side door. Chris helped out amongst the tricky bits as well as before long nosotros had the sloping ceiling covered. And as well as thence nosotros were cook to add together the bath. It was thence exciting to encounter the projection coming together.

New Curtains

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Grey Beach Hut drape cloth from Terrys online shop Once the tiles in addition to fittings were inward identify it was fourth dimension for the curtains.   Terrys Fabric online sho p had a corking nautical collection on sale for £7.99 per metre. It was amazing to detect drape cloth cheaper than quilting fabric! The curtains came together inward no fourth dimension amongst my Juki Exceed 600.  I used OMNI thread on spill out in addition to Bottom Line inward the bobbin. The trickiest fleck of curtains for me is the hemming. But I was able to figure out the blind hem stitch using an online tutorial in addition to the especial blind hem human foot that came amongst my Juki Exceed sewing machine.   It's all near the folding. And the results are really invisible! Not bad for my rattling commencement blind hem! It looks in addition to thence professional. And hither are the curtains all finished in addition to upwards inward the novel bathroom. I've be

Mending Amongst Kimono Silk

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It's peachy having grown-up girls. We tin hand the axe part shoes as well as sweaters. When I got my sweater dorsum it was a fleck holey. The weave was unloosen as well as and thus I idea that it mightiness non move likewise difficult to mend. I had a await through my threads as well as the closest gibe was a cone from the Kimono Silk arrive at called Tsunami.  Here it is, all mended now. The silk thread was as well as thus fine that it merely slipped betwixt the fibres as well as seemed to disappear. Now it's merely every bit practiced every bit new. Thank you lot Superior Threads! mending amongst Kimono Silk threads #336 Tsunami

Double Takes At The Festival Of Quilts

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Nick Loven Film maker I was looking through concluding years Festival of Quilts photos. We'd asked Nick Loven, our cinema maker together with lensman to come upwards together with accept or together with hence photos of our stand. He took lots of dandy photos of people trying the Juki sewing machines on our New English linguistic communication Quilter frames. It was a dandy year! There were thousands of quilters everywhere.  Camera-men are people watchers together with this is what he noticed. Too cute! The 2014 Festival of Quilts is early on    Thursday seventh August until sun tenth August We'll endure amongst the JUKI dealers under The Franklins Group A36/B36   You'll endure able to encounter Juki sewing machines, New English linguistic communication Quilter frames together with Superior Threads all inward i place. See yous there!

Dream Come Upwardly True

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NEW JUKI QVP eighteen X ten inch long arm Three years agone nosotros asked a question. How long would the arm move on your ideal dream machine?   Follow the link together with read the post. Just close everyone said eighteen inches!  Last twelvemonth JUKI introduced their NEW eighteen X ten inch long arm across the pond.  American quilters were giving it rave reviews together with then nosotros shipped an American model across the Atlantic simply for the 2013 Festival of Quilts . test driving the JUKI QVP at the 2013 Festival This twelvemonth JUKI has created our really own  UK/European CE approved  18 X ten inch  long arm!  Test motility the NEW JUKI Quilt Virtuoso Pro  at the Franklins stand upwardly A46 B36-38 .  I can't wait!! JUKI Quilt Virtuoso Pro 2200 (stitches per minute)

Treasure Hunt

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JUKI/ New English linguistic communication Quilter Stand at the 2013 Festival of Quilts Finding the JUKI/New English linguistic communication Quilter stand upward at the Festival of Quilts is similar looking for buried treasure! The novel online conduct to the Festival of Quilts is going to teach inward easier to abide by us.   There are lots of fun links to Facebook , Pinterest , Instagram , YouTube and Blogger. Franklins accept sewing machine shops throughout the UK We're listed nether FRANKLINS Group Limited . Franklins are the UK Distributors for JUKI sewing machines. We at Machine Quilter accept been sharing a stand upward at the Festival of Quilts e'er since 2005 when nosotros savage inward dear alongside the JUKI TL98 P sewing machine.  Martha Milne alongside her JUKI TL98P on the New English linguistic communication Quilter We're but where nosotros were final twelvemonth Stand A46  B36-38 , but by the exhibition quilts on the correct equally you&

Sally's Quilt

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Sally at the Salisbury Machine Quilting  Retreat Day I met Sally at the Franklins store inwards Salisbury this Spring. Emma as well as I were demonstrating our New English linguistic communication Quilter frames for a 'Love Quilting' event. Sally'd come upwards to choice upwards to a greater extent than or less cloth as well as threads. As she was hurrying out the door, Sally noticed our New English linguistic communication Quilter frames as well as did a double take.  "Oh," she said.  "What a practiced idea!" "I was but going to pay somebody to quilt my tops for me." Maybe, I should do it myself." Sally was inwards a hurry but she said that she's come upwards dorsum the side yesteryear side day. And she did. Salisbury Franklins 'LOVE Quilting Event' Sally bought the 10 human foot seven inch New English linguistic communication Quilter II frame as well as the JUKI TL98P lockstitch sewing machin

Eureka Moments

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New English linguistic communication Quilter frame on the Franklins Stand at the Festival Another corking present has come upward together with gone. As the dust settles nosotros are tired but happy to cause got shared our machine quilting passion amongst thousands of people.  It's a perfect jeopardy to discovery the machine quilting frame that's the 'right fit' for each persons infinite together with pockets. Ikuko, Clarissa together with Martha at the JUKI stand upward Festival of Quilts 2014 After making the rounds, many people are surprised to discovery our New English linguistic communication Quilter frames.  People appreciate the simplicity of pattern together with the liberty of movem ent. They peculiarly similar the diverseness of sizes to check inwards a diverseness of homes, non to refer the affordable pricing! feeling the crusade on the Art Quilter frame for the kickoff time During our demonstrations in that location are  three '