Tag Archives: QUILTING WITH JANOME

A New Look at Sergers: Part 3 – Make a T-Shirt Quilt with the Serger

Posted on May 28, 2018 by

To continue our look at getting the most out of your serger, a quick and easy project is to turn that pile of ripped, old, yet sentimental T-Shirts into a fun and functional quilt. Yes! The serger, ( I use … Continue reading →

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A New Look At Sergers: Part 2 – Quilting With Your Serger.

Posted on April 23, 2018 by

To help celebrate National Serger Month, today’s post will focus on getting the most out of your serger by using it in a different way, for a different application than we’ve traditionally been accustomed. Sergers aren’t just for finishing seams … Continue reading →

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More Quilting Bang for your Buck

Posted on February 7, 2018 by

With everyone in a time crunch these days, it’s a relief to find ways to speed up productivity and cross more items off that growing To-Do list. Can anyone here relate? Increased productivity and speed was definitely something the amazing … Continue reading →

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Janome Horizon MC 9400 QCP Favorite Feature

Posted on December 8, 2017 by

Kim Jamieson-Hirst of Chatterbox Quilts is one of our Janome Canada artisans who has been exploring the features of her Janome Horizon Memory Craft 9400 QCP. As Kim is a quilter, stitching an accurate ¼” seam is one of the … Continue reading →

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MORE CHARM SQUARE MAGIC – practical and pretty totes for the Fall in blue charm squares

Posted on November 27, 2017 by

        We featured a project with Janome show & tell techniques + Janome feet and accessories earlier this month on 30th October  – our Colour of the year green charm square tote & matching zipper baggie.  Find … Continue reading →

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Part 3 of UFO Invasion! Janome to the Rescue!

Posted on November 15, 2017 by

In today’s blog post I’ll share some of the special electronic/ computerized features of the fabulous new Janome Quilt Maker Pro 18 long-arm quilting machine. Part 1 of this series introduced the Janome Quilt Maker Pro 18 long-arm quilting machine … Continue reading →

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Part 2 of UFO invasion! Janome to the quilting rescue!

Posted on October 24, 2017 by

As promised, today’s post continues with our look at solving the UFO (unfinished quilts) dilemma which afflicts so many of us quilters. These days we can piece and assemble a quilt top in a matter of hours, yet it’s the actual quilting process which … Continue reading →

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REMINDER ABOUT AURIFIL THREAD GIVE AWAY AND TAMARA KATE MAPLE LEAF QUILT PATTERN

Posted on September 24, 2017 by

We posted last Monday about the  Oh Canada! Maple Leaf Quilt Pattern being now available + a limited time offer of another pattern  (fabric buckets) from Tamara Kate (see below). AND the Aurifil Janome Canada 150 Thread box giveaway.   … Continue reading →

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Guest blog post from Janome Canada Artisan Jeannie Jenkins.

Posted on September 15, 2017 by

Jeannie Jenkins is one of our Janome Canada Artisans, sews on the Janome 1600P  and she has a neat project to share today: This is Canada’s 150th birthday and I wanted to create a quilt of the Canadian flag out … Continue reading →

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TEST SEW AND RE-EVALUATE

Posted on September 11, 2017 by

When using machine embroidery designs, I always do a test sew of my design first.  I don’t usually make them as large as I would on my finished project,  I just want to see enough of the design to determine … Continue reading →

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