I like to know how much fluff will build up in the bobbin area from the thread. Estelle

Love your curtains and machine cover! Thanks for the inspiration. Estelle

Hi Carole, I have had good luck with buying knits from the following sources: Fashion Fabrics Club Marcy Tilton Fabrics The Sewing Workshop (Linda Lee) Happy sewing, Estelle

EmbrIlliance is embroidery software that comes in parts. You purchase as much or as little as fits your needs. There are video lessons on YouTube and a manual. It is native to Mac but there is also a

I have a Gnome for the holidays design from Julia’s Needle Designs, here’s the link https://www.juliasneedledesigns.com/GnomeForHolidays.html Embroidery Library and Urban Threads also have Gnome for t

Judy, Great Snow people quilt! I use fusible Polymesh under quilt labels and under T-shirts, especially the really lite weight ones. It does a good job of supporting the embroidery stitches. Estelle

Hi Jim, Thank you for your response and diagram. I took my machine into the shop and the manager, another employee and myself all stitched on two pieces of quilting cotton with 40 wt Aurifil thread. A

Hi Group, I have the Janome 15000 updated. I had it serviced this month. When I went to piece some quilt blocks, I find that my beloved baby no longer will accept sewing with a variety of threads. I w

June, Thanks for posting a picture of your quilt. It is wonderful. I hadn’t heard of fusible glass beads before and am happy to see the results. Estelle

Hi, I use Embrilliance which has both Mac and PC platforms. There are several levels and prices, so you don’t need to buy the whole package to save designs in different formats. Embird is another good

I have had good results with Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. Estelle

Sounds like fun. I’m in. Tuesday, January 1st at 2 pm MST here in Colorado, USA. Estelle

Jim and Diane, Thank you for sharing the beautiful quilted wreath pattern with instructions. Log cabin is one of my favorite blocks to make and this is such a fun way to use it. I tend to collect Chri

Another option is Embrilliance which works on both Mac and PC and you can have it on more than one computer. It too comes in modules so you buy only the level you want. There are a lot of youtube vide

Hi Sharon, I would look at the Skyline series of Janomes. I have the Skyline 7 for my smaller machine to take to class or retreat. It has good lighting, 9mm stitches and even does a good job of free m

Cas, Congratulations, the purse and wallet look great! Thanks for the pics and links to the patterns. I have some of the same fabric that you used (obviously we both have great taste in fabric). I was

All this great conversation about purses and when I opened up an email from Sew4Home, there was a purse pattern that looked like I would like it. Here’s the link: https://sew4home.com/projects/storage

I had my 15000 updated and I bought the upgrade package. I went on a quilting retreat last weekend and sewed for hours with out any problems. The needle threader worked every time. I used continuous q

Hi Cas, I used the original Tessa pattern, here’s the link https://www.seamwork.com/catalog/tessa You found the alteration to taper the legs of that pattern. The legs on the original Tessa pattern is

Thank you to all who wrote suggestions about sewing flat felled seams on denim. I posted some photos of me in my new jeans in an album named Estelle. I used the Tessa jeans pattern from Seamwork magaz