Ladies! Thank you so much for all the delectable potholder eye candy this weekend! Gorgeous stuff coming in for the SEWING MACHINE DOUBLE DOWN contest! Is your entry almost finished? We hope so because Wednesday is the last day to submit your beautiful creations. It’s going to be so hard to pick the winners of my sewing machine
and Jaime’s sewing machine.
Did we show your potholder above? Leave a comment so we can praise you for your stunning handiwork. Let’s give these pretty entries a hand! Your comment could win you a Sublime Stitching Camp Out Embroidery Pattern.
Pretty Party Dress with Free Downloadable Pattern!
So I showed you a tease of this dress awhile back on the Prudent Baby Facebook Page (we have so much fun over there, why don’t you join us: facebook.com/prudentbaby) It took me a minute to get it to you because I was waiting to give it to miss Dove. Umm, how cute is she? 
Adorbs. So this is a bit more work then some dresses, but I am really happy with how it turned out. 
If you think you’re ready for it, get the full Pretty Party Dress Tutorial with Free Downloadable Pattern after the jump.
And remember to leave me or Miss Dove a comment, because any comment you leave could win you this week’s surprise prize!
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Prudent Project Round-Up
Top: Mass Cut & Made whipped up a Snap Wrap Dress | White Apples made a DIY Cute Crib Sheet | YellowSquareLove made a Pillowcase Dress
Middle: HomeSweetTinyApt made DIY Watercolor Silhouettes | BagleyFamily made Adorable Ear Warmers | Sanna made a Snappy Toddler Dress
Bottom: Sara and Spice made a Layer Cake Skirt | EllensCreativePassage made a 10 Minute Onesie Dress | NeilandNikki made a Hooded Baby Towel
Let these ladies know what you think of their projects in the comments and give them a facebook “like.” We want to see your pictures too, pretty please! Join us on Flickr, hang with us on the Prudent Baby Facebook Page, or send them to us via the Prudent Baby Contact Form. Your “As Seen On Prudent Baby” Button is down there on the left. Baie Dankie!
FRIDAY {SURPRISE} PRIZE
This week we are giving away a gorgeous giant spool of Kreinik Fashion Twist Machine Sewing Thread in the beautiful sparkly shade of Jade. It’s a mint green and silver twist and it’s awesome!
This week’s winner is from the Free Motion Quilting Tutorial & Video post. Natalie wrote:
On my Bernina 1260 I keep my feed dogs up but use a slider otherwise I have tension issues. I bought my slider from daystyledesigns.com. I purchased it as a set with quilting gloves and bobbin sliders which I also recommend.
Also, the picture showing the darning foot shows the thread on top of the foot but I have to thread mine through the loop and hold with the bobbin thread to avoid it getting caught and knotted underneath.
As far as not crossing stitches, I think it’s ok. In my opinion it’s an antiquated rule and there are plenty of designs out there that require you to cross stitches. Check out Leah Day’s blog for 365 (250 at the moment) free motion quilting designs.
I am so glad that you wrote this post and hope that others try quilting now. I am the founder of my local modern quilt guild which is part of the broader network of modern guilds. Check out themodernquiltguild.com for more information on modern quilting đŸ™‚
Wow Natalie! You really know your stuff. Thanks for all of the great info.
Go ahead and send us your address using the contact form and we will send you your prize. Winners have 5 days to contact us before forfeiting their prize to another lucky reader.
Find out the next Friday Surprise Prize after the jump…
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Silhouette In Action
I am working on a little Valentines Day tute for you, and I thought I’d shoot a video of my Silhouette in action so you can see what the fuss is all about. Don’t laugh at me!
What do you think? Don’t lie to me, you know you want one. And now you can CUT FABRIC WITH IT TOO. Don’t even get me started, all I want to do is lock my family in a cage somewhere and play with this machine until the wee hours of the morning. Sigh. If you want to learn more or get your own head on over to Silhouette America.
GIVEAWAY WINNER: mamaRoo
Wow! Alot of mama’s want to get their hands on a mamaRoo! And who could blame you with its excellent features like 5 unique motion settings that mimic that way a parent moves, 5 nature sound options, MP3 input, a mobile featuring the painting of classical artists AND 6 gorgeous color options. Most of you liked the silver best but green and orange were close behind. The randomly selected winner wants an orange mamaRoo. Could it be you?
See who won herself a mamRoo after the jump…
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Free Motion Quilting Tutorial & VIDEO!
Ever since my Mother-in-law gifted Quinn a beautiful baby blanket featuring Free Motion Quilting, I have been obsessed with learning how to do it and then showing you Prudent Mamas. Imagine my delight when I found that Vanessa from Lella Boutique and Heidi from HoneyBear Lane had already done the work for us. Thanks ladies! Don’t forget, any comment you leave this week could win you some Sparkly Kreinik Thread.
Learn all about Free Motion Quilting after the jump.
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Keep Raw Fabric Edges From Fraying
Is your fabric stash falling to pieces after a spin in the dryer? Mine was. Look at those poor tangled beauties! Get a quick fix to keep raw fabric edges from fraying after the jump.
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