Author Archives for Eric The Quilter

Serger Tutorial: Small Makeup Bag

These cute little make up bags are super easy to make when you have a serger! The serger trims, overcasts, and puts on your zipper! Just make sure to use a heavy enough fabric and to use a plastic zipper! To be honest I would not recommend doing this on a very cheap serger, as it will have to sew through the zipper, and some cheaper sergers cannot handle it.

What you’ll need for this project:

1. 8 inch plastic zipper

2. Piece of fabric (I used upholstery fabric) that is 7″ by 14″

3. Pins

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Snowflake Table Runner

The world has been obsessed with Frozen and I finally got around to doing something winter themed! I decided I wanted a black table runner and I was going to do some Modern Snowflakes in different shades of light blue, light purple, light yellow, silver, grey, and white! I’ve got about 6 more snowflakes to embroider, but it should be done by next week. One can hope anyways!

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Finished The Duvet Cover

It took me a while, but I made this duvet cover for a customer! I wanted to finish it last night, but I had a date to go on, so I was a bit preoccupied! However, I just finished sewing the velcro on to close up the opening, so I’m quite excited to get this in the mail on Monday! I hope he likes it! It was quite an adventure, this being the first project I used my serger on! It was quite the good investment! I feel like I’m going to be using it a lot!

Using My Serger Like A Boss!

I’m so proud of myself! I actually used my serger, and got all the tensions right, and it turned out great! I used it to make the duvet cover I’m working on, and I think it gave it a nice professional seam on the inside, and now I don’t have to worry about it fraying! I’m so happy I have a serger now! I feel like he and I are going to be good friends!

Finished This Top, Now To Make It Into A Duvet Cover

This one is not actually going to be a quilt, but it is going to be a duvet cover! I’m going to do some light quilting with a back layer of light flannel, and attach baking fabric on the edges to turn it into a duvet cover! I’m really excited, as I have never used a quilt to make a duvet cover before. Thank goodness I have the serger to finish off the inside seams!

I’ve Been Working On 2 Commissions

I recently got 2 commissions for the same quilt. One is an actual quilt,but the other is a duvet cover. I bought the serger, so I do feel better about doing the inside seams now. The other one is a quilt plain and simple. I’ve been cutting quite a bit of fabric, and here are the piles of stuff so far! Hopefully I’ll get some piecing done today! Wish me luck!

I Just Got A Serger!

I took the plunge! I got a Viking 200S serger! I’m just in love with it! Now, to be honest, I never thought I would need a serger, but I had someone tell me about how they put on the binding with a serger, and I thought… “Well that sounds amazing!” So, now I have a serger to play around with! I just have to wait for serger thread to go on sale… not that I don’t have any, but now I need more! Last night all I really had time to do was play around with the tensions a bit because I’ve got a few commissions to work on, but after the holidays, I’m going to be pounding out throw pillows on it! Wish me luck!

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