Mastering Metallic Threads
Lookit what arrived in the mail today! My September/October issue of Machine Quilting Unlimited, with my Metallic Threads article mentioned ON THE COVER! I’m thrilled with the layout and how the article looks and reads, and hope you will be too. You can find MQU at Barnes and Nobles (on Sept. 1) as well as order this and back issues online, here.
I LOVE Metallic threads, and once you learn a few basics it really isn’t difficult to use at all! My book, ThreadWork Unraveled, talks all about threads including metallics, but for the skinny on just the metallics, it’s covered in this six-page (!!!) article.
![THe opening spread on the Metallic thread article. The golden eagle quilt on the left, 13 x 13 inches, is a wholecloth quilt using one of my murky "background / forest floor" hand-dyes.](https://www.sarahannsmith.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013.08.Blog_.MQUMetallic002.jpg)
The opening spread on the Metallic thread article. The golden eagle quilt on the left, 13 x 13 inches, is a wholecloth quilt using one of my murky “background / forest floor” hand-dyes.
I was thrilled that my buddy Jim VanderNoot, who lives in Pennsylvania but will be returning to the best place on Earth (well OK, the are other really great places too, but Maine ROCKS) when he retires in a few years (or sooner we hope in the local guild…Jim is a welcome addition!), let me use his “Celebrate!” quilt for the article. Jim’s a fabulous quilter, so I can’t wait until he and his wife get to move north. Thanks, Jim!
![Here's the last page of the article with Jim VanderNoot's quilt on the top--love his sense of whimsy and UBER LOVE his quilting. That's my Garuda Dances Under the Ocean Moon on the bottom, made with Princess Mirah Bali batik fabrics.](https://www.sarahannsmith.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013.08.Blog_.MQUMetallic003.jpg)
Here’s the last page of the article with Jim VanderNoot’s quilt on the top–love his sense of whimsy and UBER LOVE his quilting. That’s my Garuda Dances Under the Ocean Moon on the bottom, made with Princess Mirah Bali batik fabrics.
AND…drum roll for thorough readers…. MQU has a “Web Extra,” a free PDF download of my 2008 article on sewing machine needles. Click here to visit MQU’s Web Extras page and find the link.
I’ve finally finished the major house chores–well, except for painting ALL the trim on the garage–done, so hope to get back to a regular blogging schedule soon! In the meantime, hope you can lay your hands on a copy of this magazine and enjoy this and the other great articles. MQU is one of those magazines that I read cover to cover AND keep all the back issues! Thrilled to be able to write for them again.
P.S. And one benefit to this article… in the past I had avoided bobbin work like the plague. But I thought it would be good to include bobbin work in the article. Guess what… I now LOVE using the Razzle Dazzle thread–I figured out a way to use it and still fill my need to SEE what I’m doing with something that needs to be worked upside-down! So add one more technique to my arsenal…and a few more spools of thread to my stash.
August 20th, 2013 at 2:55 pm
I can’t wait to get my issue!
August 24th, 2013 at 4:07 pm
I’ve finally subscribed to this excellent magazine, and this issue JUST arrived yesterday! Hooray!