There are two basic types of machine quilting that can easily be accomplished on most sewing machines—straight line and free motion. Straight line quilting is the easier of the two techniques but both require a bit of practice. Straight Line Machine Quilting Straight line machine quilting is best accomplished by replacing a regular presser foot with a walking foot, often called an even-feed foot. A walking foot is a specialized pressure foot that grips the top of the quilt sandwich, advancing it through the machine at the same rate as the quilt’s back, which touches and is moved along by the sewing machine’s feed dogs....

Before you start making a particular type of palm, study the shape of its fronds, as well as how the fronds come off the trunk, and the relative size of the fronds. For most scale miniatures, generic palm fronds should be about the size of a doorway or the height of a person in the same scale. This will create palms that appear to be in scale outdoors. Indoor palms only have trunks in conservatories....

The Creator Enid Collins was a clever milliner from Medina. Texas began producing fanciful handbags in 1959. She continued to take credit for her designs until 1970 when she sold her business to the Tandy Leather Corporation. Identifying Bags When Collins was doing her own designing, the canvas bucket bags and box purses she produced were signed with “EC” or “c.” on the side of each one. They were colorfully decorated with paint, sequins, rhinestones, and other unique embellishments....

What Is Lacquer? Because of the similarity of the names, lacquer is often confused with shellac. The confusion often comes from the fact that shellac comes from the lac beetle, but lacquer does not. Instead, lacquer is derived from the resin of a specific tree commonly referred to as a varnish tree. This resin is harvested from the tree’s sap and is then refined and mixed with lacquer thinner to create the common woodworking finish....

Because a worksheet is massive –the software makers have built-in a logic that it should print only the area that contains data. Print area is by default set to cover all the cells that have some data. If data there is a lot of data Excel will cover it all in print. If you give print command –it will print all the cells. At times you may not need printout of all this....

I will list a few apps that effectively resize photos. However, as a user you have to decide on the app that best meets your requirement. Photo Compress 2.0 Photo Compress 2.0 is a free app and you can download it from Play Store, and the good news is that it is an ad free app. Use this app if you want to compress your large pictures into smaller sized pictures without compromising on the picture quality....

Many people face this intriguing problem on their Windows computers (including the latest Windows 8). Let’s see how to get around this problem. Well, this problem exists because you’re using US International Keyboard layout. This layout is a bit problematic one. The easiest way to solve the above mentioned problem is to use US English or British English layouts. Here is how to do this: Go to control panel (In Windows 8 you can press Windows + R to bring up the Run dialog box and then type control in that box) Now go to Languages option You will get a screen where you’ll see the list of languages that have been installed in your computer....

“To help you know what to expect, you can preview parts of the course before buying.” Best Budget: Instructables Free Online Woodworking “If you like reading and just want to see what woodworking is all about, check out this free course first.” Best for Beginners: The Weekend Woodworker “The course includes printable plans and diagrams, video demonstrations, and comprehensive tool guides and material lists.” Best for Experts: Woodworking Masterclasses “These lessons focus on more difficult woodworking projects like crafting furniture and learning specific techniques....

Bamboo knitting yarn is a relatively new entry in the knitting world, but it has become quite popular very quickly and with good reason. Bamboo is a beautiful natural fiber that wears well, brings a little bit of luxury to a project, and is often considered naturally antibacterial. Environmentally Friendly Bamboo yarn, when not mixed with unnatural fibers, is biodegradable. Many of the choices on the market are dyed with natural dyes that are safer for the environment....

However, if you want to use a specific commercial font –you will have to pay for it. Fonts.com website has launched a service, similar to Google Fonts, in September 2010. Directory of Fonts.com has over 20,000 fonts and under their free plan there are more than 3000 fonts are available for free. The catch is that if you take their free plan –your website will have to show a “Fonts....

We noticed that as soon as the battery charge in iPhone falls below 20%, we get a popup to activate the Low Power Mode. The popup reads “Mail fetch, background app refresh, automatic downloads, and some visual effects are reduced or disabled in Low Power Mode”. You get the options of canceling the popup or continue with the activation. Sometimes saving battery life becomes an emergency situation. You might be traveling in an area with no possibility of recharging your phone....

Bar Clamps vs. Pipe Clamps When it comes to larger jobs, such as making a glue-up for a tabletop or a raised panel cabinet door, you’re probably going to need a longer clamp. Traditionally, this would be the domain of the large bar clamp—a flat, steel rod with a secured jaw on one end and an adjustable jaw on the opposite end. But bar clamps can be quite expensive A set of two 24-inch and two 48-inch bar clamps can approach $200....

Coronavirus pandemic outbreak has affected our daily lives drastically. It is strictly recommended to follow social distancing. Panic and vulnerability could be seen and experienced all around. Worst of all is the fear of unknown. You just don’t know if the vendor you just contacted or the delivery boy you just attended at your door is amongst the carrier of coronavirus. This is exactly where the Aarogya Setu app can do wonders....

Certain design elements are consistent throughout period pieces, making it easy to identify cars, fashions, and even buildings. Authentic jewelry from this period was made between 1920 and 1935 and has at least one, sometimes all, of the following traits listed below. The jewelry styles remained popular through the late 1930s and have since reemerged as one of the most popular antique jewelry styles. Other common diamond cuts for Art Deco era jewelry include antique cushion cut, transitional cut, and Asscher cut....

In days gone by, crewel showed up on tapestries, curtains, and even clothing. More recently, you might see this type of embroidery framed as art, stitched onto pillows, and more. What Makes Crewel Embroidery Different? Often when talking about different styles of embroidery, the thing that makes a style unique is the traditional motifs or the stitches themselves. What makes crewel embroidery unique from other styles is the materials, and specifically the wool threads or yarns....

You can make patchwork by joining the same or identically shaped pieces of fabric into a larger piece of fabric. You can create patchwork by sewing fabrics into smaller sections and then joining the sections. In quilting, the smaller sections made by quilters are usually individual quilt blocks. Other Names and Uses for Patchwork While patchwork is the most common name for this style of material assembly, it’s also sometimes referred to as piecework....

Mixing Primary Colors If you mix two primaries, you create what is called a secondary color. Mixing blue and red creates purple, red and yellow make orange, and yellow and blue make green. The exact hue of the secondary color you’ve mixed depends on which red, blue, or yellow you use and the proportions in which you mix them. If you mix three primary colors, you get a tertiary color....