Annie and Lynda, a.k.a. The Hoop Sisters, delight us with the variety of ways digitized embroidery designs and the hoop can be used to create a quilt entirely constructed on the sewing machine. Along with tips for avoiding common mistakes when building an embroidery design, the sisters share how to join blocks and how to finish a quilt by machine.

 

Also in this show, Alex demonstrates a fun and tantalizing technique for inserting a pop of color and texture into a Dresden Plate block using ricrac.