LOVE ME! - presser foot pad tutorial

bah! quicky tutorial for this friday!

Time is so short!

It's for a presser foot pad

(If that isn't painfully obvious already).

Do you have one? Cause you should. You know how when you stand at the sink doing dishes for long enough that your fingers get all pruney and your feet start to ache? Well imagine how your poor "A" foot feels! Give him something to rest on....poor guy. (your foot should be in the down position when not in use by the way....in case you didn't know) HOP TO IT! It only takes 15 minutes (tops!) to put one together.

What you'll need:

- Two pieces of scrap fabric about 2" x 4" or whatever you like best. I like mine a little bigger so it's harder to loose.

- 1 piece of high loft batting about the same size as your scraps OR 2 pieces low loft batting OR 1 piece of low loft batting folded in half, etc.

- Contrasting thread (unless you don't like that, then match it. see if I know...or care if I did know)

What to do:

1. Make yourself a nice sandwich. Enjoy eating it, possibly with a nice lemonade and a small side salad...

2. Make yourself another sandwich. This time out of your fabric. (You probably won't want to eat this one). Layer your Scrap, batting and then scrap. You want the pattern facing out. Pin if you wish. it's pretty small so I didn't feel the need.

3. Top stitch around the whole thing about 1/4" from the edge. And you're done! HOWEVER, if you want to do a fun design, hook up your free motion quilting foot, drop your feed dogs and go for it! I just stitched mine without any guides (which is why he is missing a cherry) but I would recommend sketching something on there first if it makes you nervous.

This is a great way to try out a small quilting motif, or to just mess around and experiment. The beauty of it is, that you can easily ditch it (or in my case loose it) and make a new one if you get tired of it, or mess up, or it gets dirty, or the edges fray too much, or you change your sewing room decor, or you have some pretty new fabric you want to dig out of your stash and enjoy, or it doesn't match your nail polish...whatever! Any reason is a good one!