Category: Aurifil Artisan

Aurifil Artisan Challenge: Favorite Thread Weight

This month’s Aurifil Artisan Challenge is to showcase our favorite thread weight!  Using the correct thread weight for your project is critical to get the finished results you desire.  Aurifil has multiple different thread weight offerings.  The smaller the number the thicker the thread.

Holiday Gifts Challenge! (Friday Foto Fun #106)

Happy Holidays!  I hope everyone had a great Christmas!  This post is a bit out of order, but I couldn’t post it early due to the fact that these were actually Christmas gifts! This month the Aurifil Artisan Challenge was to create some holiday gifts!  I picked trivets!  Around the Bobbin has these great kits to make Trivets and also sells refills to make more! ...

Aurifil Artisan Challenge: Molly Bag!

As an Aurifil Artisan, I’m participating in a few challenges throughout the year.  This month was a Bag Making month!  I really LOVE bags, but normally I’m terrified by the instructions and all of the hardware and cork or vinyl.  So when I signed up for this challenge, it was to push myself to make a usable bag that was more than just a tote! ...

The 5 Color Challenge!

I am finally at a state in the move that most of the things that I need are unpacked and put away.  There are still boxes of miscellaneous things that don’t have a place yet.  Hopefully, we can be fully unpacked by the holidays with everything in a proper place.  The latter is going to be the hardest part!  Because my parents came and helped...

Wholecloth Mini Quilt Challenge!

This month’s Aurifil Artisan Challenge is to make a Wholecloth Mini Quilt! Paintbrush Studio Fabrics provided a half yard of Painter’s Palette Solids fabric to make the mini.  The colors provided to the Artisans are the 2019 trending colors and each color was given out at most twice!  I got Mink, it’s a really nice tan neutral color!