In yesterday’s post, I shared with you 3 essential tools for your quilting studio as well as the 3 great features of the PFAFF creative icon. I explained the new CreatorCue app that is available to help you work even when you’re on the go. In today’s post, I want to talk about the SewNotice app that is also available and I’m sure that it will become your new best friend.

One of the things that quilters didn’t like about machine embroidery was that it was a long process and that one had to stay by the machine to ensure that it would run smoothly.

Well, the SewNotice app changes everything! You can download the app on your smartphone and tablet and it will help you monitor your embroidery progress as it gives you information such as:

• All color blocks in loaded design(s)
• Current stitch number and current color block
• Machine pop-up messages such as thread color change and bobbin thread low

Makes me want to finish this quilt now so that I can play with the embroidery while quilting it.

Let’s move on to the project. Here’s the layout I chose:

I really love the Canvas collection from Northcott fabrics and it really was the perfect choice for this project. So I aligned my Flying Geese blocks to ensure I sew the right ones together, two by two at first.

And I must admit that the knee lift is very handy! Check out my Tuesday post about perfecting the flying geese block for more details.

The trick when sewing these blocks together is to ensure that you stitch just out of the point of the flying geese, you can ensure that this is done by following along with your ¼” foot and ensuring that the point (you can see with the seams) is just on the left-hand side of the needle. You can use the knee lift to raise the foot and double check before sewing. Ensure that your needle is in the down position to ensure the pieces won’t shift in the process.

Once two blocks are sewn together, sew two other blocks together to your first two, making a rectangle size 4½” x 8½”. Then sew them 2 by 2 for an 8½” square. You should have 5 squares and you can sew them together to have a 40½” x 8½” row.

Once that’s done you can sew your A piece on the right and B piece on the left. You might want to refer to my Monday post for the cutting instructions.

Again, you’ll want to use your knee lift to raise the foot and position your seam allowance.

Now that the quilt top is done, I’ll quilt the piece using some of the fantastic features of the PFAFF creative icon and we can finally use the new SewNotice app and stop stressing over our embroidery.