My First Vinyl Cutting Project

I bought a Silhouette Studio cutter, and a bunch of vinyl, from a friend who was moving and downsizing her collection of crafting toys. The cutter is in like-new condition. Since I know enough about Photoshop, Illustrator and Embrillance Essentials embroidery software to be dangerous, I guessed I’d be able to figure out the Silhouette software, too. After watching a …

The Barn Quilt

If you’re not familiar with barn quilts then let me clue you in. First of all, barn quilts are NOT made of fabric! A barn quilt is actually a large piece of painted wood, metal or some other material that looks like a single quilt block and decorates the side of a barn. You can see them in just about …