I like to alter patterns quite a bit - but I don’t always remake the tissue pattern pieces. Sometimes I just use the pattern as a starting point and cut the fabric differently (ei: I have a proportionally long waist and need to add 2″ or so to shirt patterns).
But what happens if you forget […]
A Joyful Abode has an easy to follow tutorial on how to embroider shisha mirrors. What are shisha mirrors you ask? They are little mirrors that are used to embellish clothing, textiles and home accessories - most commonly found in east Indian textiles. Go check it out!
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Tags: Embroidery, embroidery artists, free-patterns, hand-embroidery, How […]
You can find the complete tutorial here now - just click on the link or on the photo :-)
image: © C Findlay-Harder
Tags: creating fiber art, Embroidery, how to of the day, machine embroidery, photos, thread-painting
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It’s cold enough in my neck of the woods that I need every little inch of duvet that I can pull out from underneath my dogs :-) For some reason, they think that it’s their duvet! It doesn’t help that my duvet slides around inside the duvet cover - and duvet covers aren’t quite warm […]
I’m working on quite a large piece of fabric that’s been heavily fused together. Needless to say, my sewing machine needle is covered with sticky gunky glue and is breaking thread like crazy!
Did you know that alcohol-based hand sanitizers will dissolve the glue from fusibles?
I keep a cotton ball lightly dabbed with the gel next […]
Setting the pattern: Adventures in sewing and stitching and the artful use of fabric and fiber
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