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Tangled Thread - Tips, Trick and Tutorials in Sewing & Stitching

February 10th, 2008

fabric gift bags for birthdays?

You all know that I love making fabric gift bags for Christmas - but they’re great wrapping almost any kind of present.  Fabric gift bags are a great way of using fabric that you love, bought and aren’t quite sure how to use up…  I’m not sure if I want to wear a shirt […]

By Chloe -- 2 comments

December 27th, 2007

snow days

It’s time to get back to work :-)  I hope you had a lovely Christmas, or if you don’t celebrate Christmas - I hope you had a marvelous Tuesday!
Santa Claus left me a snazzy new Olfa cutting mat & quilting ruler under the tree for me - what did you get?
I just had to share […]

By Chloe -- 4 comments

November 23rd, 2007

using iron-on transfer to make Christmas ornaments

I was leafing through some of my iron-on embroidery transfer books this morning and couldn’t resist coming up with a Christmas project using them.
I’m using transfer from the Dover book “Art Nouveau Floral Iron-On Transfer Patterns”, by Ed Sibbett Jr.
I started off by following the directions to transfer the image onto some plain, unbleached muslin:

The […]

By Chloe -- 2 comments