Wendi Gratz of Shiny Happy World is doing a rockin series of video tutorials on machine applique. If you have any discomfort about handling curves (and who doesn’t), you’re going to want to see these. Go to the post that … Read More...
How Mollie designs a pattern
Mollie of Wild Olive has a guest post over on Whip Up that gives us a look at her process for creating an embroidery pattern. As always, Mollie is interesting, funny, and smart. And her demo design is sooooo cute. … Read More...
Try this CQ scrap experiment
Inspired by a fabric-collage workshop led by Susan Carlson, Allie Aller experimented with applying one of the techniques to crazy-quilting. The awesome results are shown here. Go to her Allie’s in Stitches blog post to find out how she did … Read More...
Tutorial: Tie-dyed embroidery thread
Dash out and buy all the white cotton floss you can find because you’re going to want to try this: tie-dyed floss! Get the color combos you want in the quantities you want. Allison of Dream a Little Bigger shows … Read More...
Glass Potato Chips from Instructables
OK they’re not really glass but what a cool recipe and tasty weird treat to make. Instructables provides many many cool and odd tutorials. I’m lucky enough to receive their newsletter twice a week and sometimes there’s something cool to … Read More...
How to stitch a perfect bullion knot
Kathy of The Unbroken Thread reveals the secret to making perfect bullion-knot flowers. See her blog post.
Easy pattern transfers
Mollie of Wild Olive has a clever tip for easily tracing embroidery designs onto fabric. Check it out.
Stitch accurately without marking
Annet of Fat-Quarter has a clever technique for stitching even half-buttonhole wheels without all that endless marking. See how she does it.
Video how-to: LED sequins
Becky Stern is always coming up with something new in softcircuits and electronic embroidery. She has posted a video on her Sternlab blog showing us how to create and stitch tiny, almost-flat LED sequins. Imagine the applications for these wee … Read More...
How to cut goldwork threads
Kathy of The Unbroken Thread walks us through the steps for cutting pricey goldwork threads accurately, with excellent tips along the way. See her post.
Achieving extreme texture
Marjolein of Threads and Patches shows us how she creates highly textured stitchworks by trapping objects between batting and fabric. This technique is going on my must-try list. Go to her post.
Fix your French knots
What’s wrong with these French knots? They’re widely spaced, so the thread traveling across the back of the work shows through to the front. Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread discusses the problem and promises a couple of solutions in … Read More...
Stitch a crawly card
Marie of Make and Takes shares the how-to for a stitched greeting card that requires minimal supplies and skills but produces adorable results. Go to her blog post to learn how to make this beaded caterpillar card.
Three ways to enhance your embroidery
Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive shares some simple tips for kicking your embroidery up a notch. Check out her post.
Tutorial: Insertion seams
Kimberly of Baroque Embellishments shows us how to work gorgeous insertion seams–a technique in which the edges of two pieces of fabric are joined with an embroidery stitch, leaving a slight gap and creating a lacy effect. So beautiful. And … Read More...
Diecut felt for cute hairclips
Jill of Homemade by Jill combines felt diecuts with simple embroidery stitches to create beautiful hair clips! Her post is not a step-by-step guide; but she shares enough information to help an experienced crafter try her technique. Go to her … Read More...
Video tutorial: Perfect straight stitches
Haley of The Zen of Making says, “Learn how to make evenly spaced straight stitches for sewing, embroidery, and appliqué projects with my new video tutorial! This method is especially effective for stitching felt, cork, and most thick fabrics.” Go … Read More...
Greatest Hits of Soda Lime Times – A Free PDF!!
Hey, it’s me again…today has been a great day to pass on cool stuff for you glass addicts and the curious..here’s some stuff for the lampworkers out there. A free pdf of the Greatest Hits of Soda Lime Times. … Read More...
Quick Tip for Irid Glass from Bullseye Glass
Bullseye’s got a cool quick tip they’re offering up today so I thought I’d share it with you guys. It’s with gold or silver iridized glass and clear powder. The effects that are created are just lovely and super easy … Read More...
