Visit the Kamadesigns blog and let Katrina teach you how to make this wonderful stamped carnival mask.
-Heather
Technique: Flocked Stamps
(image by Nicol Magouirk)
Want to add some fun and fuzz to your cards? Visit Nicol Magouirk’s blog for a wonderful video on adding flocking to yur stamped images. Click here for the tutorial.
-Heather
Tutorial: Buttonholed herringbone stitch
Sarah Whittle demos buttonholed herringbone stitch. See the tute.
Tutorial: Light-stitching applique
The Urban Threads e-newsletter encourages us all to try something new. It says,
… Read More...Applique designs can be a wee bit intimidating if you’ve never done them. Stop worrying! They’re easy, fun, light, and usually pretty quick-stitching. Check out our raw
Try stem stitch as a filler
For many embroiderers, the go-to filler is satin stitch, particularly for monograms. Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread shows how effective stem stitch can be for filling a design, such as the letters in this ecclesiastical embroidery. And she explains … Read More...
How to apply Thread Heaven
After you take a few stitches, does your floss get rough and tangly? Mm-hmm. Mine, too. A tried-and-true solution to this problem is a sparing application of Thread Heaven, a thread conditioner. Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching shows us just … Read More...
Tutorial: Waved chain stitch
This week’s TAST challenge is waved chain stitch. See the tute on SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog.
Tips: How to Use the Copic Colorless Blender
(image by Suzanne Dean)
Join Suzanne Dean for a very informative video on how to use the Copic colorless blender pen, she’s got some really great tips and ideas! Did you know you can erase your mistakes with this pen?? … Read More...
Project and Techniques: Close to My Heart Stamp and Scrap Video
(image by Close To My Heart)
Visit Close to My Heart for another informative stamping and scrapbooking video featuring techniques for masking sentiment stamps, making your own paper embellishments with a circle punch, clear card tips and much more. Click … Read More...
How to diagram tatting
Get the lowdown on creating tatting diagrams from expert Jon Yusoff. She says her notes “are more like tips and hints on how to make the drawing process easier and faster” rather than a tutorial for using certain software. … Read More...
Tutorial: Buttonhole bars
Sarah Whittle shows us how to stitch detached buttonhole bars, the perfect stitch for creating lacy spiderwebs. See the tute.
Project and Freebie: Stamped Alice Coasters
(image by Blockheads)
Visit the Blockheads blog for directions on how to make these fun stamped Alice in Wonderland themed coasters along with free down loadable book pages, they make great backgrounds! Click here for tutorial and downloads.
-Heather
Tutorial and exemplar: Triple chain stitch
This week’s TAST challenge is triple chain stitch. (See the tute on SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog.) Shirley of Shirley’s Twisted Threads wasted no time in trying this one out. Within 24 hours after the challenge was … Read More...
Tutorial: Zig-zag coral stitch
Kim of big B shares her latest adventure with 100 stitches through a tutorial on zig-zag coral stitch. See the tute.
Tutorial: Needlework keeper
Teresa of All Things Vintage has posted a tutorial for making a “keeper” for quilt blocks and needlework that lets you keep them clean and wrinkle free while you store or transport them. Go to Teresa’s post for the details, … Read More...
Cross-stitch for newbies
If you’re itching to try cross-stitch embroidery, Connie G. Barwick will get you started right. Connie is the cross-stitch editor at About.com, and she offers a series of tutorials designed especially for beginners: Stitch Your First Cross Stitch, How … Read More...
Six new stitch tutes from Sarah Whittle
Sarah Whittle has several great new tutorials for us:
(1) Bullion Knots
(2) Bullion Knot Roses
(3) Buttonhole Stitch
(4) Buttonhole Flowers
(5) Algerian Eye Stitch
(6) Knotted Blanket Stitch
Make a realistic fabric butterfly
KerryKatieCakes has posted a rockin tutorial for making dimensional fabric butterflies to embellish your crazy quilting or other fiber projects. See the tute.
Stitching with a spider web
I haven’t tried this myself, but I’m fascinated. Persona has posted a tutorial on Instructables.com for harvesting abandoned webs and making spider-silk thread. Persona notes,
… Read More...Having walked into so many webs, I know how unbelievably strong and stretchy their threads
Tutorials: Basic stitches
Sarah Whittle has posted a couple of excellent basic-stitch tutorials recently. If you’re a beginner or you could use a little brush up, check them out.