In case you can’t easily see the details in the image above, this week’s giveaway winners are
- Love embroidery kit, #49 of 77 comments, michelle
- Bella doll kit, #49 of 91 comments, meri
- Felt ornament kit, #50 of 99 comments,
Tutorial: Simple t-shirt for an 18″ doll
Jen from New Green Mama shares a free pattern and tutorial for making a t-shirt for an 18″ doll. Her pattern is simple and easily constructed, perfect for a bit of doll-sized embellishment! I love the strips of gathered fabric … Read More...
Knit Your Own Gnome
Giveaway: Perle cotton
Check out the awesome giveaway over on Janet Perry‘s Nuts About Needlepoint. She says,
… Read More...I have a big bag of perle cotton in full skeins to give away. There are 32 skeins of #5 in many different colors
Buttonhole in crewel
Kim of a dork with a needle gives us a close-up look at some uses of buttonhole stitch in crewelwork. A slight variation in thread weight or length or width of stitch produces dramatically different textures. See her beautiful, photo-filled … Read More...
Lentil stitch in context
What became of Nat‘s improvised lentil stitches. This! Oh, my goodness. I can’t stop looking at this work, and it’s not even finished yet. See more at her the smallest forest blog post.
Books that beg for your art
Cat of Baumcat created these fabric books of quilted muslin. So freakin gorgeous and inviting. She says, “Textile artists will know what to do with my books.” Yes, indeed. See more and get the Etsy link from her blog post… Read More...
Stitch with Iviva!
Learn to stitch with needleartist Iviva Olenick! She’ll be teaching live classes in New York City in September, October, and November. Get all the details from her blog post.
New lace videos
Tutorial: Simple sheath dress for little girls
Jess from Bits for Baby and Craftiness Is Not Optional guest blogs over at Project Run and Play with a tutorial showing how to make a simple sheath dress for little girls. It’s made from a solid fabric and trimmed … Read More...
Review – Metallic Thread
Tutorial, The Makings of a Superhero
Marcie lives in their renovated house in the Hudson Valley with her hubby and children. She is a nature lover, gardener and a sewer and general fixer of anything made of fabric. Now she has a wonderful tutorial “The Making … Read More...
Free Stitcher’s Alphabet from Brookes Bookes Publishing
Brookes Books has a lovely set of alphabets going – they are up to the letter S right this moment. They are not only lovely, they are FREE. Check out more free charts on the Brookes Books Freebies Page.
Read all about it: Sewing with quilted fabric
With fall approaching, many of us are starting to think about sewing cold-weather garments. One way to add warmth to a garment (particularly a jacket or vest) is by using quilteed fabric. Roubidou shares some tips for sewing with quilted … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy layered fabric brooch
Celine from C. Girly shows how to make a quick and easy layered fabric flower embellishment for a jacket. Instead of using a pin back or clip to attack the flower to the jacket, this clever embellishment uses a buttonhole … Read More...
Tutorial: Perfect Bag with gathered panel and plenty of pockets
Brenda from Therapeutic Crafting shows how to make her Perfect Bag with a gathered panel across the front. It has plenty of pockets – 6 on the inside, 3 on the outside – as well as a magnetic snap to … Read More...
Tutorial: Make your own wooden buttons
Haley Pierson-Cox from The Zen of Making shows how you can make your own buttons from scratch. The natural wood buttons she shows how to make are gorgeous!! She starts with pieces of scrap wood, shapes them into buttons, and … Read More...
Tutorial: Stuffing a softie or pillow
When you make a pillow or softie, you’re not just sewing. Once you create the shell, you stuff it
to make a soft and fluffy. And just like any technique in sewing, there are some tricks to getting it to … Read More...
Technique: Distress Ink Background
Mariana Grigsby shares a fun technique for using Distress Ink for an interesting background technique, click here for her step by step instructions.
-Heather
Ta Dah!: Just the quilt back
The talent behind the Artnextdoor’s Blog shows off a finished gift quilt for DD. The back is fabulous, had to show you. Do visit her POST to see up close photos of her quilting stitches – so pretty.
