How to stitch a silk ribbon Fargo Rose

After featuring a Fargo rose on some of my crazy quilt blocks, a reader, asked me to write instructions on how work one, so here is a tutorial! This sample of a Fargo Rose is worked using 7mm silk ribbon. First bring you needle through to the front of the fabric. …

Kent State University Museum Costume Collection

Kent State University Museum has a website that highlights their extensive textile collection. The collection is divided and presented in four parts, chronologically, geographic region, exhibition and type of embroidery. Most of the collection consists of clothing so anyone interested in costume or the history of garments will find this …

How to Transfer Embroidery Patterns to Fabric

One process that often stumps new hands to embroidery is how to mark the pattern on the fabric before you stitch. Today I have a small tutorial on two of the many ways you can do it. Method 1 I use a product called Transdoodle but you can also use dress …

Tutorials, patterns and freebies for the holiday season

With December fast approaching and there are tutorials, patterns and freebie downloads all over the net. Over on A Print a Day there are some free Stickers and Tags to download and print off. My to do lists are not very fancy, in fact they are usually on a scrap …