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 …