The Victoria and Albert Museum is offering podcasts . So now I can listen while I stitch!
Did you know you can can dye, print and paint synthetic fabrics with transfer dyes? Well, you can and this morning I thought I would put together this tutorial on how to use a stencil technique to print on synthetic fabrics. These dyes are also known as disperse dyes and …
Usually when I encounter a free pattern for embroidery surfing, it is most often a cross stich design however I was poking about the Evening stars designs site and found a Free pattern using basic surface embroidery stitches. This little bag is ideal for beginners or it could be used …
I often hand embroider using chenille thread. For instance on this crazy quilt block, the buds in this seam embellishment are oyster stitch worked in chenille thread. I frequently get asked how I do it and after a comment left this morning I decided to write up some tips. Firstly …
After my post on Wednesday about the denim jeans I wanted to recycle I decided to browse the sewing and quilting sites a little more to see if I could find patterns that could be adapted for patchwork denim projects or use up small scraps of denim. I ended up …
Amy Jenkins has loaded a step by step tutorial on Printing on Fabric with Bubble Jet on her flickr account. Using this process you can prepare fabric that can then be printed on a home printer which means you can printout computer images and graphics on fabric. For anyone who …
When I ran the bags of fun challenge I did not realise how popular refashioning/recycling jeans has become. After the challenge I swore I would never trying to embroider denim again. I should know myself by now and never use the word never but … I have this pile of …
