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Displaying embroidery in a hoop
Q: Why shouldn’t I just take a pair of scissors and hack off all the excess fabric that sticks out behind my wooden embroidery hoop? A: 1) Because you’ve gone to all this trouble to stitch something nice, it’s a shame to rush through the finishing like a knucklehead. 2) Because you are not a knucklehead. Continue reading
Posted in embroidery, fabric, Hell2Breakfast, sewing, thread
Tagged craft, Embroidery, embroidery display, embroidery finishing, Embroidery hoop, hoop display, Needlework, Running stitch
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Ice-cream sandwiches part 2
Part 2 of the felt Ice-cream sandwich tutorial. Continue reading
Posted in felt, sewing
Tagged cookies, felt, felt food, felt sweets, ice-cream sandwiches, kawaii, Needlework, stitching
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Ice-cream sandwiches part 1: Biscuits
Part 1 of the Felt ice-cream sandwiches tutorial…making the biscuits. Continue reading
Posted in felt, sewing
Tagged Crafts, felt, felt food, felt sweets, ice-cream sandwiches, kawaii, Needlework, softies
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Low-brow patchwork
This is a favorite method of mine for putting together quick fabric patchwork pieces that I then use to cover my handbound books with. Want to give it a go? Here’s the how-to. Continue reading
How To : : Headbands (bookbinding)
Most frequently used by bookbinders today, the Headband with a Bead on the Edge features a two-color stripey band with little ‘beads’ of alternating colors that sit right on top of the paper and just underneath the headband itself. Continue reading
Posted in bookbinding, sewing, thread
Tagged craft, Headband, how to, multicolored, Tutorial
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Make a Spool Bird
The Project: There is a very cute bird softie project over on Spool Sewing that I fell in love with the instant I saw it. Right away I made a trial bird, in pink and yellow— a week later she … Continue reading
