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  • Crafty jewelry: Embroidered Gem Necklace Tutorial

    Embroidery, Felt, Jewelry making   |  0 Comment crafty jewelry: embroidered gem necklace tutorial

    Embroidered Gem Necklace Tutorial Looking for something fun to wear to your New Years Eve event on a zero budget?  How about this. What you need- Embroidery floss in three shades (or how ever many you desire) Needle Felt Ribbon Fusible interfacing Sequence Sewing machine (can be done by hand) Disappearing ink pen (sewing supply) Gem images for reference Here are the two images I used for reference on the gems Cut a bib base from felt.  Wool felt would be great, but I used craft felt as it's what I have on

  • Valentine gifts: Button Heart Pillows tutorial

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    Button Heart Pillows I finally finished my heart pillow covers for my mom and mom-in-law for Valentine's Day, woohoo! And only five days into February! That's got to be a record for me. I rock at procrastinating. :) Below are some photos and a quick "how to." Supplies needed- Fabric -1/2 to 3/4 a yard of main fabric (depending on size of pillow form) & two matching scraps of fabric. Needle Thread Buttons Scissors Iron No Sew Heat n' Bond Pattern (I just did the ol' fold a paper in half

  • Making cards: valentine’s day embroidered cards!

    Cards, Embroidery, Holiday & seasonal crafts, Paper crafts   |  0 Comment making cards: valentine’s day embroidered cards!

    valentine's day embroidered cards! So, the past few days I have been thinking of making Valentine's cards for my "near and dear". Also, my best friend and I have been talking about sewing on paper, it just sounds so cool, and I don't remember ever seeing it done before! So I decided to mix the two ideas. After I was done with this, I got on etsy and looked up embroidered cards, I was wrong :( we didn't just think of

  • Embroidery tutorial for gifts

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    Baby Name Embroidery 6. I then finished the rest of the dandelion and added a few white stitches.


  • Embroidery tutorial: Hardanger Heart Heart

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      Here's a close up of those stitches.  I did find photographing this quite tricky as it's white on white.   And here it is after I'd finished all the Kloster blocks of the design. The next stage was cutting and that made me nervous! I followed the cutting diagram on the pattern and only cut through 1 stitch.  I didn't notice til later, but I simply removed the stitches in that Kloster block and redid them, disaster averted! The next step was needleweaving the remaining

  • Make an ear of corn bookmark

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    An “ear of corn” bookmark is a fun project to make and give. It is a perfect bookmark for those that have to mark a few succeding pages since the paper clip base is flexible can be adjusted. A great gift to give to students and teachers! Hi Source: http://summerday-summerday.blogspot.com/

  • Gift presents for kids: Make a Cute Pair of Flip-Flops for Summer Fun!

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    Plastic canvas tutorial Made from plastic canvas, these adorable little shoes work up quickly.  One pair takes 30-45 minutes.  This would be a good summer project to help teach your daughter to sew, especially if you used the plastic beginner’s needles. Materials Needed: scraps of 7 count plastic canvas (You will need 4 pieces that are 10 x 17 holes and smaller pieces for the straps) small amount of 1/2 inch elastic worsted weight yarn in the colors of your choice  (You will need one

  • Gift boxes: plastic canvas tutorial

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     Embroidery on canvas unfairly considered a simple type of needlework. In this paper we propose the idea to create a casket with embroidery, the walls and which will be embroidered canvas. The photographs below show how to do stitches, how to handle the edge and how to assemble and sew the wall box. A beautiful box can give my mother, grandmother or best friend on March 8, his birthday.                                   

  • Crafts purse and more: Freehand machine embroidery tutorial

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    It is called freehand machine embroidery (if you’re a quilter you probably know it already) and it allows you to put your designs on anything you want without an expensive embroidery machine. This is what you’re gonna need: 1.      A darning foot (sometimes called quilting foot): mine didn’t come with my machine, but I bought one for a few euros at my machine dealer. This allows you to move the fabric while you sew and to stitch in any direction you want. 2.     

  • Embroidred pictures: cat cross stitch

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    Embroidred pictures: cat cross stitch

  • Embroidered cards:

    Cards, Embroidery, Paper crafts   |  0 Comment embroidered cards:

      You know that my Embroidered Lotus Journal is already stitched on the outside, but did you know you can stitch it on the inside too? Oh yes, you can! Ima show you how. Get ready to learn a whole new use for the transfers! ~WIN THIS PROJECT~ If you can answer the question in Step Three, you win this journal I stitched up as the example! x - x - x - x - x What: Lotus Journal Embroidered Endpapers Who: You! When: Right now! Or,

  • Gift presents for holiday and gifts: Stitchable Gift Tags Template, embroidery patterns

    Cards, Embroidery, Paper crafts, Tags   |  0 Comment gift presents for holiday and gifts: stitchable gift tags template, embroidery patterns

    Here's a super quick embroidered gift tag tutorial for those extra special gifts. Pish, it looks more difficult than it is, so let's do this! Who: You! What: Embroidered Gift Tags When: Right now! It'll take 30-45 minutes, tops (unless you need to get some of the supplies) Difficulty Level: Simple and Easy You'll need: *Gift Tag Template (download below) * Light-weight Cardstock (index or Bristol Board, avail at any art supply store) *Embroidery floss in festive hues *Embroidery scissors *Embroidery Needle INSTRUCTIONS For this project, there's a template (download below) for you to follow,