The printable water-soluble stabilizer works like this—take the designs you have for hand embroidery, print them directly onto those sheets, and then cut them out. Peel the backing from your design, and place it on your fabric. No tracing. No messy lines. Just embroider over it. Can hand embroidery be more simpler than this! And … Read more
The days are not far off when you will look at a flower and you will be able to print out the line design for it. The way technology is progressing, this is entirely possible, even if you want to brush it aside for now. But as it is now, for you and me, finding … Read more
If you do not like the plain look of normal fabric edges, nothing like beads to add some drama. But not all fabrics are best for this edge finish. Before you start, the most important step is choosing the right fabric for the beads you plan to use. This is always a pet peeve of … Read more
Ombre refers to the gradual blending of one color to another or a gradual change of light color to dark – imagine colors fading into each other. This shading mimics a lot of colors in the nature and is used in textile design to add visual depth. You just have to design your colors so … Read more
What can you make with this thin sliver of a ribbon, which looks almost like thick thread? Well, a lot, apparently. This is why they say, NEVER underestimate anything and anyone. These thin ribbons are great to decorate clothes and fabric. Because they are narrow and flexible, they behave almost like thread with a lot … Read more
When I first saw the Shippo-tsunagi Sashiko pattern I thought: Ofcourse, trust the Japanese to turn something simple into something that looks complicated. Sashiko has at its base the easiest of all hand embroidery stitches – the running stitch. But here, this full circle lattice pattern with interlocked circles looked anything but simple. For me, … Read more