What I mean by a braid stitch is an embroidery stitch which ends up looking like you have plaited a braid with your embroidery floss. They are actually individual stitches made continuously to look like a braid. These are all great stitches which can be used for making outlines, for decorating borders, to fill other … Read more
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly” This is a quote by Barbara Haines Howett that I love. The quote is quite inspirational. Butterfly is beautiful enough to warrant the contrast involved in the metamorphosis from a caterpillar to butterfly. With its beauty, a butterfly inspires us to hope … Read more
In all my (limited) experience of making prints and patterns on fabric, stamping is the easiest. The main advantage I see is when I have to paint the same design many times over on fabric – it can give professional quality results, especially when done carefully with fabric paint or textile ink on pre-washed fabric … Read more
If someone asked me to choose one fabric out of all others to make flowers I would choose felt – it may not have the smoothness of Satin, volume of Organdy, luster of Organza or luxuriousness of Silk – still the bright vibrant colors and ease of attaching with glue, non-fraying edges, stiff looks but … Read more
Method 1 of making DIY Felt Roses To make this ROSE flower you just need to roll some felt. Let me tell you how. Cut out a large circle from felt. Draw a spiral shape starting from the center as in the picture below. Related posts: Make fabric Roses: 10 ways; Ribbon design flowers; Make … Read more
Mirror work, also known as Sheesha work is a beautiful surface embellishment technique for fabric in which small mirrors in different shapes and sizes are affixed on fabric and embroidery work is done around the mirror. The shimmer of the mirrors ( or the thin metal discs used instead) can give a beautiful luxurious look … Read more