Some rules when making any one of the yoyos given here: The circle you cut should be twice the diameter of the yo-yo you want to make plus 1/8 inch. The longer the running stitches you make for gathering the edge, the larger the opening at the center. If you make small running stitches you … Read more
Do you want to own your fabric? Like, really totally own it! With your own images which you have seen and loved in a magazine or maybe photographed it yourself or created it in your computer with beautiful images interspersed with lettering and graphics like on this Next t-shirt. Transferring photographs or picture or any … Read more
I could easily have titled this post “100 ways to make ribbon flowers” – there are that many and more ways. I already have a crazily boggled mind, so I decided to stop at ten and showcase just the best and, of course, the easiest ways to make beautiful ribbon flowers. Ribbon flowers make great … Read more
Blue printing is one of the permanent fabric printing techniques that gives you bright blue prints on fabrics. You either need cyanotype fabric or Cyanotype chemicals (sensitizer kit) which will transform your material to one suited to this photographic printing process. What is a blue print /Cyanotype fabric? Blueprint fabric, also known as Cyanotype fabric, is a … Read more
As a die-hard crafter, Pom poms are one of the first things I made and loved. Everyone who makes them falls in love – this is the specialty of a pom pom. It is as cuddly as a soft toy. You use it to play toss, you keep it on the hair and see how it … Read more
I am biased about flowers. Who isn’t? They are beautiful. When made with fabric, they can be used to transform simple looking garments and accessories to extraordinary ones of beauty. Once I started making them I learned something about myself. It is only boring things like cooking that I dislike to do. I can make … Read more