In my mind, a rose has no parallel among flowers, which is why when I wanted a floral design for painting on a pillowcase, I decided to do a rose. Then something spooky happened. Wherever I looked I started to see rose prints. My kids excused me when I stopped the car to take the … Read more
Reverse applique, as the name suggests, is just that – Applique done in reverse. Where, in applique, the applique pieces are kept on the face of the fabric, in reverse applique the applique pieces are kept on the back of the fabric and stitched in place and then the top fabric is cut to expose … Read more
Embroidering leaves is a given when you do embroidery work. All those floral designs come with leaves in all shapes and sizes. How would you stitch them? Which is your favorite method? How to embroider leaves ? 15 easy stitches for leaf embroidery 1. Satin stitch leaf Satin stitch is one of the most preferred ways … Read more
When your scribble takes on a life of its own, it is very rewarding. What I mean is the way my simple drawings transform into cute flower embroidery designs. The magic way of turning simple sketches that vaguely resemble flowers into colorful flower embroidery designs that come alive. As you know, there is no magic … Read more
Ribbons are inherently very pretty, so when they are folded and manipulated to make folds and gathers, they make for very beautiful trims. However easily and quickly they are made, they elicit a feeling of professionally made trims. You can attach them to kids’ frocks, hats, bags, purses; even the slippers can do with some … Read more
The picture above is the border of a scarf I have – you have to see it yourself to know the beautiful texture it has. I was forever wondering how they got the fabric into such a pretty textured bubble like look. Then I stumbled upon this article on makezine.com. Yahoo!. I have enough knowledge … Read more