The yankee puzzle patchwork block is a quilt classic- a staple of American quilting (which you must have guessed from the name). And it is one of the basic and most easiest of patch work blocks. You can easily make it with small 4 inch (or even smaller) fabric scraps and use it to decorate … Read more
Let me tell you a secret – I use sewing machine thread on my embroidery machine a lot of the time. The embroidery purists would disown me – And there is a reason. Sewing thread may not always hold up to the high speed and tension of the embroidery machine and it doesnot have the … Read more
When I started doing embroidery I learned about a lot of straight stitches used to make outlines, but never one as straight as the split stitch. It is a wonderful outline stitch. You literally split the thread as you stitch – can’t go straighter than that. From a distance it is a perfect outline stitch … Read more
When we think of beads, the first thing that comes to our mind are those small round seed beads, but bugle beads can do anything the seed beads can – and more. Many bugle beads are small, (starting from 1.5 mm) some even smaller than seed beads, they can be very long too (available to … Read more
Till I got an embroidery machine, I struggled to create neat patches – but the moment I started to sew patches with my embroidery machine I was hooked. Just with the touch of a switch (ok, a lot more involved for customised patches) I can make beautiful patches. But there are some steps in the … Read more
The blanket stitch is one of the most versatile stitches ever – for sewing two fabric pieces together, finishing the edges of fabric, doing applique easily or to decorate a garment edge – all easy with this simple enough stitch. Sewing the blanket stitch is very simple. But starting it correctly is a challenge. Here … Read more