Oh Sew Retro http://ohsewretro.com Unique Sewing and Hand Embroidery Floss, Patterns and Thread Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:12:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.1 Be Your Own Designer? http://ohsewretro.com/be-your-own-designer/ http://ohsewretro.com/be-your-own-designer/#respond Sun, 19 Apr 2015 14:58:55 +0000 http://ohsewretro.com/?p=23491 Are you out on social media?  Using the apps Instragram, Pinterest and Facebook can be a quilters friend.  These apps can give the average person an instant “star-statis”.  You can keep up with the designers and see instantly what they are working on, not to mention all the inspiration that comes along with following someone. […]

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]]> http://ohsewretro.com/be-your-own-designer/feed/ 0 New, New, New… Fine Tip Transfer Pen http://ohsewretro.com/new-new-new-fine-tip-transfer-pen/ http://ohsewretro.com/new-new-new-fine-tip-transfer-pen/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:42:26 +0000 http://ohsewretro.com/?p=23460   New and it’s on its way to Oh Sew Retro.   A fine tip (.5 mm)  heat transfer pen! As fine as using a Micron pen to trace on your designs,  only you transfer the ink with your iron.  It will transfer many times with your hot, dry iron.  Just preheat your fabric and you […]

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]]> http://ohsewretro.com/new-new-new-fine-tip-transfer-pen/feed/ 0 Oh Sew Retro welcomes Bobbie G. designs http://ohsewretro.com/oh-sew-retro-welcomes-bobbie-g-designs/ http://ohsewretro.com/oh-sew-retro-welcomes-bobbie-g-designs/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2015 00:17:50 +0000 http://ohsewretro.com/?p=23453 Her vintage inspired designs will capture your heart.  Very easy piecing and hand embroidery will make this a fun project.  Be sure to think of other applications for these designs.  I was think of making some flour sack dish towels with them.

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]]> http://ohsewretro.com/oh-sew-retro-welcomes-bobbie-g-designs/feed/ 0 Scraps and More Scraps http://ohsewretro.com/scraps-scraps/ http://ohsewretro.com/scraps-scraps/#respond Sat, 07 Feb 2015 14:08:18 +0000 http://ohsewretro.com/?p=23307 January for me is a time to clean out and reorganize.  It started with the holiday decorations and now I am down to cleaning the studio.  It also feels good to purge and donate items that are not being used.  I decided to dive in and clean my studio also. So I have been going […]

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]]> http://ohsewretro.com/scraps-scraps/feed/ 0 Make it your Own http://ohsewretro.com/make/ http://ohsewretro.com/make/#respond Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:29:41 +0000 http://ohsewretro.com/?p=23153 I have been getting a lot of questions about what to do with some of the image only designs after they have been stitched. Image only basically means that there is no directions for any project in with the pattern, just the image.  So I would love to  show you  a different idea to do […]

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]]> http://ohsewretro.com/make/feed/ 0 Diamant Metallic Thread http://ohsewretro.com/diamant-metallic-thread/ http://ohsewretro.com/diamant-metallic-thread/#respond Tue, 15 Jul 2014 21:06:00 +0000 http://ohsewretro.com/?p=22725 Diamant metallic thread has been available in the UK for quite some time; and now we are able to get this wonderful thread here in the US. This metallic thread is made in Japan, and is manufactured by DMC. It comes on a spool ready to use, similar to the Cosmo multiwork spools. The metallic […]

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