tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81156059433321434752024-11-05T18:44:27.061-08:00 Sewing News, Needle Arts, Fashion TrendsR Sheltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13813357322534891715noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115605943332143475.post-111659832975329662023-08-30T20:00:00.001-07:002023-08-30T20:00:57.631-07:00

Sweet, and super easy. I'm picturing lots of florals with this pattern. This free sewing patterns comes courtesy from Mood Sewciety - Mood Fabrics. If you want to recreated just like the picture, purchase all the fabric and notions listed on the right.Veronica BlouseRenee Shelton.

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 Animal Embroidery Workbook by Jessica Long is a wonderful craft book on everything you want to know to learn how to create fun animal shapes in embroidery. You'll learn pattern transfer techniques as well get detailed stitch directions. The animal designs range from very easy outlines to more advanced fill-in designs.All the patterns in the book are shown in the back of the book to copy and

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 Creative Crochet Projects is a fun crochet craft book with quick to put out projects. The photos are colorful as is all the projects. The book states on the cover "12 Playful Projects for Beginners and Beyond" making it great for any level of crocheter. You'll find things to wear, things to play with for the kids, and things to decorate your house with. For each project, you'll get a

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 I'm a sucker for embroidery and all things botanical. Organza Hoop Art takes both to another level with gorgeous designs on sheer organza fabric. I've never worked on sheer fabrics for embroidery projects, so this book showed me projects completely new to me. It's easy to get hooked on this type of fabric since the embroidery designs just pop out from the fabric. Image of projects from

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Beth Sheard is a textile designer, and her book Stitch It Simple has 25 projects than anyone can work out from their sewing machine. Ranging from simple greeting cards to a basic quilt, it has craft and home projects you'll actually love to use and give away. Blurb: These projects and patterns for accessories and home decor are guaranteed to work well for sewing novices and produce fun,

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Great video tutorial for putting in a zipper. Even if you already know how, it's a good brush up if you haven't done it in a long time. :) Renee Shelton.

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These stitches are as the name suggests, and consist of multiple or single stitches crossing each other, in either straight or diagonal styles. Examples of Crossed Stitches:  Crossed Stitch: A basic crossed stitch has an ‘x’ shape design over an intersection: one stitch diagonally left followed by another stitch over the same intersection going right. It is best worked by finishing each

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What is Needlepoint?  Needlepoint as a whole is stitches done in a counted fashion. The American Needlepoint Guild, an educational non-profit organization, defines the term as “any counted or free stitchery worked by hand with a threaded needle on a readily countable ground.” You can do free form stitches on the countable canvas giving whatever you are making as unique as any other art.

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Hand-Stitched Home could be entitled: Everything You Wanted to Know About Pendleton Wool, And Then Some. Along with some pretty great projects (Nesting Boxes, Jacquard Cube Ottoman, Stylish Shawl), you'll get the history of Pendleton wool and the beginnings of The Arts and Crafts movement, and the Pendleton Woolen Mills company timeline, too. Author Susan Beal lays out the book in seven chapters

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How do you sew the perfect handbag? By knowing all the techniques to construct one, and having a good pattern for fabrication. All that and more can be found in Handbag Workshop: Design and Sew the Perfect Bag by Anna Mazur. Mazur begins the handbag journey by distinguishing the five different handbag silhouettes: rectangle, square, oval, ellipse, and cylinder. The basic tools and sewing

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Sizes of the basic needlepoint sewing needles with their size numbers and approximate canvas sizes for them. NeedleSize / Name Uses Canvas or Fabric Notes Craft Needles Children's projects; beginner works; plastic canvas 3 to 5 mesh, plastic canvas Needles are made of plastic 13 Needlepoint; Weaving; Plastic canvas 3 to 5 mesh

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Descriptions of specialty needles used in needlepoint, embroidery, and cross stitch. Needle Name Uses Notes Embroidery or Crewel Embroidery Embroidery and fine tapestry work. Similar to fine needlepoint needles, but these have sharp tips. "Sharps" "Sharps" Fine needles with sharp tips. Canvas / Carpet Used for stitching up rugs,

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Singer 7470 Confidence Sewing Machine  The Singer model 7470 Confidence has a great number of features. It is an upgrade to other models, such as the 7444 Precision. The 7470 has 225 different stitch functions, including many buttonholes and alphabet and number function, as well as puctuation and special characters. It has an automatic needle threader. The 7470 has these accessories:

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Summer always inspires me to create. And with the help of The Magic Pattern Book, by Amy Barickman, creating simple summer wearables is simple enough. Start out with 6 basic wardrobe pieces and end up with 36 different looks. Pieces included: tank top, skirt, dress, a cardigan, a coat, and an accessory (3 different hats, a scarf, and two bags/purses). Which is the whole concept behind the book

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A defining feature of a classic Chef's coat is the stand-up collar around the neck, as well as the double breasted or mandarin-style front. You can transform your favorite straight-front double breasted jacket or mandarin shirt patter into a custom chef's coat with these steps. Measure the points of the neck edge where the collar will be sewn into the garment. Staystitch the top section of the

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Blurb: Beading superstar Marcia DeCoster hosts Lark's second Spotlight on Beading collection, featuring 30 international artists ranging from celebrities in the field to exciting up-and-comers. In addition to offering examples of their best work, the beaders discuss their inspirations and techniques, and chat with Marcia about how they discovered their muses and styles. Gorgeous color photos

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Blurb: Design a skirt for every day of the week! With these 28 irresistible projects, you'll learn all the techniques you need to custom-design and sew fabulous skirts that fit you perfectly. Smith shows you how to draft a pattern for a custom fit and then alter that pattern into one of four basic silhouettes: wrap, straight, flared, and high-waisted. Each skirt can then be easily

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A centered zipper is a zipper that doesn't have a lap covering it. It doesn't have to necessarily be in the center of the garment or project, and isn't the invisible type seen in many women's clothing. It is the simplest zipper to sew, and if you don't need the zipper to be covered, is perfect for many applications. With fabric right sides together, stitch a 5/8 inch seam allowance up to where

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If lining up snaps is a difficult chore, attaching them to the garment with this method will make it easier, no matter how spaced out they are or how evenly they are spaced. Separate all the snaps from each other, leaving two piles of two different halves of the snaps.  Identify where the snaps on the garment will be, and mark the spots on the garment. Sew all of the halves of the snaps

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While sewing machines do much of the work for sewing projects, hand stitches are useful for finishing work like enclosing the fabric edges to prevent fraying, and for temporarily holding fabrics together. Hand sewing stitches are also decorative or permanent depending on where they are placed or used. Temporary Hand Sewing Stitches Temporary stitches are not meant to be left in after the

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Humorous now, but this is what designers of the 1930s thought what women would wear 70 years later in the year 2000 and beyond.

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Incorporating music with funky beadwork, Rachel Nelson-Smith has turned her love for both into an artfully presented beadworking book: Rachel Nelson-Smith's Bead Riffs. Fun titles, intro to basic beadwork materials, and color illustrations make the book both functional to use and fun to read. Blending Musical Theory and Jewelry Nelson-Smith approaches "beading in the way a jazz musician

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For those familiar with Maggie Meister, you know that her beadwork is breathtaking. Her fans love the works she creates from archaeological elements (like a Byzantine knot created from a design taken from a Byzantine floor). Those who are new to her work can create some masterpieces at home with her book Maggie Meister's Classical Elegance. 20 Different Jewelry Designs Maggie Meister's

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21st Century Jewelry: The Best of the 500 Series Curated by Marthe Le Van and juried by 80 jewelers, this collection contains the best of the different "500" jewelry books. The result is a stunning collection of around 10 years of work by artists around the world. The total pool to draw from was 5,000 different pieces, and this book celebrates the pieces most representative from this era,

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