Myra at So Sew Easy shares tips oh how to sew with denim. Denim is a very strong, long-lasting fabric that has been extremely popular for over 100 years. If you need to tailor your denim or have a tear, you must arm yourself with high quality thread and very sharp, strong needles. Average thread…
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The Latest Thread – Textiles, Designs & Mood Board
This week I decided on a submission for the Bucketfeet/Spoonflower challenge, received my textile swatches, found a mood board, and started planning for next week’s home and customer design challenges… So here’s the latest weekly thread! Textiles, Designs and Shopping I made the deadline for the ocean theme design entry for Bucketfeet and Spoonflower!This time the sponsors will choose 100 semifinalist designs for voting on May 19th….
Silk Blouse – Hit or Miss? Fab or Drab?
A silk blouse proto-type for my Golden Marble Fields satin fabric! What do you think? Is it a Hit or Miss? Fab or Drab? There’s a reason that I normally stay away from silk! And it’s because the fabric is so delicate!! It really slowed me down to a snails pace. I didn’t want to…
The Latest Thread – Design Challenge
This week my focus has been on the Spoonflower design challenge deadline. And need your VOTE! I gave 110%, but is an artist ever happy with the final design? I ordered fabric swatches, painted new designs, bought myself a mother’s day gift and the grand baby reminded that I’m not as young as I used to be! So here’s the latest weekly thread… Textiles, Textiles and…
Sewing Tip – How to sew with Canvas Fabric
This sewing tip is submitted by Petro at Creative Homemaking on how to sew with canvas fabric. Follow these simple, easy tips for sewing with canvas, and you’ll soon be able to successfully make any fun projects that require canvas, for you and your home! Read more here… Is there a sewing product, or a sewing technique…
The Latest Thread – Textiles & Patterns
This week I’ve been frantically preparing my submission for a contest, started a pattern slopper for a pajama shirt for the grand-baby, found more great finds on the web, did a little fabric shopping and was selected to submit a Guest Post to one of my favorite blogs. So here’s the latest weekly thread! Textiles, Pattern and Shopping for Textiles I’ve been trying to create a textile…
The Latest Thread – Textiles
This week has been whirlwind of cool craft finds on the web, great craft buy’s, happy clients, getting spotted on Spoonflower, a blogger award, new fabric prints, new friends, a tutorials got a featured spot, and more cool plans! All of this normally doesn’t happen in a week, but I thought It would be a chance to start sharing the latest thread with you!…
Golden Marble Fields Fabric – Hit or Miss? Fab or Drab?
Introducing the Golden Marble Fields! She’s part of my first fabric collection “Marble Haze” on Spoonflower. I thought this would look nice as a satin blouse. I have four projects to complete before I start on this one, but this is now my motivation to get them done! Here’s a look a look at…
New Textile Designs – Hit or Miss? Fab or Drab?
Before I show you the three new textiles designs I want to update you on my first round of Spoonflower swatches. The swatches arrived last week and the colors and designs look Great! So I’m happy to announce that my Spoonflower Shop is officially open with my first designs, which offers international shipping too! I’m in love with the marbling…
Little Girls Handbag – Tutorial
The perfect handbag accessory for a little girl that will complete her outfit during those special occasions! Somewhere we lost the classic fashion accessory for little girls 2-4yrs old. I remember my little white gloves and my little handbag and shoes that matched my dress, but times have changed! Here’s a quick 40 min tutorial on how to glam up a little girls…
Design Show and Master Class Favorites
Although, I didn’t see everything at the Architectural Digest Design show in New York, the vendors I did see were amazing artist. When I wasn’t in awe of their creations I remembered to take some photos to share with you! I met some of the artist and asked questions about their techniques and inspiration. You know the hand-painted…
Sewing Tip- How to Make Custom Sewing Labels
Mayra at So Sew Easy experimented with different sewing label styles and shares inexpensive ways you can make your own custom sewing labels! “There are so many nice label shops out there, especially on Etsy. I’ve been wanting to get some custom sewing labels for myself for some time now, but for wanting so many different styles, it would cost me…
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