Step 3 - Stitch the Zipper In Place Attach sewing clips to hold in place and do a straight (ish) stitch all the way along the edge. You can use a zipper foot, but a regular foot will do just fine too. (I used a regular foot here.) No fancy stuff, just a basic straight stitch...
Stay Spooky cross stitch pattern to make and enjoy this Halloween season. Printable fall leaves coloring page Printable fall leaves coloring page Happy Halloween coloring page This Happy Halloween coloring page is free to print. Keep kids busy with crayons, markers, and free printables. ...
Latch hooking is a little like cross stitch – you have a pattern made of coloured squares, and a canvas you work stitches into. But instead of making a stitch for each square, you have a short length of yarn that you tie onto the canvas with a latch hook. I’ve used latch hooks b...
I was lucky to find a little cross stitch heart in my sewing box, I must have made it ages ago as I don't even remember! It came in just right for this keyring. Stitch everything in place onto one of your felt hearts as before. To make a keyring however we are going to miss...
For a hint of holiday flair with a literary touch, put spare paperbacks to work by stacking them into a Christmas tree. It's a wonderfully whimsical touch to a mantle or bookshelf. 34 of 124 Sneak in Surprises Robbie Caponetto; Design: Kathleen Varner Shift into neutral for a simp...
221 Cross 222 Half a V 223 Quartermaster 224 Aurora 225 The Pumpkin is Calling 226 Celestial Squid 227 Rave 228 Water or Dust 229 Living Emulsion 230 Main Character 231 Bean 232 Bar - relief 233 Vernal Pool 234 Gossamer Bags 235 Tilling in the Field 236 Talking Firmament 237 Three Years ...
She became the central theme of the embroidery, and I – I was the cross-stitch background – no more. No more, but also no less, for without the drab background, the pattern will not stand out. Now, again, the pattern has shifted. This is not my story, not Isabella’s story....
This project was a lot of fun, very personalised, great to design, satisfying to stitch, quickly completed and charmingly finished (if I do say so myself). It’s also made me realise that despite cross stitch being a ‘slow craft’, you can churn things out pretty quickly when you nee...
I am a white girl. And last night, I designed a Kanji cross stitch pattern for the Japanese word “ma” (though the kanji character also represents “architecture”). “Ma” is a word I learned 15 years ago, when I worked as a receptionist for the summer at Honda Research and Developm...
My foundation is of bonded blue/green silk taffeta and cotton muslin, good and stiff, tacked to a fifteen by seventeen wood embroidery frame. The technique for laying down the background was usually surface couching: This simple stitch is used to place down everything embroidered on the backgr...