This easy to make felt needle book will keep your needles safe, and makes a great gift for a crafty friend. While cleaning up my craft room recently I stumbled upon a bag of small crochet granny squares. I can’t remember where I acquired them. Maybe they were a lucky thrift shop find, or someone passed them on to me…
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There are many ways to transfer embroidery patterns onto fabrics. Usually if I’m working with a light coloured fabric that is fairly thin, I can trace the design directly onto it. I use a window as a light box to help me see the design clearly through the fabric and then trace the lines with a pencil. But what happens…
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I’ve been going through my blog archives, tidying up images, old links and broken code. It occurred to me that I’ve got a lot of great tutorials buried deep in those old archives which you’ve probably never seen, so I’ve decided to occasionally republish the best of them. This week I’m re-sharing the instructions for making a simple zippered cushion…
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Emma has been growing out of all her really nice clothes lately. I really love this dress, but the arm holes were getting too tight so it was time to get the scissors out and make some adjustments. Here, I’ll share with you how to enlarge arm holes and add (or replace) a bias binding trim. Use a bias tape…
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