Tag: stitching
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November 30, 2006 11:27 PM EST --
as you well know, princesses must be well-dressed...preferably in silky fabrics, sequined overlays, tiny straps, and bows. pink metallic shoes, or ballet slippers?
today, lillie got a special present . . .
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January 06, 2008 02:33 PM EST --
Counting your stitches can be easier by using a disappearing ink fabric pen. The ink disappears after a day or two but it gives you enough time to get borders measured and chart out blocks of ten for better . . .
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March 25, 2009 10:34 PM EDT --
Because there is a wide variety of people on Gather.. I know there are some highly skilled cross-stitchers out there. I would love some guidance from you all.
I cross-stitch. Although I'm . . .
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November 13, 2006 10:50 PM EST --
Although I love arts and crafts, I've never been much of a seamstress. Tonight, however, I looked over my pile of clothes in desperate need of repair. At first I thought I'd take them . . .
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January 27, 2008 09:56 AM EST --
I'm considering starting a mystery Block of the Month. I'll provide a pattern for you once a month. You complete it and in twelve months, you will have enough blocks for a quilt. This will be a . . .
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October 29, 2006 10:15 AM EST --
For anyone who needs help with all their sewing needs, I have a lot of websites bookmarked. One that I just love is http://www.wrights.com/class/class.htm
This is the same company that makes blanket binding, . . .
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September 11, 2007 07:33 PM EDT --
If you cross stitch with a hoop, and you're afraid the cloth will get dirty around the hoop edge, try the following! Cover the cloth with paper towels, then place in the hoop, tear away the towels . . .
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April 05, 2007 10:53 PM EDT --
I can do a little bit of rudimentary hand quilting, but I know my technique is not correct. I go down and up, needle all the way through on each pass. I know that I am supposed . . .
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April 27, 2008 05:33 PM EDT --
First of course, you are going to need to come up through a main hole. You you look, you'll see the tiny thread above the square that's where we'll be going down afterward. I have used pictures . . .
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December 21, 2008 07:33 AM EST --
I went to my first quilt show that Spring. I decided that I'd make a simple patch quilt for my Dad for Christmas. We had horses and used that as a theme for the fabric that I picked out. The top went . . .
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October 29, 2006 10:58 AM EST --
I do not remember what website I found this on, but it has some very useful tips in it. (I, of course, am a packrat, so I save every little piece of sewing stuff I have left over that is big enough to . . .
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October 29, 2006 11:01 AM EST --
I get sewing tips in my email from Singer and this was one of those tips. Hope it helps with your next sewing project!
Facings
Sew interfacing to the facing with RIGHT sides together in a 1/4" seam. . . .
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October 31, 2006 09:10 AM EST --
Don't you just hate having to go the store and sit down and try to look through all those stupid books to find a pattern you like? I always hated doing that before our local Hancock Fabrics closed . . .
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November 06, 2006 10:42 AM EST --
Sewing Machine Tips that Aren't in the Manual
<h1 style="">Gathering</h1>
My favorite way of gathering fabric for random gathers, is to zigzag over a cord. Your . . .
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November 07, 2006 12:10 PM EST --
Sewing Terminology
A number of terms used in sewing may be puzzling to you at first. The ones listed below are all defined in their proper places in the book (see the INDEX). In case you should . . .
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November 27, 2006 08:03 AM EST --
One of the things I really like to do is quilt. .I made my first quilt in 1976 .I used fabric from left out from dresses that I made in high school. Unfortunately . . .
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October 29, 2006 11:17 AM EST --
Quilters Quarters Fridge Magnet
Take six 2-inch squares of different fabrics and pink the edges (optional, but neater) and roll each one tightly into a little roll, gluing down loose edge. Glue all six . . .
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October 30, 2006 09:47 AM EST --
Sewing Terminology
A number of terms used in sewing may be puzzling to you at first. The ones listed below are all defined in their proper places in the book (see the INDEX). In case you should . . .
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October 31, 2006 11:58 AM EST --
I thought this might be helpful to all of you who will be working with fleece since the cold weather is starting. Some of it I knew, some I didn't. When I sew the blanket binding on my blankets, I . . .
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November 05, 2006 07:02 PM EST --
How many of you have little girls or grandaughters that are into Barbie or any other 11 1/2" dolls? If so, those little outfits that you buy can become quite costly! Here are several websites that . . .
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