Mother's Day Embroidered Scarves. These scarves are simple to make, even if you have very little embroidery experience.
Best of all, once you’re done, you will have such a special gift for your mom (or grandmother or sister or aunt or friend!) Materials For the green/yellow scarf with white embroidery: For the natural scarf with orange embroidery: For the coral scarf with yellow embroidery: Sewing the Scarves Every scarf is sewn in the same way before the addition of the embroidery. The best way to cut a straight line across a long space (like a scarf) is to pull a thread.
Start by making a small snip into the fabric along one of its long sides. Using tweezers pull one of the weft threads across the entire length of the scarf. If the thread breaks start pulling again from the break (you can pull a thread next to the first one if you can’t find the broken one again.) Once you’ve pulled your weft thread(s) across the entire length of the scarf smooth it out and cut along the line made by the pulled out thread. Cecilia Diep / Pinterest. Page 1 of 16. Pattern: teeny tiny chinese lanterns. Monday is Chinese New Year, and so I thought it a good time to stitch up some little lanterns.
These ones are teeny tiny, which is my favorite kind of embroidery! After I did the lantern embroidery, I threaded a bit of floss through the hanger on the lantern, then secured the ends of the thread in the hoop edges. Craft and DIY / Going to make on we heart it / visual bookmark #11407431 on imgfave. Summer bracelets DIY. When M. came home from her camp with school, she showed me this yellow bracelet she made with 'scoubidoo' strings.
One of her friends taught her how to make these and of course I wanted to have a go at it too. Instead of scoubidou string I used strips of fabric for one and leather - what did you think?! - shoelaces in offsetting colors for another one. I believe both resulting bracelets look really nice. The possibilities in terms of material to braid with are endless. So, in case you 're in need of a fun summer project here's a how-to in 16 pictures with a short description below. This is what you'll need for an adult size leather bracelet. Steps: 1. This is the kind of craft you could easily do with kids - have them cut strips of fabric, no need to worry about the strips being straight and regular, and teach them how to braid.
Drawstring bag - French seam. Here's a short tutorial for the drawstring bags I showed you here, on Friday.If you know a little bit of sewing, then I'm sure you know how to make a drawstring bag.
Don't stop reading yet, however, as I want to show you how you can use the "French seam" to finish off the bag neatly on the inside. I used this technique primarily as I didn't want to line the bags - something you might want to consider if you want the fabric to be able to breathe like for linen bags or laundry bags. Yet, I wanted the bags to look "clean" on the inside. As I have a very basic sewing machine, with a not so great zigzag stitch for finishing seams, I prefer this method.
And even with a decent zigzag stitch, the fabric still might start fraying (especially linen) when the bag is heavily used. Therefore: the French seam! For one drawstring bag you'll need: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Pinterest Challenge: AZ Love / Nail and String Tribute to the Grand Canyon State. So I found Curiously Wrought's work through her Etsy on Pinterest the other day--how cute are these?!
Click through the link below to check out my step-by-step tutorial: So although mine isn't PERFECT like hers are, I seriously love how it came out! DIY Anthropologie Ribbon Bobby Pins. Sew a Skirt in One Hour. In this week’s How-Tuesday post, you’ll learn how to stitch your very own custom skirt and update your wardrobe in a flash!
Brett Bara, author of Sewing in a Straight Line, will guide you through the process. When you see how easy it is to sew your own quick and comfy skirt, you won’t ever want to purchase this wardrobe basic off the rack again. Search Results. How-Tuesday: Shibori-Dyed Table Runner Add some hand-dyed pop to the table with this easy-to-execute project.
By House of Earnest Published: April 1, 2014 How-Tuesday: Ladybug Kiddo Tee Up the cute factor on a plain tee with a free downloadable stencil. By Oana Befort Published: March 25, 2014. D.I.Y. DIY Beaded Bracelet « greeneyed.com. I’m super excited to share this project with you, as it has been over two weeks in the making.
I fussed around with many a mini-crochet needle and embroidery thread, and my house is now littered with bitty seed beads, to arrive at what I think is my favorite and most unique tutorial yet! Woo hoo! Materials: Embroidery thread (I used 6 stranded thread) Crochet hook size 1 (2.75mm) Seed beads Jewelry clasps Needle Scissors. How To: Five Handy Embroidery Stitches. September 2nd, 2008 Email 82 users recommend These five embroidery stitches are a great place to start.
From top to bottom: blanket stitch, split stitch, stem stitch, back stitch, chain stitch. Erika Kern. Sharon b's in a minute ago. I hope you find this needlework dictionary useful and with it able to improve your hand embroidery skills.
To assist those who are new to the craft of hand embroidery I have categorised each stitch as to its degree of difficulty. An icon of a single pair of scissors indicates that the stitch is easy to work and you should not hesitate to try it. If you are new to learning needlework. If you see two scissors, the stitch requires more skill. My girl thursday. >Project ReStyle: Plain White Tee « A Pretty Penny. Plain white t-shirt + lazy afternoon + acrylic paint = ReStyle! Read more to see the easy peasy photo “tutorial”…which implies that things may get technical, but trust me, they do not. Like this: Like Loading... Embroidery: the tear-away transfer method.
A very old, traditional way of transferring an embroidery design to fabric is by drawing the design on very fragile paper, basting it to the ground fabric, and then stitching the design with a running stitch through both paper and fabric. When the whole design has been outlined, the paper is gently torn away. Feeling stitchy.