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Indigo Berries designed by Jo Morton « fabricshopperonline.com Jo Morton is a quilt artist, fabric designer, teacher, author, lecturer and student of our ancestral quilt making. Her use of color, design and fine stitchery give her quilts the feeling of being made in the 19th Century. I am feeling very nostalgic this week. These prints inspire that direction ~ as they were intended … think meets {*style:<i> Jacob’s Ladder Tutorial Here’s how to do a Jacob’s Ladder: The basic fabric needed is a combination of double crochet stitches and chain stitches. In this example, I’ve decided to do one ladder with 5dc on each side. To recreate it, ch22, dc in the fourth chain from the hook, and make 3 more dc stitches: Ch10: Skip 10 chains in the base chain, and make a dc in the 11th chain:
5 Unusual Sewing Machine Techniques Your sewing machine just sews, right? Wrong! It does so much more! There are some interesting and unusual embroidery techniques you must try out on your machine. Wildwood Fabric Collection New Arrivals Coming Soon Manufacturers Designers Collections M&S Schmalberg Our showroom and factory is located in the heart of the New York City Garment Center. If you are in the area, we welcome you to stop by for a tour. You will find a tremendous assortment of hand-made artisan flowers for sale in all colors and styles. If you can’t find the perfect flower in stock then we will gladly make it for you. You can choose from our thousands of vintage tools and dies to select a unique style that works for you. Together using your creative talents and our expertise we’ll design the perfect flower.
Saturday Sales Blitz ~ Fabricworm « fabricshopperonline.com Hi There Fabricworms! We are so excited to share with you the arrival of Freebird by Momo, and Tweet Tweet by Keiki, both from Moda Fabrics. New Markdowns this week: Just Dreamy by Riley Blake Designs, only $7.20 per yard. And, Please take advantage of our $10 rebate on purchases of $100 or more through 4/20, coupon code 10rebate Happy Sewing! The Fabricworm Team Sutton Gallery » Artist Profile » Gordon Bennett Born Monto, Queensland 1955; lives and works in Brisbane Gordon Bennett is internationally acclaimed as one of Australia's most significant and critically engaged contemporary artists. He is recognised for his powerful perspectives on the post colonial experience, particularly in the Australian context, with much of his work mapping alternative histories and questioning racial categorisations and stereotypes.
As promised: an online fabric shopping guide « Green apples Teaching yourself to sew can be daunting. For those of us not located in a major city, classes are few and far between, and mostly oriented to quilting or heirloom sewing. Teaching myself was not without its ups and downs, and let’s just say it’s lucky that I am a very patient person! I’m writing this series of posts to help out my fellow beginners. I am not an expert – just someone who loves to assimilate and share knowledge! I talked about books for beginners here, and now I’d like to talk about another challenge facing the beginner… fabric selection.
Gordon Bennett Education Resource Personal background – Family, memory, experience During his childhood in the 1950s and 60s, Bennett lived with his family in Victoria and Queensland. He has described his upbringing as overwhelmingly Euro-Australian, with never a word spoken about my Aboriginal heritage. Gordon Bennett 1 Bennett’s Aboriginal heritage came through his mother.
tunic love One of the perks of designing sewing patterns is getting to see how others use their creative powers to bring the project to life. Fabric choice and decorative elements really change the feel of the Schoolhouse Tunic. Here are some of my favorites that have been popping up on the Sew Liberated Patterns Flickr Group. Photo by Happy Find Thread Count in Fabric I’ll be honest, before I began making quilts, I didn’t think much about the thread count of fabric – including the thread count of sheets. In some sort of random way, I could tell that some fabric seemed like it was more tightly woven than other fabric. Yet it didn’t occur to me that it might make a big difference in my quilts. I just figured that the quilting stitches would somehow hold everything together. It only took some of the fabric in one quilt to get shredded for me to realized that it really did make a difference – especially in quilts that are destined to become heirlooms – i.e., those you want to have for future generations to enjoy in a condition that is as beautiful as the day you finished them.
Cassie Stephens: DIY: Felted Floral Sweater So, as usual, this DIY story begins with me drooling over some uber expensive piece at Anthropologie. Case in point: that lovely embroidered number on the left. Them crazies wanted something like $198 for that thang! Do you know how much whipped cream that would buy?! Why, I'd be the best tasting crap-pie in town. 13 Ways to Naturally Boost Your Testosterone Levels By Ron Geraci, Men's Health, December 25, 2000 The normal level of testosterone in your bloodstream is between 350 and 1,000 nanograms per deciliter (ng/dl). Like combable hair, those quantities silently start to wane around age 40. You lose about 1 percent a year -- a harmless decline in the short term, but a cause of obesity, brittle bones, muscle loss and impotence by the time you reach your 60s -- if you live that long. Testosterone levels in the low range (a blood serum score below 350 ng/dl) may increase your chances of dying of a heart attack. It's not just an old man's problem, either.
Sleeves, Necklines, Collars, and Dress Types I’ve recently ventured into drafting patterns starting from my basic bodice and skirt sloper. The fit issues are minimal, since the sloper is made skin tight. Design ease is added as you go along. I found these reference pictures useful for ideas on basic sleeves, necklines, collars, and dress types. These are from Vogue Sewing, circa 1982.