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DIY Graduation Cap with Kraft-Tex® Paper Fabric
With socially distant graduations happening all over the country, we can use our crafty skills to celebrate those we love with a DIY graduation cap. Gather some paper-like fabric, thread, yarn and a brad fastener and you’re in business! If your machine has built-in decorative stitch alphabets, combine letters to personalize the DIY graduation cap for your student. Mary Kate Karr-Petras shows you how. DIY GRADUATION CAP USING KRAFT-TEX PAPER FABRIC from Mary Kate: The day before my daughter’s (online) elementary school continuation ceremony, her teacher sent an email that included a link to a DIY graduation cap tutorial as a suggestion for a fun way to make the occasion…
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Tea Towel Machine Embroidery for Memorial Day Décor
Tea Towel Machine Embroidery for Memorial Day Décor Tea towel machine embroidery is super simple! Add a pretty fabric border to add to the towel, or keep it simple and just embellish the tea towel with fun threads. This quick and easy project makes a great gift, too! SUPPLIES Sulky Red, White & You machine embroidery mini palette (comes with 6 patriotic-themed machine embroidery designs) Sulky Tear-Easy™ stabilizer Tea towel machine embroidery blank 4″-wide strip of fabric (length depends on tea towel lower edge) 1-1/2″-wide strip of fabric (length depends on tea towel lower edge) Note: The featured machine embroidery mini palette comes with three spools of coordinating Sulky Rayon…
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Embroidered Baby Onesie with Patriotic Pride
Hand Embroidered Baby Onesie for Memorial Day or July 4 Add a special patriotic phrase to a baby onesie for Memorial Day or July 4 festivities. Sulky 12 wt. Cotton Petites™ thread is the perfect substitute for embroidery floss, as it’s on a spool so doesn’t tangle like pesky floss can. Plus, one strand of Petites equals two strands of traditional embroidery floss, so there’s less thread to contend with as you embroider. If you’re new to hand embroidery or want a video tutorial for using the Cotton Petites and Sulky Stick ‘n Stitch, look to our Hand Embroidery for Kids video series. (Kids of any age, or kids…
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Embroidery on Shoes: Embellishments by Hand & Machine
Embroidery on Shoes? Yes, you can! Have you ever wondered how to add embroidery on shoes? Here’s your answer: Make them yourself! Yes, it’s possible to embroider shoes that are readymade. But it’s not easy to access the inside of the shoe to stitch and virtually impossible to hoop a shoe for machine embroidery. The answer is DIY SHOES and we’ve got your tutorial, expert tips and KIT so you can do it easier and have so much fun. EMBROIDERY ON SHOES – THE WEBINAR Our FREE Blooming Espadrilles webinar is May 12 at 2pm EDT. Melissa Quaal of A Happy Stitch will join us to tell us how these…
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Free Potholder Pattern for Taco Tuesday
Free Potholder Pattern This Tuesday is Cinco de Mayo. When do we ever have a Cinco de May synced up with Taco Tuesday? This fantastic day should be celebrated with a free potholder pattern, amirite? (This also makes a great Mother’s Day gift, especially if your mom likes tacos!) Supplies Potholder pattern (it’s a free download, guys!) Sulky 40 wt. Poly Deco™ thread that matches fabric (for construction) & coordinating (for machine embroidery design) 60 wt. Sulky Bobbin thread (for embroidery) Sulky Totally Stable® stabilizer Organ needles: size 75/11 embroidery & 80/12 universal (construction) Sulky KK 2000™ Temporary Spray Adhesive 4 matching or coordinating Layer Cake squares (10″ squares of…
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Star Wars® Sewing & Embroidery Projects with Fun Threads
Star Wars® Sewing & Embroidery May the Fourth Be with You™! There’s nothing better than specialty threads for Star Wars® sewing! Stitching a design using Sulky Neon, Metallic, CRY® and Glowy™ just elevates any Star Wars® sewing design to greatness! The Brother LB5000S sewing/embroidery combo machine is a great starter embroidery machine for any newbie. Plus, it comes with removable face plates all in Star Wars® themes! And as an added bonus with purchase, you get a slew of Star Wars® embroidery designs to use for your Star Wars®sewing projects, like Princess Leia™, Star Wars® and the Resistance Badge designs featured above. If you’re a Star Wars® fan or know some out there in…
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Makeup Brush Roll – Quick Mother’s Day Gift
MAKEUP BRUSH ROLL Quick Mother’s Day Gift Dive into your stash and grab a fat quarter of cute fabric to make this makeup brush roll. This gift makes a great Mother’s Day present that fits not only makeup brushes, but also pencils, paint brushes, sewing notions and more. Fill it with trinkets to add to the gift, or leave it as-is and let the recipient decide what to tote inside. The addition of vinyl is completely optional, but protects the inside of the roll from makeup or art-supply debris, making it easily washable with a damp cloth. Alternatively, use laminated cotton for the interior and exterior. However, if using quilting…
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Salley Mavor of Wee Folk Studio talks Artwork & Embroidery
Salley Mavor, Wee Folk Studio, Featured Artist We sat down with Salley Mavor of Wee Folk Studio to learn about her handwork creations. Salley creates embroidered artwork that’s photographed and reproduced in children’s books. Her pieces are truly remarkable. Read on to learn more! How do you describe your art? A needle is my tool, thread is my medium and stitches are my marks. My artwork is decorative and detailed, full of patterns and found objects, all bound together with stitching. I create sculptural scenes in bas-relief, much like miniature, shallow stage sets, with figures imposed on embellished fabric backgrounds. There is a certain over-the-top quality to my work that…
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Teddy Bears and Rainbows in Window Displays to “Sew” Our Love
Teddy Bears & Rainbows in Window Displays All across the world people are displaying Teddy Bears and rainbows in windows to offer hope and encouragement to people walking by, especially children, during this pandemic. Children are going on “bear hunts” and counting rainbows as part of scavenger hunts during walks wearing their masks. “How many rainbows and Teddy Bears can you count” has become a game, welcomed as both an activity and a distraction from the current isolation we’re all feeling. It’s especially fun if you have to really “hunt” to find the Teddy Bears and rainbows in windows! Teddy Bears are placed on windowsills, in bushes and peeking out…
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Cotton Petites Thread: Top 10 Uses for Sewing Projects
Top 10 Uses for Sulky Cotton Petites™ Thread Sulky 12 wt. Cotton Petites thread is a great thread choice for so many sewing applications. The thread is heavyweight, 12 wt. to be exact, comes in myriad colors (even Blendables®) and one strand equals two strands of traditional embroidery floss. HANDWORK vs MACHINE SEWING Yes, you can use this heavyweight thread for hand or machine sewing. For serging, try this thread in the loopers for a full coverage rolled hem or decorative blanket edging. For machine embroidery, try this thread in “heavy,” “fur” or “brushed” designs (just don’t brush the design out; use Sulky Filaine to achieve that effect). For standard…
