I’m in love with these woven circle patches from Chile-based textile designer Karen Barbé. They’re so beautiful, you’ll actually look forward to mending your most well-loved and well-worn clothes! Ready to make your own? Head over to her blog to see the full tutorial. More: How-To: Monster Knee Patches @Craftzine.com blog Crochet Heart Elbow Patches […]
Given my recent French knot blouse and light box posts, you might have noticed that I’m on a bit of an embroidery kick. So, this this bullion knot embroidery tutorial from Kathy at The Unbroken Thread definitely fits right in with my current stitching obsession. I’d always thought that flowers like the one pictured above […]
I don’t have a proper light box, so I generally use my bedroom window to trace embroidery patterns onto fabric. If it’s dark, or I don’t have a printer handy, I’m pretty much stuck. Luckily, in her tutorial for using a computer screen as a light box, Mollie at Wild Olive has reminded me that, […]
Our friends over at Adafruit Industries have come up with a clever new kit that combines a resistor chart with a traditional embroidery sampler, not to mention a witty little pun. Not only is this kit fun to make (and good for beginner stitchers), when it’s all done it functions as a handy resistor reference […]
My jaw dropped when I saw this stunning handmade wedding dress from a bride named Frances. She created the top portion of the dress using vintage embroidered table cloths. The colorful stitchery and delicate draping is divine. I chose to design my own dress because I had originally wanted a vintage dress, but found that […]
Becky Stern has a cool new video tutorial up over on Adafruit, using nifty sewable LED sequins, which lay flat on your project surface. If you don’t want components sticking up from the surface of your project, and you don’t mind using a soldering iron, you might try making these: LED sequins. More: How-To: LED […]
Evelin Kasikov’s embroidery work has been featured on CRAFT before because her projects were so incredible, and her new work, called The Portrait Project, is no exception. The Portrait Project is a set of 10 stitched portraits, all based on the same grid. Images are created by using different stitching methods and thread thicknesses. The […]
