embroidery

Watch These Meditative Embroidered Zoetropes

Watch These Meditative Embroidered Zoetropes

Elliot Schultz created these animated zoetropes by embroidering fabric and spinning them on record players, and the result is hypnotizing.

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Embroidery Basics: Working with Metallic Floss (Without Losing Your Mind)

Embroidery Basics: Working with Metallic Floss (Without Losing Your Mind)

It’s a good thing metallic embroidery floss is so pretty, because it can be a serious pain in the backside to use. Unraveling, knotting, and mysteriously working itself into impossible tangles without warning are all to be expected—and that’s on a well-behaved day! But, what if working with metallic floss could be easy? Turns out, […]

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Embroidery Basics: Pinwheel Stitch

Embroidery Basics: Pinwheel Stitch

When the weather gets warmer, I often find myself putting down my knitting needles in favor of an embroidery hoop. You too? Jump start your summer sewing with a fun pinwheel stitch design! Stitch up some bold, beautiful bursts of color with this easy-to-follow pinwheel stitch embroidery tutorial from Red Brolly! What’s it for? Pinwheel […]

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Stitch It: Embroidered Cardboard Tube Desk Set

Stitch It: Embroidered Cardboard Tube Desk Set

Have a few cardboard tubes from ordering posters or prints? Turn them into a slick embroidered cardboard tube desk set and bestow some order upon your worktable! Thick cardboard packing tubes make a great go-to crafting material for sturdy upcycling ideas, and the stitching on these organizers is a perfect illustration of just how versatile […]

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The Dark Side of Stitching: Darth Vader Cross-Stitch

The Dark Side of Stitching: Darth Vader Cross-Stitch

Feeling pretty geeked about all the new Star Wars awesomeness that’s bouncing around the internet these days? Stitch up some quirky Anakin-inspired kitsch with this Darth Vader cross-stitch pattern and join in on the fun! Ready to get your geek craft on? Click here to download the pattern from Instructables user and cross-stitch pattern designer […]

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Stiching Flowers on Your Screen Door

Stiching Flowers on Your Screen Door

Can’t wait for the flowers to start blooming? Take matters into your own hands, and stitch up your own floral display on your front screen door! Of course this can be done on any screen, and it may actually be easier to handle a window screen that pops out. I sketched out some blossoms and […]

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Broad City NOMO FOMO Cross-Stitch Sampler

Broad City Stitches: NOMO FOMO Cross-Stitch Sampler

A fan of the show Broad City? Need your own gentle reminder to let go of the FOMO (fear of missing out)? You definitely won’t want to miss out on the awesome Broad City-inspired NOMO FOMO cross-stitch sampler and stitchalong that’s currently happening on BUST! For this stitchalong, however, we’ll be working on the above […]

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