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Category: Embroidery Help

link to Barbie Boutique by Annabel Benilan

Barbie Boutique by Annabel Benilan

Annabel Benilan guides you through how to make not only 15 stylish looks for Barbie, but five outfits for Ken too. Princess, Prom Queen, President, Doctor - with your help, Barbie can be any of them.

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link to Cloth Doll Faces by Ray Slater

Cloth Doll Faces by Ray Slater

Ray Slater is an internationally known doll maker, and in this book she generously shares all of her secrets about how to create fabulous faces in cloth. It covers a huge selection of advice to bring...

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link to The Funk Files – Meet Olga Ochkas

The Funk Files – Meet Olga Ochkas

Every year, Hand & Lock organizes a competition for the prestigious Prize for Embroidery to promote the use of hand embroidery and to discover emerging embroidery talent. The 2020 brief, "The...

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link to Book Review: Creating Children’s Artwork Quilts by Shannon Gingrich Shirley

Book Review: Creating Children’s Artwork Quilts by Shannon Gingrich Shirley

Julie explores a book for us this time in Quilty Pleasures....Ready for a super fun book review? I was sent this quilt book and think it is just wonderful! It is all about making quilts, as well as...

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link to Playful Perfect Quilts by Amanda Niederhauser

Playful Perfect Quilts by Amanda Niederhauser

Playful Precut Quilts is a beautifully put together book which walks you through how to make 15 quilting blocks to help you produce fabulous quilts for all seasons.

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link to Can You Use Food Colouring To Dye Fabric?

Can You Use Food Colouring To Dye Fabric?

Dyeing fabric with food colouring is a relatively easy process and a simple way to try dyeing for beginners. It is particularly useful if you only want to apply dye to part of a fabric, and because...

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About Mr X Stitch

I'm Jamie Chalmers, aka Mr X Stitch, aka The Kingpin of Contemporary Embroidery, and I'm on a mission to change the way you think about embroidery.
Since 2008 my international family of authors has been sharing inspirational textile art and needlework ideas that will have you itching for some stitching!
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