Exploring Etsy – Patch Happy part 2
Howdy-do fans of needlecraft! Time to turn back to the wonderful world of patches. I have designed my first one, which you can see below,
Howdy-do fans of needlecraft! Time to turn back to the wonderful world of patches. I have designed my first one, which you can see below,
Well hello there everybody, I hope those of you in the UK have been enjoying the gorgeous bank holiday weekend! In hopes of keeping that
For shame my trusty readers, I’m late with our monthly Etsy needlecraft adventures! This British Summer Time malarky has thrown me, I’m having too much
Hello needle crafters, this month’s ‘Exploring Etsy’ is all about letting loose – more specifically letting our sewing machines run wild with ne’er a care
Starting out in Machine Embroidery can be intimidating, but first of all, it should be fun. So you’ve just unpacked your first embroidery machine; You
The easiest explanation why machine embroidered colors is that the files that some machines require have a limited set of embedded colors built into the specs of the file type or contain no thread color information at all.
Machine embroidery is technical by its nature: It’s full of arcane terms, from the materials used, to machine parts, to the host of expressions wallowing
It’s hard not to love a single-color machine embroidery design; there’s no need to re-thread the design for different colors, most won’t have problems with
Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, bordering Guatemala, is a mountainous highland with dense rainforests dotted with Mayan archaeological sites and Spanish colonial towns. It is also home
Dear Ghost, I monogrammed a bag for myself on a whim; now that people have seen it, I’m constantly asked to create monogrammed gear; I
As a commercial embroiderer, I’ve tended to favor techniques that use time-tested, embroidery specific materials. Fairly often, the adamant claims from my home embroidery friends
To embroider; it can simultaneously stand for puffing up and altering the truth of one’s statements as well as for adding decoration. Though I’ve been