How to Embroider Your Own Book Covers for Back-to-School
In just a few short steps, you can embroider a book cover to fit every size textbook in your child's backpack!
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Organize Your Embroidery Floss
7 commentsOnce you start embroidering, your floss stash will multiply faster than gremlins in water. Here's how to keep it in control.
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Hello, Craft Stylistas!
3 commentsJust wanted to pop in and say "Hi!" now that I'm so CraftStylish.
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Meet Your Rotary Cutter's New Best Friend--WD-40!
Embroidery is hard on your equipment, especially if you use spray adhesive to hold your fabric in the hoop. Here's a great tip to keep your rotary cutter working great.
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Lost Your Embroidery Foot? The Free-Motion Quilting Foot Works Great for Embroidery, Too
Here's a great back-up option to keep the embroidery going if you can't find your embroidery foot.
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How to Keep Your Embroidery Machine in Tip-Top Shape
3 commentsHere are a few things you can do to keep your embroidery machine from unnecessary visits to the repair shop!
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How to Cross-Stitch on Single Crochet
7 commentsCreate a unique monogram or other design using crossed embroidery stitches and a canvas made of single crochet.
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How To: Five Handy Embroidery Stitches
10 commentsThe number of hand-embroidery stitches out there can be daunting when you first start, but you really only need a few basic stitches to finish any project.
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Thrift store sweater becomes a cell phone cozy
2 commentsI made these cell phone cozies from thrift store sweaters that I felled. The appliques are made from new acrylic felt (mostly scraps!) and stitched with new, but...
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The Burning Man Festival 2008
1 commentCheck out craft in a radical form of self-expression.
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How to Make a Reverse Applique on a T-Shirt by Machine
5 commentsCombine an easy machine-appliqué technique with a little machine embroidery to create your own designer tee!
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Iron On, Hand-Stitch a Little, and Out the Door You Go!
These iron-on transfers are the best of both worlds: No tracing required, just use the cotton thread included to fill each butterfly in with easy embroidery stitches!
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More Free Designs than You'll Know What to Do With!
1 commentIt doesn't matter what brand embroidery machine you own, you can take advantage of free designs on every sewing-machine manufacturer's website!
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Pamper Your Hands with Gloves in a Bottle
1 commentEmbroiderers, sewers, knitters, and paper crafters rejoice: There is help for irritated, itchy hands! No matter what your craft is, Gloves in a Bottle provides a barrier between your skin and what’s irritating you.
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Embroidery Term: Baste in the Hoop
Basting in the hoop is the greatest—and even if your embroidery machine does not have this capability, you can still do it!
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How to Use a Chart When Working with Aida Cloth
1 commentA great advantage to using Aida cloth when embroidering is that you can work from a chart instead of transferring the pattern to your fabric.
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The Alabama Stitch Book
Hand Stitches Rejoice--A whole book featuring fashionable garments, accessories and home decor projects designed using recycled fabrics.
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How to Insert a Crocheted Lace Band into a Hand Towel
3 commentsMake these luxurious bath towels by transforming the standard variety with some crocheted or embroidered lace.
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Use Embroidery Software to Speed up the Process
Using embroidery software can get you more out of your embroidery machine faster than with standard methods.
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