This fun project is the Handy Heart Potholder. It was really easy to make with the pattern instructions. The rick-rack and little button are cute additions.
Here's a quick and easy sweatshirt update with style! Adjust the shoulders for fit, shorten the sleeves and add texture with a sleeve-leftover appliqué.
What American Girl doesn't like making new matching outfits? We all do! All you need is T-shirts, a stencil and ink pads, and some cardboard. Make skirts, too!
The overcast stitch for hand embroidery is a laid stitch made upright over another thread and resembles a fine cord. It is used for outlines or delicate stems.
The satin stitch is made from long straight stitches placed close together to resemble satin. Take care to keep your stitches close together for this easy fill.
The long and short stitch fills large areas with hand stitches. It is a satin type stitch and is used to blend colors with different threads. Adds texture.
Blanket stitch is typically used to edge blankets and other edges like table cloths, runners, even wool jackets by hand. Place stitches close or staggered.
Rhodochrosite Beaded Necklace is an original design stitched using off-loom beadweaving techniques. Rhodochrosite. Peyote stitch. 20" chain. Sterling clasp.
The closed buttonhole stitch is a variation on the buttonhole stitch and is used for borders and as an edge stitch. It can be used as an applique stitch, too.
The Closed Feather stitch is a lovely outline stitch for both curves and straight lines. Often used in crazy quilting and applique, this easy stitch is fast.
The open cretan embroidery stitch is used for borders, edges and applique. Its feathery look is light and perfect for adding surface texture to your project.
The fern stitch is great for vegetation fill on your hand embroidery project. Vary the threads and size of the stitches to convey different sizes of plants.
Handmade items are an important part of Day of the Dead festivities - sugar skulls are the most recognizable. Make decorations for your Dios de los Muertos.