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How to Make a Hanging Butterfly Mobile 19 Aug 2013 | 08:08 pm
I love creating with free standing lace (FSL) on my Brother SE 400 Embroidery Sewing Machine, and recently I thought about using it to make a hanging butterfly mobile. So I experimented, and came up w...
How to Make a Free Standing Lace Doily 9 Jul 2013 | 07:27 pm
When I was a baby, my mother said that I would occupy myself for hours with a lace doily, and that I was absolutely fascinated with them. Well, today in my senior years, I still have a great fascinat...
Hemp Bracelet + Hemp Anklets = Beachy Summer 24 Jun 2013 | 08:17 pm
There is nothing cooler than beach jewelry! Those boho, beachy, and whimsical pieces that show off your free-flowin’, free-spirited attitude. Hemp jewelry encompasses all that, and more. Plus, I don’t...
Alpha Tricks: A New Embrilliance Embroidery Feature 23 May 2013 | 07:35 pm
Do you love to create and customize with machine embroidery? Are you one of the many embroiderers looking for affordable embroidery software that works with Mac Computers? Embrilliance Embroidery Soft...
How to Make a Crochet Owl: Beginner 22 May 2013 | 02:35 am
Making a crocheted owl is much simpler than it sounds. This particular crochet owl pattern is not my own, and I follow it loosely. It belongs to Ana Clerc, and her pattern can be found on Ravelry, for...
Crochet Yarn Tension: How to Hold Your Yarn 13 May 2013 | 07:32 pm
When I first started doing crochet basics on YouTube (and on this blog), I skipped over showing how to hold the yarn; controlling yarn tension. The reason I skipped it is because I don’t really hold m...
How to Make Ruffles, Gathers, and Pleats 10 May 2013 | 01:34 am
Learning to sew is both challenging and rewarding. Once you learn the basics of sewing, you will want to learn sewing techniques that are used to create special effects, such as how to make ruffles, g...
How to Read Basic Crochet Abbreviations 30 Apr 2013 | 08:01 pm
Learning how to crochet is a task all on it’s own, but reading and interpreting patterns is something else you’ll need to learn if you ever intend to use and read a crochet pattern, even a simple one....
Hand Crochet Tutorial: The Chain Scarf 1 Apr 2013 | 08:13 pm
Doing a chain in crochet is pretty easy with a hook, but how would you like to learn to do it without a hook? I’m going to show you how to hand crochet a simple chain scarf. It can be luxurious, fun, ...
Jeans into Shorts {or Capris}: How to Make Shorts 15 Mar 2013 | 07:47 pm
So, today, we’re going to be taking an old pair of jeans and turning those said jeans into shorts (or capris). The fun part is we’ll be using fun, printed fabric scraps to make the cuffs for you new s...
