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Embroidered Lampshades – by Carolyn Sinclair
A shop in France commissioned me to make these lampshades and wanted the designs aimed towards children and especially boys, […]
From Kid’s Drawing to Embroidery Design – by Erika Mulvenna
This is a tutorial shared by our US colleagues from weallsew.com. Erika Mulvenna digitalizied a drawing. Read how to turn […]
Enjoying the possibilities. A textile bowl.
A textile bowl using programmed and free motion stitch. Bernina B720 http://chelletextiles.com.au Having been operating my Bernina […]
Freebies! Valentine gives away beautiful hearts
Valentine – who is not familiar with it. This day symbolizes like no other the lovers and you give and […]
The secret life of the Chrystal Work Tool
When Bernina released their cutwork software I immediately saw that it offered a new and exciting way of using embroidery […]
It’s St. Andrew’s Day!
Today, 30th November is St. Andrew’s Day in Scotland and we celebrate our Patron Saint’s Day in many ways. My […]
The Scarlet Woman – Bernina Pictogram Challenge 2015
The Scarlet Woman When this challenge arrived, I had a piece of scarlet fabric and the pictogram. I […]
Framed Embroideries
As I mentioned some days ago, I had an exhibition with my framed embroideries at the “Nadel+Faden” fair here in […]
All decked out.
Summer had arrived when I visited Plymouth University’s 3D design final year exhibition. These deckchairs made by Andy Sinclair who […]
Evening bag with free machine embroidery by Trudy Billingsley
I just received my new BERNINA 720 and wow! I started playing with it straight after my lesson this morning […]
Once more!
It seems to me that you have fun with embroidery designs. Here is one more for you: I made this […]
An accessory fruit as an interlude
Before we start our class on the stitch designer of the Bernina 880, I would like to go back to […]
Textured book covers part 2. Instructions to make the covers
Requirements Notebook mine was approximately A5 sixe. Fabric cotton, linen, polyester velvet, polyester taffeta, all work well. Water soluble fabric […]
Create textured fabric book covers. Part 1 texture tips and tricks
The biggest compliment that I got about the large textured fabric bag that I made was from my youngest son, […]
Happy St. George’s Day!
St. George and the Dragon There are many stories surrounding St. George and the dragon. What seems to run through […]
Holiday projects with the grandchildren #1
The grandchildren have been with us for Easter and as usual Nanna organised a few crafty things for them to […]
Embroidered Child’s Patch
My 4-year-old granddaughter found a hole in her favourite trousers. She likes this garment so much because it is made […]
Lá Shona Fhéile Pádraig! – Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
It seems like yesterday I was uploading the emblem for St. David’s Day and here we are, halfway through March […]
Happy St. David’s Day! (Dydd Hapus Gŵyl Dewi)
It’s March the 1st today and it is such a beautiful spring-like day here in the south of England. I […]
Feathered Heart Appliqué!
Would you like to be able to make this beautiful feathered heart using your embroidery machine? Look no further. […]
Given with Love
A project for those with Designer Plus software. Open a new project. Choose the Oval Hoop and change the […]
Bags of Texture
This project started when I was asked by several schools who all offered a design technology textiles […]
From bin to pride of place – Caitlyn
From bin to pride of place I attended a workshop on transferring images from laser copies onto fabric using gel […]
Honesty Clutch Bag
Honesty clutch bag Materials needed. Main fabric in silk, satin, brocade or dupion 30 cms x 40 cms Lining fabric […]
Tomato Cancan Applique
This little A4 piece uses several techniques. I belong to an online group of quilters and the challenge was a […]
Bernina Bookwrap
Requirements: Bernina embroidery machine. Embroidery designs to fit on the front and back cover of the bookwrap. Jumbo Hoop […]
Decorating with the aid of software and sewing machine
Yes, you read that correctly – you don’t have to do any craftwork if you want to decorate. You can […]
My trusty friend for sewing leather
By now, I’ve managed to accumulate quite a lot of presser feet in my BERNINA presser foot cupboard (one of […]