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How to Embellish Garments Using Shisha
Caryl Rae Hancock devised a quick and clever way to attach shisha with free-machine embroidery.
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Hand-Embroidered Understitching
Make the functional fantastic with a hidden embellishment.
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How to Embroider Garments Like Penn & Fletcher
11 commentsMasterpiece embroidery has many facets. See more examples of the exquisite embroidery and learn more about the Penn & Fletcher Studio.
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A Vintage Blouse Embellished with Soutache Braid
26 commentsLooking at vintage garments can inspire your sewing and can be a great teaching tool.
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Magazine Giveaway: "Threads" Issue #165 (February/March 2013)
98 commentsWe asked our editors which hand-stitched detail they liked to use most. How would you answer the question?
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Snowflakes are no longer needed! The Winter Wonderland is complete!
Thanks to all who assisted The Connecticut PTSA's snowflake efforts.
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Using Buttons as Embellishment
49 commentsFind out what Kenneth D. King created when he inherited 75 pounds of antique uniform buttons.
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Create a Couched Embroidery Design
3 commentsTake a simple sketch of ancient architecture that inspires you to your computer and digitize it to create a couched embroidery version for a summer satchel.
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A Beautiful Embroidered Beaded Bodice
12 commentsCheck out the complex combination of embroidery found on this beaded bodice.
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How to Make an Embroidered Clutch
Transform a wool sweater that's seen better days into your new favorite clutch.
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An Exquisite Beaded Embroidery Sleeve
28 commentsThis is an eye-candy post, where you get to see some stellar embroidery examples.
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How to Make Ribbon Trim
69 commentsLearn how to sew an easy but beautiful manipulated-ribbon trim that can be used in a variety of applications!
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BOOK GIVEAWAY: "Sweet Stitches from the Heart"
36 commentsMore than 70 project ideas and 900 stitch motifs are included in this book and will provide you with an embroidery bonanza!
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Francois Lesage Remembered
Last week, we lost a giant in the fashion community. Francois Lesage, head of the embroidery firm Maison Lesage, passed away at age 82.
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Calling fiber arts students!
The non-profit Textile Study Group of New York is holding a competition for students of the fiber arts. The Nancy and Harry Koenigsberg Student Award program is now accepting student portfolios for a chance to win a cash prize!
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How to Create Free-Motion Embroidery Buttons
1 commentCovered buttons offer an easy introduction to machine-embroidered embellishment.
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Silk-Ribbon Embroidery by Machine
A fast new approach to traditional embroidery with results that look hand sewn.
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Embroiderers, or those who love it--some good news!
4 commentsThere is going to be a conference on embroidery in November 2011, sponsored by two of the premiere embroidery houses in the world--Penn and Fletcher in New York, and Hand and Lock, London!
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Makers of All Stripes Come Together
2 commentsBilled as “part playground, part science fair, part welding shop, and part county fair,” Maker Faire brings together DIY crafters and “makers” of every kind as exhibitors showing their innovative work.
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