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gossjean
Baytown, TX, USmember
Plastic Canvas
Yo-yo doilies and pillows
Purses
Initial Pillows
Aprons
Chefs hats and kerchiefs
Quillows
Ponchos
Fleece blankets and beanies
Vests
Chicken Scratch (snowflaking)
Counterchange Smocking (on gingham)
Candlewicking
craft interests: embroidery, gifts, sewing
Member Since: 01/21/2009
Pew Baby (Handkechief Doll)
Years ago, in a mother's effort to quite her child in church, she would quickly fashion her handkerchief into a doll, amusing their curiosity long enough to enjoy the sermon. Here is one way to...
~Vintage Vogart Ventures~
Vintage kitchen designs by Vogart are another fun summer project for tea towel designs!
~Rule the Roost~
Looking for a little summer sewing fun! Find a quick embroidery design and transfer it to some tea towels! Makes great gifts as well...
Vintage Embroidery
Sometimes, it will do a soul good just to slow down and do something that forces you to reflect and remember! Recently, I ran across a few items that came in a lot that I had purchased in an...
~Tea Towel Bread Bag~
In an effort to create a cotton bag for mini-loaves of french bread, my daughter mentioned that she had seen someone take tea towels, sew two of the sides, and use them to give bread as giftsnbsp...
~Rags to Riches, Curtains to Covering~
Recently, our sewing class has been learning to counter change smock on gingham fabrics. This technique can be done on polka dots as well! A quick trip to our local Goodwill yielded a...
~Design Your Own Candlewicking Delight~
After much searching on the internet for candlewicking design, our classroom decided to venture into our own designs. We have a book full of templates that we use for plastic canvas...
~Counterchange Smocking on Gingham~
Hand smocking on gingham is a fun way to bring a little texture to fabric creations! Here is an apron that was made out of fabric that was 'smocked' by counterchange method! Counterchange is...
~How to make a Basic Ruffle~
Instructions on how to create a basic ruffle...great for putting ruffles on pillows and craft projects!
~Candlewicking~
Candlewicking is a traditional form of embroidery begun by American pioneer women who didn’t have finery like silks to stitch with and were left with only the barest of materials: candlewicking...
~Baking Potato Bag~
Fabric Requirements: 2 pieces of cotton fabric 11″ x 22″ (cotton with no metallic) 1 piece of cotton batting 11″ x 22″ Place the fabric right sides together and...
~Hatch Some Chicken Scratch~
is also referred to as 'snowflaking' and 'gingham embroidery'! http://www.pegasusor.com/chicinst.htm The link above will get you started on creating your own chicken scratch...
~Positively Pillowcases~
In quest to find a project where students don't incur much cost, we began to make pillowcase dresses! This has been one of the most fun and profitable projects we have designednbsp...
~Chef's Hats and Kerchiefs~
Students in our family and consumer science department have always enjoyed making aprons. This past year we added chef's hats and kerchiefs optional to their sewing portfolio!
~Fooling Around With Fleece~
Another great 'optional' project that provides students with alternatives to sewing is the no-sew fleece blankets! With two pieces of contrasting fleece, in just a few hours they can have...
~Quite a Quillow~
Quillows are another simple sewing project for beginners to start on! With just a few yards of fabric and equal yards of contrasting fabric and batting, you can have a quillow in no...
~Travel Pillow~
Keep your idle hands busy with a small yo-yo project easy to reach! Here is my latest yo-yo creation, that I work on when I have a few minutes. I keep the project handy in a canvas...
~Yearning for Yo-yo's~
Yo-yo's are a special project for me! I began when I purchased a set of vintage aprons from Ebay! Much to my dismay, they were full of burns and tears. Much to busy to fuss with the...
~Playing with Plastic Canvas~
One of my favorite beginning sewing project at school is plastic canvas! It is very inexpensive and really gets the student's creative juices flowing. I have a book that I keep past...
~Vintage Needle Book~
I was so inspired with your article to create needle books out of cocktail napkins, that I have already started on next year's Christmas gifts! I have been purchasing vintage cocktail napkins...
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Re: ~Counterchange Smocking on Gingham~
You can google counter change smocking and get a few websites. Or you could join our Texas FCS Teachers at...
posted: 12:53 pm on August 8thwww.texasfcsteachers.ning.com
...and join the "Apparel" group, where the links that we use for counterchange smocking are posted!
Good luck...
Jean
Re: ~Tea Towel Bread Bag~
I am thinking about putting the seams in a basting stitch that can be easily removed so the gift bread bag can be easily used for its intended use, a tea towel! =)
posted: 1:54 am on May 14thRe: ~Chef's Hats and Kerchiefs~
I have looked high and low for patterns for chef's hats and can not find them in the stores. I purchased the one I am using in my home economics class off of ebay! I made templates of the pattern piece so my students would destroy the frail tissue paper one that I have! I have been using the template for so long, I will have to see if I can find the original pattern!
posted: 6:52 am on February 22ndYeah...I found it! McCall's (Uniform Essentials #2233) for chef's coalt, kerchief, hat and standard chef apron. Checked online at www.mcall.com and they still have it. Hope that helps...
Re: ~Vintage Needle Book~
It is the last issue of Threads magazine, March 2009 number 141! Look on page 83. It is a fabric book for you to store hand needles in. Those pictured use vintage cocktail napkins, measured about 5" x 8". They have some really nice ones in the article! Have fun...
posted: 5:26 am on January 27th