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Weave a Rickrack Embellishment

Rickrack is a zigzag braid with a long history. Many of us associate it with little girls’ dresses from the 1950s and ’60s, but I’ve found a way to give…
Create Custom Adornments with Basic Hand-beading Skills

Custom-made adornments for garments, bags, hair ornaments, or jewelry are delightfully easy to create. Basic hand-beading skills and a simple backing method produce beautiful pieces you can attach to ready-to-wear…
DIY Insignia: Stitch Original Emblems from Wool and Fancy Trims

Take a cue from traditional school uniforms or medieval heraldry and try this fun and creative appliqué technique. It is an easy-to-learn way to add panache to your clothes without…
Choose a Protein-specific Dye

When it comes to dyeing, there is one thing you must know about your fabric: fiber content. The chemical makeup of the fiber determines which types of dyes can be…
Tie-dye Silk to Create Artistic, All-over Designs

If you love the free-form look and fun hues of tie-dye, consider applying the technique to a fabric that’s more sophisticated than a cotton T-shirt: Try dyeing pure silk. I’ll…
Bridge Open Seams with Beads and Sequins

Accent seamlines and garment edges with hand-sewn sequin and bead clusters that bridge the gap between separate rolled edges. Joining seams by hand with beaded accents is a labor of…
Beading on Sweater Knits

I’ve always loved the beaded sweaters that were popular in the 1950s. They were luxurious, elegant, and surely reserved for the most special of occasions. I saw them from time…
Try Machine-Sewn Fagoting for an Heirloom Embroidered Look

Many of the stitches on your sewing machine may be used for fagoting, a technique used to create decorative seams in fabric or lace. With fagoting, space is purposely left…
How to Ombré Dye Garments for a Gradient Effect

Ombré dyeing methods blend colors and create a gradation of shades that fade into each other seamlessly. Historically, this effect has been created through a dip-dye process, but nowadays, you…
How to Sew Shisha Embroidery

Shisha embroidery is the technique of stitching a border around small pieces of metal or glass to attach them to fabric. It originated in Southeast Asia, and examples of shisha…

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Weave a Rickrack Embellishment

Create Custom Adornments with Basic Hand-beading Skills

DIY Insignia: Stitch Original Emblems from Wool and Fancy Trims

Choose a Protein-specific Dye

Tie-dye Silk to Create Artistic, All-over Designs

Bridge Open Seams with Beads and Sequins

Beading on Sweater Knits

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