Embroidery, buttons, trimming and beading are all wonderful ways to add a final beautiful touch to your sewing project you might be lucky enough to have inherited a well-established button box and trimming collection, but if you are starting from scratch, keep your eye out at charity shops, flea markets and antique fairs. Once you [...]

The Basics Home decorator sewing requires the same basic equipment as dressmaker sewing, with the addition of tools for measuring windows and furniture. Using the proper equipment makes the work easier and the results more satisfying. 1) Needle threader eases threading of hand and machine needles. 2) Pins with plastic or glass heads are easier [...]

There’s a beautiful simplicity to embroidery: cut and separate the floss, thread the needle, secure the first stitch, fill an area of the design with stitches, then end the thread on the back. After you have stitched a few blocks of color you will develop an easy rhythm that makes these few steps automatic, allowing [...]

Fabric For Embroidery upper left: cashel linen (1), edinburgh linen (2). upper right: cotton muslin (3), cotton osnaberg (4). lower left: polyester jacquard (5), polyester moire (6). lower right: premade cotton knit baby bib (7), premade cotton cutwork napkin (8), premade lace-edged linen handkerchief (9). with embroidery you enjoy more fabric choices than you would [...]

Modern interpretation of traditional English crewel work: wool thread on Linen fabric Even if you have never stitched or sewn before, you can teach yourself to embroider. Since the invention of the needle, embroiderers have passed their art from one generation to the next, as experts taught novices directly through personal instruction. Only in the [...]