Have you ever used one of those washable pens for your fabric crafts? I’m talking about those water soluble markers often marketed at those who do hand embroidery, sewists in general, and other manner of fiber artists. The generic blue pen most of us have seen in a sewing stash by now. Probably. I discussed… Read More Washable Pens: Will They Still Wash Out in 20 Years?
I’ve been meaning to try learning hardanger embroidery for a long time now. And there’s a high probability that if you’ve stumbled across this article you’re either looking to learn it as well, or you’ve never heard of it but are now curious. Either way, I must warn you: This is not a tutorial. I’ve… Read More Learning Hardanger as a Cross Stitcher
Today I wanted to talk about color swapping, a way to customize your cross stitch patterns to better suit your preferences. A good way to both express yourself creatively and work through your stash. What does it mean? How do you do it? SHOULD you do it? Well a lot of this is very subjective… Read More Color Swapping Cross Stitch Patterns : Conversion Tips
I’ve been working with Cosmo threads for a few years now, but only the ‘Seasons’ line of variegated threads. They’re absolutely gorgeous but it’s harder to work them into designs regularly. So I recently started working with the main line of Cosmo threads and found a lack of resources online to get started. Naturally, I… Read More Cosmo Threads Cross Stitch Tools – Conversions, Checklists, PCStitch Files
Hello! Welcome to another issue of I have no idea what I’m doing. In which I attempt to follow someone else’s tutorial and adapt it to make a cross stitch tarot bag. Hopefully by outlining my method for adapting cross stitch to this tarot bag tutorial it will inspire you to turn some of your… Read More Cross Stitch Tarot Bag – Adding Embroidery to Sewing Patterns
