Create unique Layered Sheer Fabric Art
Using beautiful subtle coloured sheer fabrics to make your own unique fabric art background for further embroidery.
Learn Simple ideas for Easy Slow Stitch Fabric Art.
Learn how to create simple backgrounds for some slow stitch fabric art. Layer some fabric scraps and add in some embellishments. Few stitches and you are done.
Fun ways to use Blanket Stitch in Fabric Art
What is Blanket Stitch or Buttonhole Stitch and how can I use it? Well traditionally this little stitch was used as an edge on woolen blankets. Hence the name. But it is most commonly used nowadays for hand stitching an applique. It provided a very neat edge, on the outside, and little stitches that spread …
How to embroider with little Cross stitches
Take your stitches a step further! I really enjoy, exploring and experimenting with stitches. I have recently added this one to my YouTube Channel. So two little stitches crossed, I am calling it a cross stitch. But not in the traditional way of having to follow a pattern, using a key to tell you where …
Seed Stitch Embroidery
How and where to use Seed Stitch Embroidery Seed Stitch is one of my favourite and most used embroidery stitches. This tutorial will run you through how-to stitch it and where is can be used to greatest effect in your textile art and embroidery projects. I absolutely love it. You can see in the photo …
Eco printing with Wattle
Natural Eco Printing dyeing process using wattle. This blog post is dedicated to the process of eco printing, which is a natural dyeing method. The wattle have been blooming lately, in gorgeous yellow tones, so I have been picking some and experimenting with fantastic results! But first, what is Eco Printing. Let me walk you …
Chain Stitch Tutorial How to use in your textile art
Chain Stitch can be a very versatile embroidery stitch which can be used in many ways in your embroidery projects and fabric art. I particularly like to use the detached chain, but I find them both very beautiful. Below is a quick graphic, that shows you how, if you have not tried to do it …
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Needle Felt Art Painting with Wool
Using Wool and other fibers to needle felt to a base to make art Such lovely harmony of colour using wool roving, silk and other yarns or fibers, layered to create a blend of beautiful colour and texture. This is a great way to make Textile Art. Starting with the beginners level, let me show …
French Knots tutorial for Textile Art
The French knot, is a lovely stitch for adding in texture to your embroidery projects or to your textile art. It can be perfect, or messy, I love both of them. But it is much more than that. Let us have a closer look at the French Knot, Queen of the Stitches. Look, at this …
Natural Dyeing – how to use rust as a mordant in Eco Printing
I love dyeing my own fabric. I have used many different types of dyes, but I really do enjoy Eco printing, using good old rust objects to make my own mordant. It can be very varied in how it turns out. But that it the fun of it. I have been using Linen mainly, but …
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