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There are many fancy ways to embroider names on fabric, but if you’re looking around online, you might get a panic attack looking at them all and trying to wrap your head around the instructions (and if you’re like me, you may just end up shelving the idea altogether for many years!). The two most […]

When I was a child, I loved going through my mother’s old dresses and playing dress-up. I especially enjoyed playing with certain dresses made out of satin, silk and velvet, as they felt super-luxurious and grown-up to little girl me. I experimented with making outfits for my dolls out of my mother’s scraps, but never

If you’re making clothes, eventually you’ll encounter the need to sew elastic to gather fabric. Gathered fabric makes a pretty highlight as ruffles at the sleeves or cuffs, or even as frills or flounces on skirts. I first started making clothes with simple straight lines before attempting to sew a top with gathers. Thinking of

Have you ever needed a small bag to put in a small candy stash, a few tubes of lipstick, little trinkets or knick-knacks, coins, or even a gift, and you hate the idea of using cheap bland paper bags that do not last long? Why not make a bag instead? A drawstring bag is one

I used to see plain shirts with little embroidered designs on them and think ‘Oh that’s so pretty!’. Buying them, however, used to come with a bigger price tag. What’s the solution? I decided to try to embroider a shirt by hand, myself! If you want to give it a shot, here’s how I did

Onesies are just so adorable, right? Cute prints, lovely colors, ready from newborns onwards. They make very useful gifts for new parents, since babies tend to go through many of them. For such little people, though, the really pretty ones can get quite expensive to buy, especially considering how fast they tend to outgrow the

Hearts are amongst the easiest images to draw. There’s no right or wrong version – hearts can be big or small, wide or stretched thin, plump and rounded or thin and curled – the possibilities are endless. It also makes hearts amongst the best designs to start embellishing items with, including by embroidery. You only

I see many beautiful pieces of clothing and decorative pieces enhanced with pretty details like applique and embroidery. Many look quite detailed and complicated, but once I tried my hand at basic embroidery, I realized I just needed to follow the steps (regardless how it turned out haha). Nowadays, even the most basic sewing machines

Cushion covers are a quick and easy way to liven up a living space and create character or a specific look to a room. It’s also a great way to add an accent color to a particular area without overwhelming it (especially if you’re like me and love bright colors and abstract prints, which can

My mom has always been a big believer in reusing and recycling since I was a kid – but not necessarily by the bins. We reused plastic shopping bags as temporary rubbish bags, glass bottles to soak chia seeds and make overnight oats in, old newspapers as packing materials and bin liners (you get the