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Scribble Stitching

By: Lynda November 29, 2019November 29, 2019

Free Motion, Free-motion, leaf printing, scribble stitchingfree motion sewing, leaf printing, scribble stitching, sewing4 Comments

I’ve always been obsessed with perfect, but love the look of scribble stitching. Julia with Stitches by Julia does a lot of scribble stitching in her projects. Check out her You Tube channel HERE.

Using Thrifted Fabric

By: Lynda November 17, 2019November 29, 2019

purses, Sew Powerful, Sewing, upcyclingSew Powerful, sewing, sewing purses, upcyclingLeave a Comment

I love thrift shopping. A week or so ago, Tena and I went shopping. It’s been so long since I thrift shopped with anyone, and it was so much fun. Here is what I purchased.

Letters, Lots of Letters

By: Lynda November 10, 2019November 10, 2019

cats, Giveaway, purses, Sew Powerful, Sewingcats, genealogy, letters, Sew Powerful, sewing6 Comments

I’ve got letters, lots of letters.

Ethel Tote

By: Lynda September 6, 2019September 23, 2019

purses, Sewing, totesethel tote, purses, sewing, Swoon, totes2 Comments

In my quest to use up some of my fabric, I sewed another tote. This one will go in our local library auction. I didn’t have enough of the ice dyed fabric, so added the yellow which I low immersion dyed last month for another project. This is a free pattern from Swoon. This pattern…

Elna Cam Surprises

By: Lynda July 30, 2019August 7, 2019

Elna SU Cams, SewingElna cams, Elna SU, sewing, stitches8 Comments

Sometimes I can not believe what I don’t know! I have owned this Elna SU since 1987.

Lacy Leaves

By: Lynda January 29, 2019February 1, 2019

eco printing, Fabric paint, organic embroidery, Sewing, tutorialslace, lacy leaves, leaf printing, Organic Embroidery, sewing, tutorial, water soluble stabilizer8 Comments

I’m a bit obsessed with leaves and trying out different techniques, and today it’s making lacy leaves. I found this book recently which encouraged me to try this techniques with leaves. Her work is lovely and pretty amazing. To make these leaves we are stitching on water soluble stabilizer. This is Vilene, a heavier stabilizer…

Scrappy Scarf

By: Lynda November 29, 2018December 10, 2018

fabric scraps, Sewing, tutorialsfabric scraps, fabric tutorial, scrappy scarf, sewing, tutorial4 Comments

Years ago I tried this scrappy scarf technique. Back then I had very little fabric and ended up using threads, ribbons, and yarns to make a small piece of fabric. Now that I have lots of fabric scraps, I wanted to make a regular size scarf! It starts with a water soluble stablizer (I used…

Sewing Hawaiian Fabric

By: Lynda February 2, 2018

fabric, recycling, Sewingcamera straps, Hawaiian fabric, pot holders, recycled, recycled potholders, sewing4 Comments

One of my goals this year is to start sewing Hawaiian fabric I’ve purchased. Here are my first projects this week: Three years ago I wrote a tutorial on making potholders out of recycled fabric. Here is the link. However, unlike the potholders I made back then, I am using Insul-Bright inside instead of towel.…

Sewing Purses

By: Lynda October 18, 2017

ice dyeing, Sewingdogundermydesk, homemade purses, ice dyeing, sewing8 Comments

I’ve been wanting to use some of my ice dyed fabrics. I’ve also been wanting to make a purse. I found this great pattern, Zip and Go, from Dog Under My Desk Patterns, grabbed some of my fabric, and started on this project. I found this pattern to be real detailed and easy to follow.…