Sewing embellishments

Embroidery.Вышивка.Handmade on Instagram: "@flynn_and_mabel"

A vintage sewing hack how to sew perfect scallops quick and easy by hand! Embellish your dresses and blouses with a scalloped hem.

Adding sequins and beads to a felt project makes it sparklier, prettier and envokes a vintage charm! This is our guide to the perfect technique for neatly sewn sequins and beads. Let's talk about the most important tool when working with beads and sequins -the needle. Finding the right needle for tiny beads can be tricky! It must be delicate enough to fit though a small seed bead and strong enough to stitch through felt. It must also be easy to thread! Our favorite option is by Tulip. The…

Beth Bradley teaches you how to add elegant embellishments to garments or accessories with different lace applications. You’ll learn the hand-sewing technique for finer and less washed clothing, the fusing technique that is even less durable than stitching, and machine-stitching. Beth also teaches you how to attach lace trim to your garments.

Learn how to make broderie anglaise lace (eyelet lace) by hand. It's really easy!

Learn how to create tiny round bias strips in this excerpt from "Embellishments: Fabric spirals adorn a belt," Threads #124, by Anna Mazur.

Floss wrapped rickrack is an easy technique used to add extra color to your project. The rickrack can be e ither machine stitched to the fab...

These sewing tricks will make your sewing project easier.

Embellish your buttonholes with this embroidery technique from Jennifer Stern.

I use to cringe whenever one of my children earned another scout badge. Ug, sewing those tough little things onto a sash was bad enough, but sewing them onto the chest pocket was the worse. Other m…

This is part 2 of my series ‘Vintage Embroidery And Sewing Techniques’. Now I’m sharing with you three samplers with hemstiching and tucks. This is a samper for a linen dress. It’s not drawn thread work: it consists of strips of fabric finished with a machine-sewn hem. The fabric strips were then joined with bullion … Continue reading Hemstitching And Tucks – Vintage Embroidery And Sewing Techniques Part 2 →

Several weeks ago I was honored to be asked by my local SAGA ( Smocking Arts Guild of America ) Chapter, Sew Many Things, to present a trun...

Tutorial: How to sew buttons on so they look like a flower… – I Dream of Jeanne Marie

Elevate the quality of a garment with fabric covered snaps. Often seen on pricier apparel, these snaps only take a few minutes to sew. But, can change the look dramatically.