Working with felt is a great way to dip your toes into the world of hand appliqué. But what if you want to transfer a more detailed embroidery pattern to felt? This process can be tougher to figure out because many of the traditional embroidery transfer methods don’t work well on felt’s fuzzy texture. Rather than scrapping felt for your stitching projects though, try one of these felt-friendly transfer methods to create some truly unique embroidery!
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3 Simple Tips to Help You Complete Your Stitching UFOs (UnFinished Objects)
There are so many fabulous stitching projects and possibilities out there that it can feel like there is just not enough time to do everything you want to do. If you aren’t sure how to stay on top of your stitching UFOs (UnFinished Objects) and bring them to completion, these three simple tips will help you chip away at them bit by bit!
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The Story Behind the Stitching: Psalm 23 and the Sleeping Sheep
I’ve always struggled a bit to accept the limits on my life. They are those things that I have very little control over changing, and need to learn to navigate life with them. Some limits—like a season of life we are in, a disability we were born with, a crisis we are facing, or a chronic illness we’ve been diagnosed with—don’t have a fix or a solution. On some level we need to accept that our limits might not allow us to do all that we used to do, or what other people can easily do.
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Ideas & Inspiration for Organizing & Storing Your Embroidery Floss
Keeping embroidery floss organized and stored well is super helpful when it comes to quickly finding what you need for a new project. Plus it will protect your threads from dirt, dust, hair, moisture, and fading. There are so many different ways to organize embroidery floss, so I asked my readers to see how they organize their thread stash. Here is a compilation of some of the clever ideas that people shared with me. I hope it inspires you too!
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How to Sew a Drawstring Project Bag to Store Your Embroidery Work-in-Progress
When working on any sort of sewing or stitching project, staying organized and keeping your supplies at your fingertips makes the experience that much more enjoyable. Sew up this cute drawstring project bag to store your next embroidery project when you’re not working on it. The finished size is perfect for an 8-inch embroidery hoop and all of your other supplies and notions.
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