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Plus a tutorial… One of my closest friends recently became a single dad. This is his first ‘Mother’s‘ day. I decided to stitch up a quick and easy gift to help him celebrate. I purchased 2 handkerchiefs – I guess I could have made them, but at $1.00 each, I was figured it was worth [...]
Each mother’s day I treat myself to something handmade. This year I decided to treat myself to something I made – you see, I am always creating for others, but never for myself. As I was looking around my house for some kind of inspiration, I came across a project that I did about 10 [...]
That someone is my son. I bribed him with a snicker bar to pose for the picture seen below. Some one’s knocking at the door. I changed the image to gray scale and printed it to a piece of cotton fabric. I added flowers to the basked using various spring colored silk ribbon. I [...]
…Using Silk Ribbon Step 1. Bring the needle up through to the right side of the fabric (at A) and pull through. Step 2. Lay ribbon flat on fabric and insert needle at B, piercing ribbon and the fabric. Step 3. Pull through slowly to the back of the fabric until the desired petal shape [...]
….Plus Free download I work Full-time, I am a marketing consultant Part time, I am a parent and I am a craft project devotee. I love to embroider, I find it calming, it relaxes me, it is the perfect hobby for people in high stress jobs. Unfortunately, it can be very time consuming, therefore, sometimes [...]
Embroidery and Weight loss About 1 year ago, I closed my inbound marketing business and returned to corporate America. I guess the guilt of ‘selling out’ was so overwhelming that I gained 30 lbs. I had to do something about my bulging belly. I started thinking about the things I did before returning to a [...]
-With elements form nature. If you have visited the alm Project blog in the past, you will no doubt notice that I like working with silk ribbons. I like that they add texture to a project, I like that they are 3 dimensional and I like that they give instant gratification – after all, you [...]
Fold the raw edge of the ribbon down and roll the ribbon three to four times to form the center. Stitch through the base of the ribbon with a matching thread. Fold the ribbon at an angle, stitching down as you roll the center into the fold. Continue to fold, roll and stitch. Note:- When [...]
What is the definition of vintage? Honestly, I have no Idea – my friend Michelle the fashionista says it’s anything purchased more than two seasons ago – (My closet is totally vintage). Anyway, I was cleaning up the files on PC and I came across a few projects that I completed more than 10 years [...]
A few of my friends has jumped on the DIY/handmade/indi. bandwagon. I have been teaching them a few of my tricks. Last week’s lesson was how to do silk ribbon embroidery. I created the project above to include a variety of silk ribbon stitches. Frankly, I crammed in as much stitch variation as I could:) [...]
