Friday, February 18, 2011
EASY EARRING CARDS
Check out this amazing new tool that allows you to create custom earring cards. Great for gifts or for branding your own jewelry packaging
HANDSTITCHING A SHAPE
HANDSTITCHING A SHAPE
February 16th, 2011
One of the very first crafts I learned to make was embroidery. My mom spent hours teaching us children to follow a pattern and sew little images on fabric. Eventually she turned our squares of art into a quilt for my grandmother. I loved sitting with my mother sewing, and although I don’t have much time for traditional sewing these days, I do enjoy adding a bit of stitching to my layout.
Today’s “Work It Out Wednesday” will focus on stitching on your layouts.
Here is a photo of today’s completed project:
There are many ways to approach handstitching on paper, but for today’s project you will need a circle cutter, cardstock or patterned paper of your choice, a paper piercer, a foam pad, a needle, embroidery thread in the color of your choosing, and a punched or die cut shape of your choice.
Continue reading for additional instructions and a complete supply list for today’s project.
Step 1: Use the circle cutter to cut a large circle from patterned paper.
Step 2: Punch a shape from cardstock (or use a die cut, or a sticker shape, or your own personal design).
Step 3: Place the shape onto your cut patterned paper.
Step 4: Use a pencil to outline the shapes.
Step 5: Lay the patterned paper on a protected surface with a foam base (like a mouse pad) and poke the holes for the stitching. Make sure these holes are about 1/8″ apart (or larger or smaller depending on the length of the stitch you desire). NOTE: When working with paper, the holes for stitching must be prepoked in order for the needle to more easily move through the layers of paper.
Step 6: Erase all the pencil lines.
Step 7: Thread a needle with two strands of embroidery floss and knot at the end. (You can use more or less strands, but be mindful of the thickness of the paper you are using. Thicker paper can withstand thicker floss, and thinner paper will take less floss.)
Step 8: Starting at the back, begin stitching the shape by pulling the needle and thread up through the paper and then moving back down again. I have found that back stitching works well for this method.
Step 9: Finish stitching the design and tie a knot on the back of the paper with the floss.
Here is the completed project again:
And here is a close-up photo of the stitching:
February 16th, 2011
One of the very first crafts I learned to make was embroidery. My mom spent hours teaching us children to follow a pattern and sew little images on fabric. Eventually she turned our squares of art into a quilt for my grandmother. I loved sitting with my mother sewing, and although I don’t have much time for traditional sewing these days, I do enjoy adding a bit of stitching to my layout.
Today’s “Work It Out Wednesday” will focus on stitching on your layouts.
Here is a photo of today’s completed project:
There are many ways to approach handstitching on paper, but for today’s project you will need a circle cutter, cardstock or patterned paper of your choice, a paper piercer, a foam pad, a needle, embroidery thread in the color of your choosing, and a punched or die cut shape of your choice.
Continue reading for additional instructions and a complete supply list for today’s project.
Step 1: Use the circle cutter to cut a large circle from patterned paper.
Step 2: Punch a shape from cardstock (or use a die cut, or a sticker shape, or your own personal design).
Step 3: Place the shape onto your cut patterned paper.
Step 4: Use a pencil to outline the shapes.
Step 5: Lay the patterned paper on a protected surface with a foam base (like a mouse pad) and poke the holes for the stitching. Make sure these holes are about 1/8″ apart (or larger or smaller depending on the length of the stitch you desire). NOTE: When working with paper, the holes for stitching must be prepoked in order for the needle to more easily move through the layers of paper.
Step 6: Erase all the pencil lines.
Step 7: Thread a needle with two strands of embroidery floss and knot at the end. (You can use more or less strands, but be mindful of the thickness of the paper you are using. Thicker paper can withstand thicker floss, and thinner paper will take less floss.)
Step 8: Starting at the back, begin stitching the shape by pulling the needle and thread up through the paper and then moving back down again. I have found that back stitching works well for this method.
Step 9: Finish stitching the design and tie a knot on the back of the paper with the floss.
Here is the completed project again:
And here is a close-up photo of the stitching:
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