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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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Hurrah, I have air conditioning! Now that my flat is actually cool enough to live in, it’s back to business as usual Today I’d like to show you how to make a four-strand round braid. This braid can be worked in one colour, or you can use up to four colours and change the [...]  Back in April, I showed you how to make round-petaled kanzashi flowers. Kanzashi are formal hair accessories often worn with kimono. Hana-kanzashi, or flowers, are a popular motif, often made by tsumami – folding small squares of fabric. Today I’d like to show you how to make pointed petals, which can be sewn together to [...] Knowing how to sew french seams is useful when you are working with delicate materials that fray easily. They are also great if the inside seam is likely to show. They give strength, protect the raw edge from fraying, and give a neat finish. Sewing a French seam involves enclosing the raw seam allowance inside [...] It’s been a while since we last talked about how to sew felt, but today we’ll be learning the technique of reverse applique and make this ball-clasp coin purse, decorated with microbes, because I’m having a geeky week As well as reverse applique, we’ll learn how to sew satin stitch, which is a nice [...] Mystery braid is so called because the leather is braided, but the ends of the braid have not been cut or separated – it’s a mystery how the braid is made without loose ends. Well the mystery is no more – today I’ll show you how to make mystery braid. It’s a simple trick once [...] When handmade hats are mentioned, knitted and sewn hats spring to mind. However, it is not at all difficult to make your own stylish felt hats from wool fibre. All that is really needed is a hat form, which can be constructed from cardboard. Today I’m going to show you how to felt a beret [...] Fascinators, which are somewhere between millinery and jewellery for the hair, are becoming really popular right now. Fascinators can be as simple or as extravagant as you like, and can be mounted on various bases, from simple clips to hairbands. Today we’ll make a small clip fascinator, including a beaded wire flower. This is not [...] Last week, we learned how to draft and sew a custom-fit slipper pattern, and how to sew leather. Today lets put them together, and make a simple pair of flat slippers. If you waterproof your leather, they can even be worn outdoors. For this project you’ll need: Your slipper pattern Leather – enough thicker leather [...] Today we’ll learn the basics of leathercraft, sewing this simple flower-detail card case/bus pass case. Sewing leather is much like sewing any other flat material, but requires some preparation as you can’t simply stick a needle through leather. Well, you can, but you’d soon have a selection of broken needles and some very sore fingers! [...] For this week’s Saturday Quickie, we’ll make a simple leatherwork project, this elegant flower hair accessory. You’ll need: 3 leather scraps in different colours length of covered elastic scissors and/or craft knife paper and marker pen Fold the paper into 6 and draw a petal on it. Cut out, and unfold, then use it as [...] |
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