Projects & Tutorials
Learn more about designing fabric with Spoonflower, creating graphics for your Etsy shop, and other sewing projects with these free tutorials. Have a question or something you want to learn about designing fabric? Just ask! Some of my favorite tutorials have come from questions asked by readers.
Tutorial: How to do a 3-Thread Serger Rolled Hem on Chiffon
Last week I went down a rabbit hole of trying to learn how to use the narrow rolled hem foot for my new Bernina sewing machine. The main thing I have learned is that [read more...]
Embroidering a Koala in 3 Minutes
I've been having a lot of fun embroidering an entire zoo full of animals. Here is a koala from start to finish. This took about 33 minutes to stitch and I have reduced it [read more...]
Mini Tutorial: How to Tie a Square Knot
I use square knots often in class projects and I had a whole group recently that had never done one before so I thought I would make a very fast video tutorial. When I [read more...]
International Art & Found Day 2025
One of my goals for my business this year was to "Bring more joy." and tomorrow's project is going to do exactly that. I am participating in International Art & Found Day, a day [read more...]
Preventing and Untying Knots in your Embroidery
One of the most frustrating things about hand embroidery is when your thread ties itself in knots while you are stitching. I thought I would write a couple of tips to help prevent knots [read more...]
Picot Beaded Edge: A Micro Tutorial
I learned how to stitch this picot beaded edge from a friend a bunch of years ago and one of my students in class reminded me about it today, so I thought I'd make [read more...]
