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.

Behind the scenes of my setup for Online Teaching

I posted a couple of "behind the scenes" posts of my online teaching set up on my social media last week and I had LOTS of questions from all of you about how I [...]

Making masks. My version with some sewing tips.

I posted a tutorial for working with a bias tape maker today on my social media channels (I will post that again below) and got a bunch of questions about how I was making [...]

Did you know? A Spoonflower tip about proofing different scales.

I recently uploaded some new colorways of this "Steampunk Squid Damask" design to my Spoonflower shop. It's one I designed for The Spoonflower Handbook and the original is a pale blue and white. After [...]

Designing Fabric Workshop with the Museum of Russian Art

These are fabrics designed by students in my workshops at the Museum of Russian Art this week. I added a few detail photos from the work in the exhibition so you can see some [...]

Mini Spoonflower Tutorial: Two ways to see your designs as finished goods

Spoonflower recently rolled out some cool new changes to their website and the ways you can look at designs. Instead of only seeing a swatch or a fat quarter, you can now see your [...]

Thank you American Craft Council Show

I hope that a few of you are visiting because you saw me or my work at the American Craft Council show and you wanted to know more! Thanks so much to everyone who [...]