Sewing & Embroidery: Page 16

This weekend, take some time to escape from the business and stress of your daily grind. Make a hammock and lay around in it. Fit for a city and you can make it even without much knowledge of sewing machines.

Are you in a hurry and just found out that your zipper is broker? This how to video offers a quick fix to almost any broken zipper that will save you lots of money. All you need to fix a zipper is a screwdriver, pliers, and candle wax.

Babies go through bibs almost as quickly as they do diapers, but here's a way to save some money by creating a bib from a t-shirt. Watch this how to video and learn how to create a useful baby bib from old pieces of clothing.

Watch this how to video to learn how to make a sachet with common safe and natural household items. Use an old t-shirt, or any other old piece of garment, and your favorite sent

Fans of felting will love these funky accessories, needle-felted flowers, made out of vibrant shades of pure wool. Corinne Bradd shows how to use cookie-cutters for modern shapes, ideal for stitching on a handbag or fastening to the front of a special greeting. You can spice up many things with these needle-felted flowers.

Learn how to make your own placemats using a self-made template and fabric. Create a fun mix-matched set or make them all the same.

Learn how to make a bolero shrug wrap, inspired by Bad Unkl Sista.

The kitchen is the heart of a home, so this week we are making an apron out of an old pair of jeans. We also accessorize our tabletop with an array of centerpieces and give you a refreshing quick tip to serve your guests.

In this video, you can learn the first steps to making your own Lilly Lamb doll using the ePattern available in the Etsy store.

For right-handers, work from right to left or top to bottom. For left-handers, work from left to right, or top to bottom. Bring the needle to the front of the fabric at A, and pull the thread through. Now, for the rest of your stitches, you can work them more quickly if you "run" them on the top of the fabric, without taking your hand to the back. Go down at B, and, using your fingers on your non-dominant hand (the one that's not holding the needle!) behind the fabric, encourage the needle to...

In this video, we learn how to freehand embroider. Start by finding the image you want, then reduce it down to the size you want. After this, find dissolvable stabilizer and lay it over the drawing. After this, trace the picture with a Sharpie, then choose where you want the image to go on the fabric. Now, take blue Scotch tape and tape it over the edges onto the fabric. Now, grab a freehand stifling foot and place it on the fabric and start to sew the image around the outline. When you are...

Rob and Sara demonstrate sewing a cool tote bag with a dupioni silk lining.

Create a custom, colorful purse using a vintage book and coordinating fabric. Read the accompanying article at http://www.curbly.com/Chrisjob/posts/...

Learn how to price embroidery effectively.

Watch this how to video to learn how to do the basic stem stitch to embroider on anything.

Check out this video to learn from Milliande how to make a primitive folk art doll. Start by cutting out your pattern two times (one right side and one wrong side).

This video shows how to make a modeling clay form for a bra cup. This form can be shaped and reshaped to change the look of bras.

Learn from fashion designer Natalie how to pin your patterns together for sewing.

Get tips from fashion designer Natalie on how to mend a ripped seam.

Learn to hem your own garments. There's no need to give them to a seamstress when you can fix your clothes yourself!

If you are having trouble getting the right thread tension for your sewing machine, check out this video.

Not sure what to do with your bobbin? Check out this video to learn some sewing tips

The Patch Kit by Designs in Machine Embroidery makes it easy and profitable to embroider patches. Watch how simple it is to use this time and money saving product.

This video shows you how to use the Omni Stitch 1000 machine for cording application.

This video shows you how to use the magna-hoop to embroider shirt pockets.

The Magna-Hoop Pro, the latest innovation from Designs in Machine Embroidery makes it easy to embroider an afghan.

The Button Flower Quilt pattern was designed in the spirit of the American Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1900's. In this episode of Designing by Thread, Terry shows simple techniques for machine applique and strip piecing

This bright little project mixes the techniques of thread painting with a scrappy piecing technique. Use Terry's digitized embroidery design of the bug if you don't want to thread paint. This bag makes a great gift for the gardener in your life.

This series shows how to make a miniature rug on the sewing machine with thread painting which mimics Russian needlepunch. Variegated threads give a lovely blended look similar to wool hooked rugs. The threads used are YLI cotton machine quilting threads.

This video shows you some of the things you can do with an Omni Stitch machine.We also show you how to attach the feeder.

In this video you will be shown how to pin and make accurate darts without permanent marks.

Linda Augsburg shows you how to turn under and hem the raw edge of a piece of fabric.

In this embroidery video Linda Augsburg shows you how to embroider a back stitch.

Linda Augsburg shows you how to do an embroidery chain stitch.

Make It Mine associate editor Tea Benduhn shows you how to make a basic tassel.

Make It Mine editor Linda Augsburg demonstrates how to set grommets using a plier setting tool.

It's called a "muslin" because a muslin material is commonly used to create this first sample of your pattern for tailoring. In this video, Sarah, a Maryland sewing instructor, fashion designer and author, demonstrates marking techniques and explains how to use a muslin to get an exact fit from any pattern. Make sure to click the RealPlayer or Quicktime link to start the video.

Watch this video to learn some basic embroidery tips. Discover how to thread a needle the easy way, how to use an embroidery hoop and how to finish off your work.

Watch this video to learn how to embroider a spiderweb rose. This is also known as the woven rose.

Learn the chain stitch and wrap stitch, two embroidery techniques. Use this technique to embellish knitted fabric.