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How To: Embroider a customized photo christmas ornament

Photo ornaments use a combination of applique fabric and stitches to create a great frame for pictures. This project is fast, fun, and made entirely in the embroidery hoop! This instructional embroidery video will take you through all the necessary steps - Soon you will be embroidering all of your Christmas ornaments!

How To: Embroider your own t-shirts

Tshirts are a warm weather favorite and are available in a variety of colors and styles. This instructional embroidery video demonstrates tips and tricks for getting great results when embroidering on thin and stretchy knits. Partake in this embroidery project - makes for fantastic gifts.

How To: Embroider a handmade bracelet

Fun and colorful, these embroidered bracelets come in a variety of heart-warming subjects and fashionable styles. They make fast, easy gifts, and are great for party favors! And the best part? They're made almost entirely in the embroidery hoop! Learn how to embroider your own beautiful bracelet to give as a gift with this instructional embroidery video.

How To: Embroider your own custom iPod case

Watch this embroidery instructional video. It's like music to your ears! Embroidered iPod cases are fun to create and make fabulous gifts for friends and family. With so many unique iPod designs to choose from and so many fabric choices the possibilities are endless. And the best part? These custom embroidered cases are made right in the embroidery hoop!

How To: Embroider a customized luggage tag

Creative, functional, and fabulous, these embroidered luggage tags are quick-stitching and make and fast, easy gifts. Embroidered luggage tags add a fantastic splash of color to suitcases and roller bags, making it uniquely yours for quick identification. And the best part? They are made right in the embroidery hoop. Watch this instructional embroidery video & make your own luggage tag today!

How To: Embroider on cardstock for holiday greeting cards

Embroidering on cardstock is a wonderful way to add a personal touch to your holiday and greeting cards. You'll be giving your friends and family the gift of yourself, along with all your good wishes. Watch this ebroidery instructional video for tips on mastering the art of cardstock embroidery.

How To: Create embroidered customized patches

Embroidered patches are fun and colorful way to mend holes and tears in garments, and a a great way to add personality to backpacks, bags, and jackets! Watch this instructional embroidery video to learn the step by step process of creating your own customized embroidered patches. Embroider your own patches to add a bit of style to your favorite outfit!

How To: Use embroidery placement and marking techinques

Make a bold and beautiful statement with just one or two designs. Arrange and rearrange, repeat and repeat to carry a design up, down, and 'round and 'round a shirt, skirt, or dress. This instructional embroidery video demonstrates placement and marking techniques. A coordinated skirt and shirt are featured during the first half, while the second half shows how to dress up a camp shirt for guys with alternating palm tree and ukelele motifs. Tune in for some smart embroidery tips!

How To: Create the layered lace embroidery technique

Embroider away with the layered lace technique! Add embroidered petals to your flowers and wings to your butterflies with a new technique called layered lace. After embroidering the separate pieces, layer them together for a fantastic three-dimensional effect! Layered lace is a wonderful embroidery technique for pins, barrettes, napkin rings, and more. Enjoy this instructional video.

How To: Create your own embroidered clock

Whether you hang your embroidered clock in your home, or give as a gift to a friend or family member, you'll have a fun and exciting time creating this project. Any room's decor is not complete without a matching embroidered clock. Hurry, watch this instructional embroidery video - time's a wasting!

How To: Embroider customized coffee sleeves

In-the-embroidery hoop coffee sleeves will add a little flavor to your morning cup o' Joe. Low-loft batting protects hands from hot cups. The embroidery designs are available in a variety of fun and fashionable themes and styles. The embroidered coffee sleeves also make perfect gifts for the coffee drinkers in your family! Learn how to make one today.

How To: Embroider a handmade potholder

In-the-Embroidery Hoop pot holders use a thermal lining and ironing board fabric to protect your hand from the heat. And, when you are not using the embroidered pot holders to handle warm dishes, they lay flat to become a hot pad or trivet! Watch this instructional embroidery video and obtain the skills needed to make your own beautifully embroidered potholder!

How To: Make an embroidered refrigerator magnet

Refrigerator magnets are a fun and fast project that everyone in the family will enjoy! They are perfect for kitchen decor, as well as the office. And the best part about these creative magnets? They are made almost entirely in the embroidery hoop! Watch this embroidery video tutorial & make one of these fabulous magnets for your loved one.

How To: Embroider on Fleece Like an Expert

Fleece is an interesting and versatile fabric -- but what kind of stabilizer should you use? What kind of needle, and what type of embroidery design? All the mysteries of fleece are revealed in this embroidery video tutorial! Learn how to embroider on fleece like an expert with these helpful tips.

How To: Embroider a unique sweatshirt

When the seasons change, and the days and nights get cooler, its the perfect time to bundle up in a cozy embroidered sweatshirt. With thousands of embroidery designs to choose from, your perfect sweatshirt is just stitches away. Watch this embroidery video tutorial for tips on the process. Embroidered sweatshirts make great gifts!

How To: Embroider a keychain as an easy gift

Fun, creative, and functional, these embroidered keychains are a snap to sew and make fast, easy gifts

How To: Embroider a drawstring bag perfect for gifts

Finished almost completely in the embroidery hoop, these drawstring bags are just the right size for gift cards, jewelry, candy, and more! Watch this embroidery video and learn some great tips for making your own beautifully embroidered drawstring bag.

How To: Sew three basic stitches while garment making

A clear complete demonstration of three basic hand Stitches used when making a garment. This video sewing tutorial demonstrates and explains the basting stitch, catch stitch, and thread tracing. Watch this instructional tutorial and learn how to sew three basic stitches for garment making.

How To: Sew a lap zipper with OTIS College of Art and Design

This video sewing tutorial shows a clear and complete demonstration of how to correctly sew a lap zipper. Included are tips and materials needed. Watch and learn how to attach a lap zipper with the help of the Fashion Design department at OTIS College of Art and Design.

How To: Sew a railroad zipper onto a garment with OTIS College

This video sewing tutorial shows a clear and complete demonstration of how to correctly sew a railroad zipper. Included are tips and materials needed. Watch and learn with the help of the Fashion Design department at OTIS College of Art and Design.

How To: Sew an invisible zipper onto a garment with OTIS

This video sewing tutorial gives a clear and complete demonstration of how to correctly sew an invisible zipper. Included are tips and materials needed. Learn how to sew with the help of this instructional video and OTIS College of Art and Design.

How To: Sew a tailored jacket with OTIS College of Art&Design

Some trends come and go, but true style is timeless - just look at Coco Chanel, whose menswear two piece suits and quilted bags are just as beautiful today as when she wore them in the 1920's. And a tailored jacket is one piece that every woman should have - contoured, slimming, and sleek, it's as wearable to an office meeting as to lunch with the gals.

How To: Make a felt holiday applique

This video crafting tutorial shows how to sew a seasonal felt application, ideal for Christmas present or to keep for yourself. It just takes felt, cardboard, a pencil, and a pair of scissors. The completed applique can then be added onto clothing and accessories, or converted into an ornament or even a personalized name card.

How To: Sew a zippered vinyl pouch

This video shows how to make a bus pass holder, coin purse, or belt pouch. Nicole Tirona of Its Your Life demonstrates building this useful pouch. The pouch features a zippered closure, a clear window and no seam in the bottom. You will need vinyl, zipper, clear plastic that you can sew, and a sewing machine. Watch this video sewing tutorial and learn how to make a zippered vinyl pouch.

How To: Backstitch a seam

Make It Mine Magazine associate editor Tea Benduhn shows you how to sew up a seam using a backstitch. Back stitching is a fast and easy way to sew up a seam. Watch this video sewing tutorial and learn how to backstitch.

How To: Sew a blindstitch

Make It Mine associate editor Tea Benduhn shows you how to sew up a seam using a blindstitch. This is great for linings, pillows, or any time you don't want the stitch to be visible. Watch this video sewing tutorial and learn how to make a blindstitch.

How To: Sew a slip stitch easily

Make It Mine associate editor Tea Benduhn shows you how to hem using a slip stitch. A slip stitch will make a stitch that is not visible on the other side of the fabric. Watch this video sewing tutorial and learn how to do a slip stitch for hemming or any delicate sewing projects.

How To: Sew a seam

Make It Mine Magazine editor Linda Augsburg shows you how to sew a seam. Sewing a seam is a very basic beginning to learn how to sew any project. Watch this video sewing tutorial and learn how to make a seam.

How To: Embroider the French knot

Make It Mine Magazine editor Linda Augsburg shows you how to make French knots. A French knot takes the place of a dot in embroidery. Watch this video embroidery tutorial and learn how to make a French knot.

How To: Embroider the running stitch

Make It Mine Magazine editor Linda Augsburg shows you how to do a running stitch. The running stitch basically looks like a line of dashed stitches, very similar to the quilting stitch. Watch this video embroidery tutorial and learn how to sew the running stitch.

How To: Embroider the split stitch

Make It Mine Magazine editor Linda Augsburgs shows you how to do a split stitch. The split stitch looks like a small, delicate chain stitch, but it's actually a series of small straight stitches. Watch this video embroidery tutorial and learn how to sew a split stitch.

How To: Embroider the stem stitch

Make It Mine Magazine editor Linda Augsburg demonstrates how to do a stem stitch. The stem stitch almost looks like a twisted cord. It's great for working around a curve. Watch this video embroidery tutorial and learn how to sew a stem stitch.

How To: Sew a felt geisha flower embellishment

Cat Morley and her adorable Scottish accent show you how to make a decorative square geisha flower that can be made into a pin or sewn onto clothes or accessories for extra embellishment. For this crafting project, you will need some felt, a square template of paper, a pencil, embroidery thread, normal thread, a needle, a yarn needle, sharp scissors, beads, and a button. Watch this video sewing tutorial and learn how to stitch a pretty felt geisha flower.

How To: Make a shoe lace key ring

Always losing your keys? A big bulky key chain might feel annoying in your pocket, but it's not likely to get lost in your purse or in all that trash you carry around. This video tutorial shows a real simple key chain ring you can make and keep those keys easy to find. All you need is the key ring, two shoelaces, a pair of scissors, and a lighter.