Mending from Becca's Crazy Projects

This is something of a joke at my house. Because I will absolutely fix things, and hem things.

The belt loops on my partners pats had worn through. I sliced up a some denim from another pair of pants and pulled out the belt loop attachments for my Baby Lock. After about thirty minutes of looking for the directions and setting up the machine (it doesn't take long unless you don't use all the features very often. I ended up using the 3/4" attachment.

This attachment makes quick work of making the belt loop pieces.

In a ...

added by Becca 10 months, 3 weeks ago. under 2024 , coverstitch , garment , markers , mending , overlock , serger , sew , sewing machines , tool

Clean Your House by Reincarnating Your Freemotion Practice into Psychedelic Gifts! from Gefilte Quilt

I've been on mental vacation for the past couple of days, because I just wrapped up a couple of big projects. So I started procrastinating the next big thing on my list by cleaning up my studio and selected portions of my home.

But then I wound up procrastinating my procastination with this gift project idea, just in time for the holidays: Wall art/kitchen art/potholders from old freemotion quilting practice pieces! Here's some of what I've made so far, in the guise of cleaning up my house:

1. An oven mitt made from light-threads-on black ...

added by Cathy Perlmutter 2 years, 4 months ago. under awkward freemotion quilting , freemotion quilting , gifts , markers , pillow , potholder , quilted new york

Bullet Journal from Becca's Crazy Projects

I had a crazy idea I should start a bullet journal. I'm not sure why. I ordered some notebooks, some stencils, and watched a bunch of YouTube videos on the subject. I'll go over the tools I'm using (and include links if you want to check them out). The disclaimer: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If you use one of these links and actually buy something (it doesn't even have to be the thing I'm linking to) I get a small commission from Amazon. In a good month, I make enough ...

added by Becca 3 years, 5 months ago. under 2021 , art , bullet journal , colored pencils , crayola , drawing , journal , markers , pen , pencils , shopping

Creating a stitcher's journal with paper and fabric from Quilting & Learning

I'm back to making hand-stitched projects based on our latest workshop at TextileArtist.org's 2020 Stitch Club. This week's teacher is Ali Ferguson who showed us how to make a stitcher's sketchbook or journal with paper, and then to cover and embellish it with fabrics.

Making the Journal

This is the first workshop that I finished the project only a few days after it had started. I was hooked! I couldn't leave it.

My new stitching journal

For my paper, I chose some printing paper (one with a gardening motif that I bought years ago ...

added by Andree G. Faubert 4 years, 5 months ago. under ali ferguson , batik , bookbinding , colour vie pigment system , embellishment , embroidery , joanne sharpe , markers , sheer fabric , stitcher's journal , textileartist.org stitch club

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