Applique

Learn how to applique.  What is applique?  Here you sew bits of other fabric onto larger projects to add a decorative element.  Check out these applique tutorials and get started practicing your applique techniques today without an embroidery machine.

sewing machine applique t-shirt

How to applique with sewing machine (easy fabulous)

Today we’re talking about how to applique with sewing machine. Maybe it’s just me, but I always see plain fabric as a blank canvas of possibilities yelling at me to do something interesting to them. (Hence why I ice dye fabric, embroider it, overdye it and all manner of other things). Well, you can add …

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Fringe Trim Cardigan Knockoff with Itch to Stitch Lisbon

Like most sewists out there I think, I often peruse RTW sites for sewing inspiration.  Usually, the things I like gather dust on my Pinterest.  Once in a while, I see something and I jump to make it pronto.  Such was the case with this Italian Featherweight Cashmere Fringe Cardigan from J Crew.  It has …

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