This has been a real adventure here at Fabric Follies. Never in my 50+ years did I ever dream that a little fun on a daily basis would bring over 1000 hits a day and some lovely email friends! This year began early on with surgery and later on with placement of a heart […]
A few weeks ago I came across this method of making cloth somewhere in my travels across the web. I can’t honestly say which site I came across first because I immediately clicked on every link I could find. It seems that this was the method for making shoe linings or socks that was preferred by […]
I do love houseshoes. Several years ago (as in many!) a young lady of about 82 years was kind enough to draw off a pattern that she had used for most of her life to make shoes for her family. I loved it. Simple, easy to make, quick… I used it many times. When it disappeared I […]
For anyone interested in beading, Bead Jewelry Making.com is a gold mine of patterns. The Adult Bead Project index page is a list of some wonderful patterns. This Crystal Flower Pendant makes not only a beautiful necklace, but would also be lovely as embellishment on crazy quilting or victorian embroidery work as would this Beaded Flower Brooch […]
I would love to see what patterns you are choosing and what you are doing with them. If you would like to share a photo, comment or maybe a link to your site, just drop a line to: fabricfollies@hotmail.com I will be setting up a gallery page to share our project photos if there is […]
The Beaded Crochet Thimble Bag was the first thing I had ever bead crocheted. After it was finished, I thought “There has to more…” That’s when I found Beadwrangler.com. This is the place to learn about beading. Want to learn Crochet Beading? How about Embroidery Beading? Maybe Bead Netting? How about a Sampler with all them all? […]
Bob the Builder? How about Pikachu? or maybe Blues Clues? or perhaps Star Trek? This is one terrific site… These are charts that are set up for knitting. They can also be used for crochet, embroidery… The index for these colored charts can be found here on the Knitting-and.com website. There is so much more […]
Domestic Arts is all about tatting. These are some of the loveliest tatting patterns I have seen. This spider bookmark would be great as an embellishment on crazy quilting… This bracelet and this pearl one would make wonderful gifts.. and this beaded christmas ornament cover makes we want to learn to tat today! There are many more patterns.. […]
I have finished the needlebook, inserting three felt strips that make six pages when folded. I have never done beaded crochet before, and wanted to try it, sooo… I have put together a beaded thimble bag using size 8 Cebelia cotton thread and size 10 steel crochet hook. It was much easier than I suspected […]
Doing tapestry crochet has always been a bit of wishful thinking on my part… I could never get the carried thread to hide properly. Finding this little pouch pattern by Carol Ventura with the clear instructions is a godsend. This pouch is only 1 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches in size and my first thought […]
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