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 […]
In my wandering through the world of crafts yesterday morning, I came across this cute little bird on Cameoroze.com with a link leading back to a German site that showed the instructions for making it. Well… before breakfast I had cut a bit of felt and was handsewing in front of my pc… DH […]
As I have wandered through the pages showing all the ancient needlework and crafting, blackwork embroidery is almost always present in one place or another. Elizabethan Blackwork has wonderful (and I do mean wonderful) patterns on several pages of her site. Here is another site with many fill in patterns for sleeves, collars, scarves…whatever you would like […]
The Caron Collection’s Online Classes offer many free patterns and tutorials for some lovely hand needlework. There are samplers, christmas ornaments, scissor fobs and many more… each lovlier than the last. Have a look…
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 […]
Angry Chicken.com has been one of my favorite sites for a long time. Amy Karol is one of the most talented ladies online. She hosts the tie one on challenge for making one apron a month using the theme for that month. Now here’s the story: I have two wonderful Tee Shirts that actually fit right […]
Unique Items Handmade by Ribbonwiz is a new store on Etsy.com where you can find embellishment kits or ready mades for those of us who find ourselves overwhelmed… Julia of Camille’s Place has some crazy quilted Christmas hearts that are put together with ribbon and beads for a kit that would make wonderful ornaments…(or whatever you would like to […]
This Victorian Velvet Heart is very simple to make. I cut out a heart shape approximately 5″ wide and 6 1/4 in. tall from paper. The size can be any size you prefer, but looks better if the proportions remain close to this. Then using the paper cutout as a template, I began by Cutting two hearts from […]
I have a set of pillowcases that I have had (still in the wrapper) for about 3 years. I have been looking around for embroidery patterns to see what I might want to put on them and came upon Vermillion Stitchery. Their free patterns are quality with lovely birds in a ‘Bird of the Month’ series […]
This cross stitch chart found here at knitting-and.com is designed to be done on a sweater (either a purchased one or one handmade), but can also be done on a beachtowel…etc… or as a wall hanging. It could also be used as a crochet pattern… It would be great done in conjunction with the Hogwarts scarves… I’m […]
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