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Tutorial: 7 easy embroidery stitches

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Tutorial: 7 easy embroidery stitches

Whether it’s just a few scattered accents or a larger more detailed motif, hand embroidery is a beautiful way to finish off a sewing project.  Lucy from Sew Essential shows 7 easy hand embroidery stitches you can make to personalize a garment (think collar, pocket, yoke, etc.) or a hand made accessory.  She shows  how to put them together to create a floral design, but those same stitches can be combined in countless ways to make any design you can dream up.

Click below for her tutorial:

7 Easy Hand Embroidery Stitches, by Sew Essential

[photo from Sew Essential]

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Easy Cosmetics Bag Sewing Pattern

The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

It’s the sort of bag that is versatile enough to be used for lots of applications, not just cosmetics and toiletries. Keep all your pens and pencils in order, use it for a small first aid kit for the car, keep it in your desk at work for a few headache pills and other personal supplies.

Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.