Sewing Room

6 August 2026 | Sewing Room

Learning about Fringes

We often tend to think of fringes as pretty uncommon, however they are everywhere especially in decor items and costumes. They are an easy way to increase aesthetic value to plain items and add fun and movement to cloth...

30 July 2026 | Sewing Room

All About Braids

Starting this topic, I discovered that I really knew nothing about Braids.

19 March 2026 | Sewing Room

Tying up Loose Ends

This is a follow up video from the Vincent and Messenger Bag videos. Vincent used quite a few different colours: some were used entirely and others just a bit. Constantly using one skein then another through the colour ...

18 December 2025 | Sewing Room

Transferring Designs or How to get the Image onto the Fabric

How to get the image you want to stitch onto the fabric is a puzzle that has plagued stitchers since the beginning of decorative sewing.

18 September 2025 | Sewing Room

Video 13 - Threads, threads, glorious threads

Without something in the needle, there is no stitching, as seen in our Blooper videos. But there are plenty of threads to choose from and the choice of thread is part of the expression in stitching. If the stitches are o...

11 July 2025 | Sewing Room

Video 07 - Needles and Threaders and Thimbles, Oh My

Needles, threaders and thimbles

8 March 2025 | Sewing Room

Video 1- Getting Started in Hand Stitching

Welcome to our new series on hand sewing, The Stitch Library. In this series, we will look at hand sewing as complete beginners, providing information about tools and sewing techniques, and learn about stitches that have...