Looking for an Italy packing list? We'll show you what to wear in Rome, Venice or in between in October and give you ideas for packing for Europe in October.
Learn how to wrap wontons in 7 different ways. Make ingot shaped wontons, nurse's cap, pouch wontons and more.
Wondering where to go for your winter vacation? Look no further than Spain! Click to find out why it was our most magical trip ever and get tips to plan your own getaway - what to stay, where to eat and even what to pack.
Cool animal inspired bags from a Japanese designer.
Sometimes the most inspiring fashion moments happen off the runway.
Wow it feels like forever since I’ve done an inspiration post. This year has been insanely busy so far. Everything that’s happening is exciting, but doesn't leave much room for creating posts like this as often as I would like. Anyway, I want to share some fun images that inspired me lately. Arabela
Purse straps are definitely the part of the purse that gets the most stress so are more likely to need repairing. This is a guide about repairing purse straps.
These days I have done a few more botanical imprints mainly with gerbra flowers and sewed into pouches. I can't recall how many pieces of leather imprints I have done and made into purses. A few of my signatures below....... They're made with sheep leather and pig leather. Some are stiff some are so soft. It's not easy to buy appropriate leathers for botanical imprints locally. Usually I source raw sheep/lamb leathers. Today just got two pieces of quite soft, thin and white dyed sheep skin. I don't know how it was tanned and was puzzled if it work but good price only about 3.5 euro. No harm to try. With the flowers bought I immediately done testing with simple layout. 玩皮革植物印染充滿挑戰性，因為皮革貨源及其處理不一，我通常購 買原色羊仔皮，這日店主給予一片已漂白柔軟又便宜的小羊皮，但試驗後效果不佳但仍有作為，所以，怎麼樣的皮質不防一試，我就是這樣做了試驗又車縫成實用皮包包。 Mogi, my cat is always my helping hand. "Hmmm.....mum it's fine for bundling and cooking....." I was expecting the flower prints looks like the previous one done with impressive outcome, particular the gerbra printed so nice. Opened it with curiosity but I was not pleased and the leather shrank almost half the original size and the flower printed just purple without "in-depth" look and other plants even without color. Anyway I mounted it to air dry. The more it's getting dry the more it's stiff. Though not a successful printing I wanted to make it functional. I cut it to make a few pouches. Zipper, lining label..... all in hand. Leather is a bit stiff so I cut and sew it while it's not all dried. Otherwise it's hard for machine sewing. It's done. Prints of both sides. Another one of both sides This one is disaster, all dark without much prints. Still made it into a purse. Printing on leather is challenging and outcome depends much on choice of leather. However we can do trials and even make the swatches into something useful. That's enough for a few pieces. Mogi was so nice to follow me from day to night...... He says "Goodnight....." Oh, it's my space. His territorial behave always occupies it ! Few of the pouches of different prints and shades. I like to do small swatches prints as the size just right to make it as make up pouch or whatever use. Can I imagine just with natural dyes and ingredients I can make such colorful botanical imprints on leather with different outcome? Yes, I can make it .... Last but not least I have an instant download pdf tutorial for the botanical imprints making. It's simple if you can source the right leather. You may like to have a look on my ETSY.
Sewing piping can add a professional touch to the edges of cushions, bags, quilts and clothing. Learn how to sew piping for beginners.
Shopping for modest clothing is a never-ending hunt. I usually have the best luck at thrift stores, especially price-wise! But browsing through thrift stores has become more and more difficult since little kids and shopping don't really go very well together. For a while I simply quit buying anything new, but I honestly felt very […]
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While stay at home recommendations have relaxed somewhat here in my city, this pandemic is far from over and it's still wise to maintain distance and stay home as much as possible. Or at least away from crowds. And while crochet is fun in groups, it's an activity you can do by yourself, but it
So… as you might suspect, we get a LOT of mail from customers. Sometimes a letter can make me laugh… sometimes it can make me think…at times it can humble me, annoy me or MAKE MY DAY! But every once in a while (thank goodness its not too often) a customer send me an email
Fabric for Pencil Skirts: We suggest medium weight woven fabrics (they can have some stretch). Some examples are crepe, medium-weight cottons such as twill, linen, cotton/linen blends, denim or even suiting fabrics. Consider when you plan on wearing your skirt while … Read More
The Importance of Finding Your Root Cause https://youtu.be/Em8VSUKsXZg The idea of finding the root cause of your medical conditions is very appealing to many patients. After all, if you can find the thing that CAUSED
Today we are going to look at yet another bag tutorial. This is going to be a second crocheted bag instructions that we are sharing
