Projects & Tutorials
Learn more about designing fabric with Spoonflower, creating graphics for your Etsy shop, and other sewing projects with these free tutorials. Have a question or something you want to learn about designing fabric? Just ask! Some of my favorite tutorials have come from questions asked by readers.
Digital Design Tutorial: Faux Batik Part Four
Part Four of my batik-behind-the-scenes series takes us to the fun part: starting to put it all together. It's time to start laying out my canvas for putting together all of the elements into a [read more...]
Digital Design Tutorial: Faux Batik Part Three
Part Three of my faux batik tutorial is all about making your scanned paintings into vector shapes. For this we are going to switch over and open the files in Adobe Illustrator instead of Photoshop. [read more...]
Digital Design Tutorial: Making a Faux Batik, Part One
I made this bag last week. The fabric was a curtain panel that I bought at a garage sale. Pretty wild for a curtain but great for a small tote. I am in love with [read more...]
Reverse Appliqué
Last week I spent a day at the MN State Fair demonstrating mending. Well, it started as demonstrating mending, but watching someone stitch a hem is about as much fun as watching paint dry. ReUseMN, [read more...]