Stitching: Tips & Techniques

Stitch art, the art of altering clothes and adding handstitching to sewn items and have become passionate processes among mixed media artists. Whether you’d like to learn new stitching techniques, how to hand sew or general sewing tips, there is plenty of inspiration here including creative projects for purses, aprons, altering fabric and trims and a lot more. Check out the videos or see some of the hands-on tutorials, thread your needle and start stitching!

Art on Your Wrist

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Julie

Using a dazzling array of materials, including cast- off strips of fabric, ribbons, scraps of paper, buttons, beads, exotic threads, inks, fabrics and stamps, Ruth Rae, author of Layered, Tattered & Stitched, will lead you through a project that will have you creating wearable works of art in no time at all. You’ll be proud to say you made it yourself!

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Brave Heart Wall Hanging

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Julie

Along this journey with Ruth Rae, author of Layered, Tattered & Stitched, you’ll sew, stitch, metal stamp and embroider. But you’ll also learn a whole host of other unique techniques—like bleaching, burning and bead wrapping—that will enable you to set your work apart from the rest.

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Creating a Mélange Journal

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Julie

This project, courtesy of Ruth Rae, author of Layered, Tattered & Stitched, uses multiple techniques (all laid out for you step by step) and materials. You’ll sew, strip, dye and bind. And when you’re all done, you’ll be amazed at the work of art you’ve created!