So one of my friends wanted me to make her a shirt with a quilted woven pocket on it and of course I said yes, because saying no is hard. But really I didn’t think it would work. In my head, it would be too heavy and bulky and would make the shirt drape weirdly….
Category: Tutorials
Foundation Paper Piecing Tutorial
So Foundation Paper Piecing is super-duper fun. It also allows for a consistent precision that is impossible to reproduce by machine piecing even on my best days. And the utility ranges from being able draw and reproduce a block with pen and paper to creating works of art in a paint-by-number fashion with fabric that…
Orange Peel Goodness – Machine Appliqué
I’ll totally admit it… Sometimes I see ideas floating around the interweb and, hmmm I just don’t think that’s for me. One such idea was the orange peel. I’m just not into hand appliqué or folding the fabric over and all that jazz, it all seemed like a lot of fuss for something that I…
Mister Domestic YouTube
I’m two weeks shy of my 41st birthday and I’m officially launching the Mister Domestic YouTube Channel. Do whaaaaaaaat?!? That is absolutely freaking bananas to me. Just when I thought my fabric party couldn’t get any more cray cray and unexpected, the stars have aligned for a weirdly seamless transition into the video streaming world….
Woven Fabric Basket Tutorial
After the success of my 3D weaving projects last year, I have been foaming at the mouth to make this Woven Fabric Basket for Easter. And when Dana Willard asked me to be a part of her Fiesta Fun Fabrics Blog Tour, it was the perfect opportunity for me to both show off her new collection and make…