I thought I should share with you my secrets for embroidery and patterns- in-case any of you are looking for a new summer craft. I highly recommend this book, anyone who sews in any capacity should have it in their home libraries. I did not know that there were so many different stitches, the step-by-step illustrations are very helpful, I’ve learned so much from this book.

You can get blank flour sack towels at Target for about $5 a pack, they aren’t available online though. Amazon has some on-line but they cost more. My favorite places to get patterns are on flickr, blogs, a few different pattern shops, and ebay. Another thing I will do is scan images or edit images I find on-line in Photoshop and print them out. Once you have a printed out image (as opposed to an iron-on transfer) there are many ways to transfer it to your fabric, by far the easiest is with a special pencil iron on pen. I love using my pencil, just make sure you trace hard on your image so that you get good strong lines on your fabric.

Now, go forth and create (and send me pictures)!  Feel free to share any of your favorite craft sites, I am always looking for more!

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