When you’re new to sewing, working with cotton is by far and away the easiest sort of fabric to use. It doesn’t fray too much, it doesn’t stretch, it holds its shape and it will go through the sewing machine without getting stuck or sliding around all over…
Easiest Notebook Ever! How To Make a Notebook This post contains affiliate links. It doesn’t cost you anything but if you click on a link and make purchase, you’ll help to support Tea and a Sewing Machine. Oh my goodness, who doesn’t love stationery?? Pretty notebooks, matching pens,…
Felt Mug Cosy Tutorial Mug cosies are great. They keep your tea warm for longer when you’re out in the garden. They’re a good way of using up bits of fabric left over from other projects and they’re quick to make. Also they make nice gifts for people….
Hand Lettering For Embroidery What is Hand Lettering? Hand lettering has been a thing for a couple of years now, and having tried it myself, I can tell you that it is both easy and fun! It doesn’t matter if you consider yourself not very artistic or if…
How To Transfer Embroidery Patterns To Fabric This post contains affiliate links. ***Are you looking for an embroidery project? The photos used in this post are from an embroidery project I’ve designed for us to do together! The text is a line from one of my favourite songs,…
A New Year’s Embroidery Project Who’s up for a little bit of a New Year’s embroidery project? I’m in the process of writing several posts on the theme of handlettering for embroidery, and it occurred to me that it might be fun to have a project that we…