Her works are made on repurposed textiles: bed sheets and tablecloths, often passed down through generations. “They all ...

As explained by the blog Knits and Knots by AME, the term frogging came to be because knitters and crocheters used to say ...

In our family, the holidays have always been a time for making things by hand. Mom remembers searching for fun crafts for us ...

When I started doing embroidery I learned about a lot of straight stitches used to make outlines, but never one as straight as the split stitch. It is a wonderful outline stitch. You literally split ...

In this edition of Know Your Handloom, we explore Kutch embroidery and learn about its diversity. Kurtas, shawls and bags with Kutch embroidery being sold at Dastkar's Nature Bazaar What is Kutch ...

Keep all your embroidery thread organized with this easy to make fabric book with plastic bag dividers. How do you store your embroidery thread? For years, mine has been jumbled all together in a ...

Tapping screws form mating threads in materials they are driven into. There are two basic types: thread forming and thread cutting. The thread-forming screw displaced material around the pilot hole so ...

If you're a sewing beginner, there are a few key techniques you need to learn before you can start making your own clothes and accessories from your home. One of those is learning to how to thread a ...

PETALING JAYA: A 45-year-old Malay seamstress fell so deeply in love with Nyonya embroidery that she quit her factory job to set up her own home business to pursue her passion. Khairiyah Ghazali, from ...