Fabric bowls are an amazing way to take a 2-d material like fabric and turn it  into a 3-d sculpture.
Fabric bowls are quite a popular craft these days, with kits and pricey specialty templates available in lots of fabric stores.   You don’t actually need those expensive plastic patterns – Imagine Fabric has put together a great how-to on creating your own fabric bowl from scratch!

All you need is a basic gridded quilting ruler, your standard sewing supplies and a heavy-duty double-faced (meaning there is glue on both sides) stiff interfacing.  And your fabric of course…
Now if you’ll excuse me, I …read more

I was browsing through one of my favorite fashion websites the other day, looking for a particular piece of jewelry for my other blog, when something caught my eye…
Oh look, it’s a cute little pin that looks like a child sewed it:

Actually, I’ve taught 5 year olds to sew who had neater stitches than that…
And then I took a look at the price.

These brooches retail for $188.00, US funds.
That’s right, pennies worth of fabric and sloppy stitching will run you the cost of a big grocery shop or a good pair of shoes.
I think I’m in the wrong business…
images: Yoox …read more

Because there’s always room for one more project, one more inspiring article or one more new piece of fiber artwork…

While we’re discussing sewing tattoos, check out this gorgeous stork scissor tattoo that Liesl of Liesl Made just got.
Win a fantastic prize package from U-Handblog – perfect for creating your own handmade purse!
During April, Noreen is challenging all her readers to share their face of joy – it’s got to have some yarn in it somewhere too.
Loreen Leedy shows how she created a realistic cat in fabric applique.
I know it’s spring, but I couldn’t resist posting this how-to for a pretty …read more

I have to admit – I’ve never heard of the Japanese art of folded fabric flowers, or “Tsumami Kanzashi ” – before.  It’s most commonly used to create lovely and intricate traditional flower ornaments that are worn in the hair.
I definitely want to try this out now – how many ways can you think of using those flowers?  I can sure think of a few ways…

I’ve finally got my last couple of photos done from the great Christmas craft-a-thon
While Tangled Thread isn’t a quilting blog (go to Quilting & Patchwork for that one!) making art quilts is one of my great passions.  I seem to create at least one art quilt as a Christmas gift for someone in my family every year.
Last year it was my brother & sister-in-law’s turn – this year it was my parents:

photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay
My brother took the photos of my parent’s pets and I Photoshopped them.  The photots were then printed directly onto specially treated silk sheets …read more

I got a reader request on how to make basic yo-yo circles.  They’re a technique I’ve mentioned quite a bit here, but I had forgotten to actually write a complete how-to for you all!
Yes, yo-yos are fun and easy and no, you don’t need any fancy plastic tools to make them
Am I obsessed with yo-yos?  Oh yes…

I’ve got the complete tutorial here, or just click on the photo
image: © C Findlay-Harder

Fabric.com is holding a contest to win two fabulous prize packages for more than a $1000 of sewing, designing and quilting goodies!  To say nothing of the gift certificate for $300 of fabric…
The “Sew Sweet” giveaway runs from now until October 31st – and you can enter every day!
Just pick which gift package you’d like to enter:

 Or the…

Enter your information and you’re entered
Good luck!
images: Fabric.com