• Session 13,  Sewing/Quilting

    I Sew For Fun

    What is it? – What would you do if you wanted to give someone the gift that is sewing?  You know, to enable an individual to achieve their creative expression through sewing, whether that be fashion, quilting, home décor or crafting.  Or, for that matter, any variation or combination of all of the above.  What’s important to have?  What’s necessary?  First of all for any project in any genre related to the use of fabric in sewing or crafts, the requirement for making accurate measurements is absolute.  Being able to precisely…

  • Knitting/Crochet,  Session 13

    Knitting Bobbin Set

      What is it? – Knitting and crochet.  If you look at all of the fibers, textures, sizes and colors of yarns available to accomplish either we find that the potential for creative expression is virtually unlimited.  But wait, if it’s possible to go beyond unlimited we can certainly do so simply by adding multiple colors to the same project.  Adding schmancy to fancy if you will.  Think of basic color work techniques like Faire Isle, Scandinavian, intarsia, C2C graphghans or others.  Using these methods we can manipulate various colors…

  • Knitting/Crochet,  Session 13

    Marking Pins

    https://youtu.be/FNI11PTK5hc   What is it? – Whether we’re into knitting or crochet we’re always making something, something made of individual pieces.  And that something usually means putting those component pieces together.  We all know there are several techniques for joining our knitted or crocheted pieces and that those techniques vary depending on our creative inspiration.  Do we want the seams to be invisible or not?  Perhaps we want them to be very visible and part of our decorative design as in, really standout.  Regardless there is one constant.  At some…