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Tutorials for creative projects and musings on creativity
I am passionate about creativity, as you may have already gathered! I believe that everyone is creative. And creativity takes courage. Sometimes we need encouragement to keep at it. Sometimes we just need a little help to set our creativity free. I know, my creativity has taken a long and winding path. I love to write on this subject in my blog. See my latest posts below and click through to read the blog including my most popular posts from my Blue Radish blog.
Learn-to-Sew: Sewing Curves
I hope you've mastered sewing straight seams now. How are you going on the curves? If you have been making masks, you may be facing sewing around...
Learn-to-Sew: Sewing Terms Explained
Are you confused by sewing terms? Pick up any sewing pattern and there will be terms used that are specific to sewing. Everything has its own...
Learn-to-sew: Five Principles for Neat Sewing
This next post in the Learn-to-Sew series gives you five principles for ‘neat’ sewing. The quality of your finished item will be so much the...
Learn-to-Sew: All About Fabric
Today we are talking about fabric. I don’t need to tell you that fabric comes in a dizzying array of types and weights but understanding fabrics...
Learn-to-Sew: Ten Things to Sew with Only Straight Seams
In a previous post I linked to a few easy beginner sewing projects. Today I have rounded ten tutorials from the web for easy projects and not a...
Tutorial – Party Bunting
This party bunting tutorial is an easy sewing project. I made several strands of bunting one year to decorate for indoor and outdoor parties at...
Learn-to-Sew: Finding your Sewing Zen (or how to deal with frustration)
Frustration – the flip-side of “flow”? In writing about the importance of sustaining creativity, I talked about the concept of ‘flow’ – the state in...
Tutorial – Cube Door Stop
How are you going with your straight seams? Have tried any of the easy projects? I've made a list of more projects with only straight seams. Today...