Steam Punk Pillow Featuring the CrystalWork Tool and Circular Embroidery Attachment
This fabulous steampunk pillow was embellished entirely by machine – yes, even the marker and crystal designs! … More
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How to Personalize a Quick Gift with PaintWork!
Last year’s holiday gifts for my co-workers and friends were linen sachets personalized with Paintwork monograms. I love linen sachets! This time I worked from an already assembled version and PaintWork seemed to be the perfect solution to add the special touch to them. … More
Stitch, Draw, and Glitz – with Your Embroidery Machine
Use an embroidery to draw and paint? You bet! It can also cut stencils for making your own iron-on crystal designs! … More
PaintWork Sampler: How to Test Fabric Markers for PaintWork
Sarah Vedeler is getting ready to start using PaintWork in a new design collection and decided to create a sampler to get to know the settings and see the variation in results using different pens. Here are the results! … More
Made to Create: Sewing Machine Accessories Series
Today I’m kicking off a series of posts about presser feet and other sewing machine tools, based on the Made to Create pillow project. Scroll through the photos and see if you can guess which accessories were used for each pillow. … More
Steampunk Office
Wikipedia describes Steampunk as a genre influenced by, and often adopted from, the style of the 19th-century scientific romances of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Mary Shelley. We added our own elements to give our Steampunk office vignette an industrial flare.
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Western Mug Rug
This project is my take on a mug rug by Kay Hickman. Needless to say, I have an inability to follow directions. I wanted to work with leather so I could really make it look like a rug… fringe and all. … More
Art Day is Fun Day Apron
Art day (play day) is not just for kids! We too have toys that we love to play with and my new favorite one is PaintWork … More
Using Picture Fonts with PaintWork
In my experiments with the PaintWork Tool and Software I have getting my graphics from “picture fonts” or “dingbat fonts.” There are so many available, and they are free! … More
Paris Quilt
Amy Millsaps, who works at Raintree Quilting in Juneau, Alaska, sent me this picture of the beautiful Paris wallhanging she composed … More
Owlivia Slouch Bag: A Blank Canvas
My Owlivia Slouch Bag in Through the Needle ONLINE #15 uses all of the DesignWorks components plus embroidery. I have to admit that CrystalWork used is quickly becoming a favorite of mine – it’s quick and easy and I think every project needs just a little sparkle to make it pop. Don’t you? … More
Paint That Plate!
Yes! You CAN “embroider” a plate! This fancy plate was made with everyday Sharpie Permanent Markers and the BERNINA PaintWork Tool.
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