Embroidery on Jeans?

Who came up with the idea of using embroidery floss on jeans? Seriously? It's sooo cute and you see cute jeans like that everywhere. Well, I'm kind of behind the times, but I finally bought myself a pair of jeans with stitching on them... and they are totally cute! But they are still not my most comfortable pair of jeans. So, I thought, why can't I take my most comfortable pair of jeans, and stitch them with embroidery floss myself?

See these jeans.... boring! (But comfortable)
Ta Da! Just a little stitching here and there and now they are my most comfortable pair of jeans that are much more in style!
Now that it is warming up, I may have to see what I can do with my most comfortable capris!

-Anisa

Texturize your Fabric

In continuing with our Countdown to Crafts, I would like to talk about local Quilt Shops/Fabric Stores... not your national chains. I tend to like the fun designer stuff. For instance, this Thanksgiving Table Runner is made from the Pumpkins Gone Wild line by Moda. I can not find this fabric at any of my chain stores. I purchased this fabric last year at Pine Needles in Gardner Village. The local Quilt Stores don't have a 40% off coupon like many of the chains. However, what I have discovered is that many of them having mailing or emailing lists. Get on Those!!! That is where they will advertise their sales and often times email out coupons.


Now, let's talk about texturizing your fabric. Fabric is fun... especially all of the bright cotton prints, but they don't have a lot of texture to them. I bought this fabric to make a table runner. I didn't want to quilt it because it was going to be on my table, but I wanted to give it a little texture and make it a little more fun. So, the first thing I did was to put it together using ric rac as the trim.
Then I did a little hand stitching with embroidery floss down the pumpkins that had a stripe pattern.
On the pumpkins with dots and flowers, I sewed buttons.
Then on one of the leaves, I cut out a piece of felt to put over the leaf that was printed on the fabric and machine sewed on that. It was really fun to add texture to the fabric this way. You could do this with almost any print... what doesn't have dots, flowers or stripes?

If you would like to purchase a table runner like this, check out my etsy shop here.

-Anisa