The Making of A Hat

Millinery in action: making a hat in the Stephen Jones workroom by Victoria and Albert Museum

Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones exhibition at Victoria and Albert Museum

Kawaii Embroidery by Wild Olive

Visit Mollie Johanson's Wild Olive cute embroideries.

Kaylim from Etsy

Kaylim is this week's Etsy featured seller. Cool Kaylim recreates/reengineers clothes with her design.

Artfire and Etsy

Lisa of U-Handblog is kind to share ArtFire find and comparison with Etsy.

A Wealth of Stitch Blog Post

I am amazed by Janet of Primrose Design, not only she knows much about stitches, she posted each stitch in a blog post with clear instruction and images. :-)
From Primrose Design, I found Marla Mallet blog post on Seed Stitch ("Forbidden Stitch") and Pekinese Stitch - excellent explaination.

How To Decorate Your Own Tea Set

Handmade Portraits: Black-eyed Suzie

Sewing DIY Read

Clone Yourself A Fitting Assistant * Pattern from the Little Brown Dress * Pattern Drafting 101: How to Close a Bust Dart and Move the Fullness to the Hem * Darts, Darts, Darts * Pattern Alteration

Simplicity Patterns for Sewing

I collected some Simplicity Patterns though I don't sew. Simplicity Patterns links for beginners is here. Following is an example of a pattern at Simplicity Patterns:

Free Unisex Pull-on PJ Pants Pattern
Part 1: What do you need to get started?
Part 2: What pattern size are you?
Part 3: Anatomy of a pattern and fabric selections

Visit Simplicity Patterns for beginners to find out the latest tutorial.

Martha Stewart DIY Feb 2009