magdamagda design studio

Scallops have been in the spotlight lately and quite blogged about - so it's a good time to add my own tips! I use a cartboard stencil to draw my scallops on the wrong side of the fabric with a washable pen. I choose a small machine step to stitch along the contour(2). When I reach the corners I make one horizontal step between circles - it helps to get a nice shape once the scallops are cut and turned to the other side.  I cut 3 mms from the edge, but the corners need to be clipped closer to the stitch. For that I use a seam ripper , I thrust it close to the stitch but facing the opposite direction and push.  Washing a scalloped piece of clothing can make scallops lose their shape - to prevent that I use a zig zag stitch along their edge - it makes "maintenance" so much easier! Any other tips you thought about or came across? Please share~ Update Monday, May 23rd Practice makes it better, so after practising some more I returned t...

                     Want to make a rose like the one I made for my sundress? It's simple if you know how! Or it's simple anyways, you might figure it out quickly like I had!          For those who would like to know how, as well as for future me, as I don't want to have to figure it out again, here's a little "how to" or more like  a "what" I did - feel free to experiment with other dimensions of fabric! I took a strip of 72/12 cms, folded it in two in length, wrong side on the inside, straight stitched half a cm from the edge, turned it inside out, pressed the strip. At each end I pushed half a cm inside and stitched. I took one end and rolled it a bit, fixed it with thread at one end (I used green thread to demonstrate). As the strip goes to the right, I turned it downwards and stitched in the straight angle corner. Fix...

        While I'm working on something I'm always eager to finish, because I get so many enticing ideas for other projects!... Once I finish, it's again hard to decide where to start... I recheck my fabric stash, I browse my sketch book again.. and I'm stuck. The pressure of a new beginning! Burning to start something but all the ideas I had seem "old" and I'm brainstorming for something new! That's just the trap that I'm used to.           So I just had a look at my supplies and notions and decided to put the elastic thread to good use, the time is just as good as any! (I must say I had bought some elastic thread many years ago and I did use it in a resembling manner - I zig-zagged over it. I did not know then that you can wind it on the sewing machine bobbin and run with it! But I so savoured this late discovery now! And enjoyed the coziness and relaxation of a simple technique on a floral pin...