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Finally getting started
Plus a poll to vote on which design first
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A new way to share pattern tutorials
Hello world! I still exist! I have been thinking about the various stab binding patterns that I have posted over the years, and how many of you who have found my blog would love to have tutorials for more of them. However, my time is limited and I have been…
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Creating with light beams
Update to a post I made back in October 2015! So yeah. My husband and I decided to invest in the new Glowforge laser, as part of the highly discounted crowdfunding campaign. We knew it wasn’t ready to ship, but decided that it was worth waiting for (a) because of…
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Sneak peak
I’ve been busy with a lot of things these past couple of months, not the least of which was an intensive French course paid for by the French government, as part of my visa requirements, and all the visits, appointments, and paperwork necessary to purchase an apartment in France (So.…
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Japanese stab binding #53, dancing triangles
I thought about naming this drunken triangles or dizzy triangles. It’s pretty straightforward, especially with only 31 holes to punch.
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Japanese stab bind #52: diamond gems
I have a backlog of patterns I’ve sewn and photographed, yet not had time to post. This bind continues on the circle theme. 64 holes, pretty straightforward sewing. Advanced beginner?
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Japanese stab bind #51: taco shells
This bind design sketch started out quite differently, but I couldn’t get the logistics to work right so it morphed into this one. It continues my exploration of circles in this medium. So not what I was hoping for, but not bad either. Those three holes at the bottom right…
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Japanese stab bind #50: elephants
This elephant pattern was somewhat of a challenge to draw, but even worse for creating the holes. Unless you are very, very careful, this pattern probably can’t get much smaller than what it is here, 1.25″/3.1cm from the spine edge. Those holes around the tusks are *very* close together. It…
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Japanese stab binding tutorial: tiara
By popular request, the tiara pattern. Sorry this has taken so long, I’ve had a lot of personal stuff going on and I thought I had lost the pattern instructions and was going to have to recreate them from memory, but I found the paper today, yay! So here it…
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Japanese stab binding #49: giraffe
I’ve started a series of animal stab binds, just to see how many I can create and how recognizable they are. Next up, elephants and a lion! This giraffe bind has 55 holes and is only complicated in the middle, as the holes look random when unsewn and knowing which…