Category: tutorials and how tos
-
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…
-
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…
-
Japanese stab binding tutorial: lotus blossom
The lotus blossom or lily-pad flower, whichever. 36 total holes, about an intermediate bind. Make sure that your holes along the top line are even! As always, if there is an error or if you have a question, leave a comment and I will do my best to answer. **click…
-
japanese stab binding tutorial: hearts
This is a beginning bind, with an intermediate level of holes (40). If you don’t want the gaps between the hearts, then repeat the steps marked in orange until you have the desired number. When you have reached the end of your line of hearts, wrap the left edge, then…
-
japanese stab binding tutorial: dancing snowflakes
This bind has 84 holes, which makes it more complicated than it might be otherwise. Also, holes 24, 44, 64, and 84 need to be much larger than the others because there are 15 threads entering and exiting. The tutorial was a bit complicated to write (though I don’t think…
-
japanese stab binding tutorial: sushi
Second place in the tutorial poll. A very simple bind, no twists or complicated V shapes. 58 total holes. If you’d rather have cinnamon rolls instead of sushi, ignore the steps marked with an asterisk “*”. **click any image to enlarge** hole pattern sewing pattern EXIT = needle pointed DOWN…
-
japanese stab binding tutorial: maple leaves
The maple leaf pattern tutorial, as requested in the poll! I’d say this one is pretty simple. The instructions for the ‘V’s at the edges are written differently than usual, but I hope it make it a bit easier. *Tip: make holes 1, 14, and 26 a bit larger than…
-
japanese ledger binding: a tutorial
Not that it’s much of a tutorial. I drew these instructions a couple of years ago, fully intending to post them…and then forgot. Or was distracted by other things. Not very hard to believe, if you know me! I was asked for more information about a ledger bind I previously…
becca making faces 