Vegan Leather Cover Journal

Continue on in your appliqué techniques and embellishments with a second The School of Making swatch kit in a Shades of Blue colorway. The kit is an add-on for Natalie Chanin’s Hand-Stitched Appliqué workshop, and each of the components are ideal for hand-sewing. As in the original workshop kit, the fabric is American grown and made Supima® cotton jersey. 

This comprehensive guidebook by Natalie Chanin is a perfect companion piece for her workshop, Hand-Stitched Appliqué.  It features illustrated instructions along with photos of both right and wrong sides for over 100 stitches. By breaking down different stitches into a geometric grid system, we can learn seemingly complicated embroidery techniques with ease. There are even two plastic stitching cards that can be used for transferring grids to fabric or stitching directly through for practice.

Beads can transform a hand-sewn piece into an intricate work of art with depth and dimension. In Natalie Chanin’s Hand-Stitched Appliqué Workshop, Natalie shares techniques for embellishing your fabric with beads. In this add-on for the workshop, elegant sequins, bugle beads, chop beads, and seed beads in gold, silver, and neutral tones are encased in a glass jar with lid for easy access. A #10 bead needle is also included, and pairs beautifully with the 3oz mix of beads. For millennia, beads have been used across the world as a way to decorate fabrics and garments, creating heirloom quality pieces. The precise hand-stitching of beading produces elaborate designs with texture, while sequins add a subtle sparkle.