This is the story of how my little business was born!
I’m in no way a business expert but I hope it’s helpful to see how things came about for me and my haphazard little biz
Its hard not to be affected by the current global pandemic. For many of us it has impacted all aspects of our lives and how we are able to live. So given that, it’s impossible for our creative outlets not to be changed. Over the last few weeks I have seen some remarkable things happen despite of the situation we have found ourselves in. For many of us though, being remarkable, or even normal, is hard at the moment. I hope that by talking about my situation in this post that it may lend some comfort or reassurance to others
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Procreate is probably one of the most well know drawing apps out there. Its easy to see why! With a myriad of tools and brushes to choose from there is a lot to play with. But when you are first trying to find your way around that can be pretty daunting!
Today I’m going to take you through 6 of the tools I use the most when designing my patterns in procreate
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We all love that seamless fade between colours that you can only achieve with the just the right threads! Well theres a little more too it than you might think…
I’m going to take you through:
Understanding a little about colours
How to choose your threads
How to use the gradient in a larger piece
There are many ways to create embroidered patches to sew onto clothes, bags etc
In this post I’m going to show you how to turn an existing piece of embroidery into a patch.
I like this method as it means that you can stitch your embroidery normally on whatever fabric you want, in your hoop, and don’t have to decided if you want it to be patch till you are done!
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