When sewing garments, you’ll encounter lots of curved edges — like necklines and armholes — that are cut on the bias. To keep these edges …
Free Technique Monday: How to Sew Stay Stitching
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Free Technique Monday: Needle and Thread Basics
There’s more to picking out thread than just the color – thread comes in a wide range of fibers and thicknesses, all of which are …
Free Technique Monday: Special Sewing Feet
Most sewing can be done with the regular foot that comes with your machine, but there’s a whole range of specialty sewing feet for different …
Free Technique Monday: Gathering and Ease Stitching
Gathering and ease stitching are used to fit a longer edge of fabric to a shorter edge, like when you’re creating a ruffle or fitting …
Where Women Create Business: Liesl Gibson
Check out the latest issue of Where Women Create Business to read about Creativebug artist Liesl Gibson! After starting a career in publishing and finance, …
Free Technique Monday: How to Insert Sleeves
Learn how to sew sleeves with expert designer and sewist Liesl Gibson. Sleeves can be daunting the first few times you sew and insert them …
Free Technique Monday: How to Sew Buttonholes
Sewing buttonholes is easy once you get the hang of it, but it can be intimidating the first couple times. In this quick video, Liesl …
On Set with Liesl Gibson
We’ve shot several classes with Liesl Gibson but this was the first time she made the trip out to San Francisco to shoot in the …
Creativebug Heads to the Makerie
We’re off to Colorado to be inspired and film at the Makerie. If you haven’t heard of this art camp for adults, Ali deJohn, the …
In the Studio with Liesl Gibson
We just spent a full week in New York taking in the crafty goodness that it always offers. We stopped by Liesl Gibson’s studio for …