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Adorable Homemade Gifts Anyone Can Make

Adorable Homemade Gifts Anyone Can Make

Posted by Minki Kim on Oct 21st 2019

After writing two Sewing Illustration books, Sew Illustrated and Diary in Stitches, I wanted to reach audiences who are scared of thread drawing so I created projects that anyone can make. You’ll lear … read more
Handmade Gifts from the Heart with Minki Kim

Handmade Gifts from the Heart with Minki Kim

Posted by Minki Kim on Aug 30th 2019

I remember the very first handmade item gifted to me from my mom and dad: a gray indoor shoe bag for my first day of first grade. When I was a child in Korea, my classmates and I had to change from ou … read more
5 Tips on Drawing with Thread

5 Tips on Drawing with Thread

Posted by Deirdre Quirk on Mar 19th 2019

These helpful tips are taken from Sew Illustrated—35 Charming Fabric & Thread Designs by Minki Kim and Kristin Esser. Sewing illustration is a charming and surprisingly easy technique cr … read more
New Ideas for Beautiful and Useful Stitchery

New Ideas for Beautiful and Useful Stitchery

Posted by Karla Menaugh on Feb 27th 2019

From artist Minki Kim's sketchbook, Diary in Stitches brings you sixty-five new motifs to stitch by machine or by hand.A few years ago, Minki made a resolution to draw a design each day, and the … read more