for embrodiery:

• cotton fabric scraps

• cotton thread

• cotton, relatively thick (depending on the size I want)

  • I don’t want it to be super twisted, like most embroidery threads
  • I can also just use other thread and double it up, and then spin to create my own thicker thread

• heat erasable pen for drawing patterns

• when sewing, shouldn’t be longer than I can reach comfortably (from my heart to as far as I can reach with my sewing hand), otherwise might get twisted/not enjoyable

• to combine threads (when I run out), can go through 4-5 holes, stitching through my last 5 stitches, and then leave a couple centimeters of thread loose (it shouldn’t move, as long as your thread is thick enough/you sewed through the other thread). Should always wet the fabric before cutting/tying those as threads shrink when wet, see techniques for changing threads