How to Make Iron-On Rhinestones. Loose Leaf Tea? Make Your Own Tea Bags! Like many of you, I LOVE loose leaf tea. However, I'm always looking for cute and creative solutions to use my tea. These D.I.Y. tea bags are super cute. I think they would make amazing gifts! Here's how you can make your own... Supplies needed: Coffee filters, Scissors, Sewing machine, Loose tea leaves, Stapler, Embroidery thread, Paper for tags (construction paper, old book pages, etc.), Optional: Spices (pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, ground ginger, etc.) Step 1 - Cut two coffee filters into a rectangle. Step 2 - Stitch the filters together on three sides, leaving one of the smaller sides open. Step 3 - Fill the teabag with the loose tea leaves. Step 4 - Stitch the top of the tea bag closed. Step 5 - Fold down the corners, placing a 3-4in. piece of embroidery thread under one of the flaps. Step 6 - Fold the tip of the tea bag down, and use a stapler to hold it shut. Step 7 - Cut paper tags and glue, stitch, or staple them to the ends of your embroidery thread.
DIY suede and gold leaf business card holder | Lovely Indeed. I can’t stop looking at this gilded, magical thing. Seriously. I made it, set it on my desk for a few days to see how it held up, and couldn’t stop saying to Mr. Lovely, “Look at this thing!!” That’s how much I love this little business card holder. Now, to be fair, Martha Stewart provides the template for the holder, but good old Martha didn’t cover hers in gold! So we can share the credit for the awesomeness. For starters, gather your materials: Martha Stewart’s business card templatea piece of suede that’s at least 7×7 inchespenscissorsleather punchModPodgetwo paintbrushestweezersgold leafbutton-stud (found mine at a leather store; any trimming or craft store would also probably have them) Print out the template, cut it out, and trace it lightly onto your suede.
Cut out the suede and punch holes in the designated corners. Next, lay down a layer of ModPodge. Working quickly, use the tweezers to set down a piece of gold leaf. Boom! Now. Update: We have a winner! 28. Ready for a new DIY that’s perfect for winter? Dress up your iPads with a sweater from your own closet! Shop vintage or maybe you already shrunk a sweater you love? Time to use it in another way… what you’ll need: • sweater made of wool or with at least 50% wool content • piece of heavy drawing paper • ruler • pencil • scissors • pins • yarn • yarn needle • toggle button • iron with steam setting what to do: • lay the smaller piece on top of your longer piece with the right sides facing in. align at the bottom and pin together. • this step is optional, but we find it helpful to use a ruler to lightly draw a line around the three edges to be sewn 1/2 inch from the edge with a marking pen on both pieces. that way when you’re stitching it’s easier to maintain a straight line. • using yarn and a yarn needle and starting in the top right corner stitch along the side, bottom and the other side 1/2 inch from the edge using 1/2 inch length stitches. presto!
DIY Lavender Bath Salts | Heart Love Weddings. How to Make Tea Cup Candles. Skip to Content October 19, 2011 How to Make Tea Cup Candles Almost two years ago now we took our first try at making Soy candles in baby food jars. Today we will take it a step further by making soy candles in beautiful and unique tea cups. With Christmas quickly approaching these are perfect to give as a gift or use as party favors. You could even make them inside coffee mugs for those manlier guests. Find out how to make tea cup candles after the jump… Depending on where you go tea cups can be very expensive. There are two options when starting to make candles. Hot glue your wicks to the bottom of the cups. I did not have a double boiler so I made my own homemade one. Gradually melt the wax, adjusting the stove temperature if needed. Melt the wax until it reaches the temperature specified on the bag. Allow the wax to cool to 135-140 degrees Fahrenheit (or lower depending on the wax you use).
Wait for the wax to cool and cut the wick down to about 1/4 inch. Posted By Colleen | 9 Comments. How to Make a Wine Gift Bag. Oh wine, how I love thee. And how I love the anthropologie-rumpled look of this cotton-linen blend Heather Ross fabric for a gift like this. I imagine toting it to the park for a picnic where all the ladies are wearing forties-inpired high heels while casually sipping Malbec as the sun sets. Or you know, a last minute dinner party gift, maybe with a few pretty wine glasses. Learn How to Sew a Wine Bag after the jump… And remember to leave a comment, because our favorite commenter is winning that super cute key fob set! DIY Gift Bag for Wine Isn’t this fabric so amazing? To your project. Let’s start by making the strap. Then fold the whole thing in half (so the unfinished edges are enclosed in the fold) and iron again: Sew the open edge with a straight stitch: Then sew the opposite edge with a straight stitch: On the sides of the strap, sew with a zig zag to finished the edges and keep them from unravelling: Now let’s make the bag.
Then sew one short side closed and finish the edge: Done! Mod Podge Vase. This little Mod Podge Vase project is a super easy way to display some of your favorite fabric around the house. This one is covered in Anna Maria Horner Little Folks Voile Coloring Garden Dusk. I’d also love one for my kitchen in this. You are going to want to cover every cylindrical vase in your house, I’m not kidding.Get the DIY Mod Podge Vase after the jump.What you need:- Any cylindrical vase will do. You probably have 3 up there in that sad “Free Vase with Flower Purchase” cabinet above the fridge. 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. ** We suggest spraying it with a sealant when you’re done. Don’t you want to make 10? Monogram Mugs. Friends! I’m so pleased to share our first gift DIY of the season. Maude made these fantastic monogrammed mugs over the weekend.
Don’t they look terrific? The idea came when we saw these fun initial cups at Anthropologie and remembered our kitchen was lacking in hot cocoa mugs. We decided to create a whole set. It’s a very doable project. Inexpensive. 1) We started with a trip to Goodwill, where we collected 8 plain white mugs. 2) Then we gathered supplies. For the font, I had something very specific in mind. 3) Cut out an initial and a piece of transfer paper. 4) Trace the initial. 5) Take your Porcelaine pen and trace over the lines of the initial. 6) Once the lettering is done, let the mugs sit for 24 hours. 7) And that’s it!
The project turned out so well that it has my mind spinning with other possibilities. What do you think? Need more sibling gift ideas? DIY Natural Room Scents. Don't miss my follow-up post to this one withNATURAL ROOM SCENTS FOR DIY GIFTS & CENTERPIECESCLICK HERE This post was featured in the April 2013 issue of Woman's Day magazine. Here's the thing. I'm married to a man who hates artificial scents of any kind. That goes for air fresheners, candles, perfume, soaps and anything else that is scented. We buy unscented everything. I could probably buy a car with the money I've saved on perfume throughout the years of our marriage. Turns out that King-Man may just be ahead of his time. But, the air in my house gets stale sometimes.
There is a simple, all natural, truly lovely solution. Keeping the supply list simple. How to Make Natural Room Scents Fragrant items for naturally scenting your home: citrus -- I've tried other fruits. View whole spices on Amazon: cinnamon sticks, anise stars, allspice, cloves, vanilla beans Five Natural Room Scent RecipesThese are all scents that my nose likes. View on Amazon: ♦pint jars ♦plastic lids for jars Gift them! Quilted Camera Case. Quilted Patchwork Bib Pattern And Tutorial « Sew She Sews's. * I just started a flickr group for any projects made using my tutorials. Please feel free to stop by and post your finished or WIP! *Bibs made using this pattern may be used for personal use only. It has come to my attention that my pattern has been stolen and was being used along with my tutorial and pictures for a for profit class at a sewing shop. Not cool. If you want the PDF for the pattern, email me. 1. Fabric (fat quarters are plenty for this project. 2.
*If you wanted to make some for meal time, most craft stores sell this fabulous stuff called iron on vinyl! 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. . * I would LOVE to see any bibs made from this tutorial! Here are some examples of a more patchwork style with more quilting. Made by me By leslieandsara Made by me Like this: Like Loading... Quilted Christmas Booties. [ Close Privacy Policy ] Privacy Policy / Your California Privacy Rights Revised and posted as of March 4, 2013 Prime Publishing, LLC ("Company," "we" or "us") reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time simply by posting such revision, so we encourage you to review it periodically. In order to track any changes to this Privacy Policy, we will include a historical reference at the top of this document. This Privacy Policy will tell you, among other things: Your California privacy rights.
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I seriously can’t stop searching around the house for things I can dye! I even considered staying home from my Italian vacation this week, just to tie dye! No, actually I didn’t consider that at all but I AM bringing this adorable market/beach tote that I made along for the trip. Here’s how I made it with Tulip Tie Dye… First I pulled out all the supplies sent by Tulip including a kit with 3 dyes (already in the bottles, ready to add water), full-color instructions, gloves and rubber bands, plus a tarp (my reputation precedes me.) I started with a 1/2 yard of solid coral-ish peach fabric and red dye from a Tulip One-Step Tie Dye Kit .
The dyeing process was messy, as expected, but the pre-filled bottles make it as convenient as possible. Find the centers of both bulls-eyes and make a small mark with disappearing ink. The Lazy Quilter: Easy Half Square Triangle Trick. I do so love the idea of quilting. But in actuality, the precision is not something I naturally excel at. I’m all about pretty fabrics and quick projects. Therefore I deem myself the lazy quilter. I whipped up this pieced pillow for the Craft Room Redesign Project in about an hour and a half, and I want to share with you the secret for making half square triangles in a jiff. I don’t even have a 1/4″ presser foot or any fancy quilting paraphernalia. You can use half square triangle units to make pinwheels, which are adorbs and very trendy right now. Get the Easy Half Square Triangle Trick after the jump. First off, I have three bolts of this gorgeous Jay McCarroll Habitat Raise the Roof cotton from Fabricworm, which I am using to make curtains, pillows, and the like for the office.
So, because I am a lazy quilter, I do not take serious measurements beforehand. Lay two different patterned squares right sides facing. Helps with this, but a regular straight edge will do. Trim those off: Done! Quilted & Piped Letter Tutorial. To Do List- Swap Quilted Magnets with a Tutorial! Done! – Another project crossed off my To Do List! Mini Mini quilts! For your refrigerator or note board! Unfortunately, these were not my idea! I wish I was the brains behind this project! My partner for the Modernista Homemade Swap had these in her mosaic, and I fell in love with them instantly!!
I couldn’t find a tutorial for these, so thought I’d show you how I made mine! Step 1: Gather materials! Step 2: Cut the batting and the back fabric into 2″ squares. Step 3: Cut your scraps into even smaller pieces for the front of the magnet. Others I just cut and sewed and then trimed down to 2″ square. Step 4: Sew together all your pieces so that you have all the fronts put together. Step 5: Quilt all the fronts to the batting. Step 6: Put together the quilted piece and the back piece, right sides together. Step 7: Clip the corners and iron over the back fabric to help the seams lie flat.
Step 8: Insert magnet. Step 9: Topstitch! Then repeat and repeat and repeat… You get the idea! Like this: Needle and Spatula: Quilted Wine Tote Sewing Tutorial. I am excited to share the tutorial for this wine tote bag that I mentioned earlier! I had fun playing around and coming up with the pattern. I have seen lots of patterns online for wine gift bags, but I wanted to make something that was more of a reusable wine tote, inspired by this BuiltNY tote . One of these would make a great housewarming, hostess, or holiday gift, but it would also be great to make and keep for yourself. I find we are often heading out to a dinner party or other gathering and grab a bottle of wine on the way out the door - and it ends up awkwardly stuffed in my purse, halfway sticking out.
So I am sure we will get a lot of use out of these new totes! TERMS OF USE: For personal, non-commercial use only. What you will need: Cut out the two pattern pieces from the printed-out pattern. Out of the outer fabric, two rectangles 6 and 3/8"x15" and one circle (cut out according to the pattern) - I am using Robert Kaufman Metro Cafe as my outer fabric (love this!). Kitchen Confections in Moda's Vintage Modern: Patchwork Placemats. Today we start a brand new series of beautiful kitchen tutorials in Bonnie & Camille's Vintage Modern collection for Moda Fabrics, which is hitting the fabric shelves right now, both in store and online!
We call the series Kitchen Confections because each one is a delicious bite size project with plenty of sweet style. "But, aren't 'Vintage' and 'Modern' mutually exclusive? " You ask. (I always listen when you ask questions.) Not at all! Our thanks to Moda Fabrics for sponsoring our Kitchen Confections series and allowing us to be one of the first to "have our way" with this newest collection from our friends, Bonnie & Camille.
Moda is well known for the extraordinary depth and variety of their design collections. As we mentioned, Vintage Modern is available as yardage as well as in a full variety of great pre-cut bundles. Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome Memory Craft 6600P)Walking foot with quilt bar (optional but extremely helpful) Specific Yardage Notes Low loft batting:
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