(tutorial) extender slip. Felt Flower Scarf Tutorial. Thank you for all of the sweet love on my Felt Flower Scarf!
Really, my goodness, I didn't expect so many people to be interested in it. I'm happy to share this tutorial for you on how to make one of your own! Materials needed: 1/2 yard of 72" Felt or Felted Wool (this measurement is to be safe... but you'll end up with some extra here for sure.) Scissors Needle and Coordinating Thread *optional - Fast Grab Tacky Glue or Hot Glue *optional - Small hook and eye Let's get started shall we?
1. Start by cutting your long scarf piece. Now, cut a scallop around the edge of your long scarf piece. Next, circle cutting mania. Each flower will have 6 circles. DO NOT spend the time cutting out perfect circles. Now scallop all of the circles. 2. Stack your 5 largest circles. Take your knotted needle and thread and come up through the stack of circles just off-center. Now go back down through the stack about 1/2 inch away, on the other side of center. Now make an X. This is how your flower will look so far. Untitled. I have seen so many great tutorials recently about cleaning out stashes and re-purposing old clothes, and I thought it was about time that I tried it for myself.
My husband had this old shirt that is really soft but doesn't fit quite right, so I wanted to find a few ways to make it work for a little guy instead. It turns out that a long sleeved mens shirt is a lot of material, so I got 2 projects out of 1 shirt. Come back next week for project #2! I thought this pattern and material was pretty cool and a bit dressy for a little boy, so it must be turned into a little vest applique! Project #1-Vest Applique My first step was making a pattern. I cut along those lines and laid the paper onto the onesie. I lightly sketched one side of a little vest, making sure to extend the middle piece slightly past the middle of the onesie.
I traced the vest pattern onto some fusible webbing, flipped it over and traced the pattern again to make the left and right sides of the vest. (New to sewing appliques? Just Another Hang Up. Grand Revival Designs: Sewing Tutorials. This is a super easy way to make a very full, twirly pleated skirt without a zipper and without having to sew the pleats along their length.
It's made up of a top band sewn to a pleated skirt. It can be made to any size. I used cotton quilt weight fabric but chorduroy or wool would be great too. Sorry for the not great pictures and rough diagrams but I'm trying not to be such a perfectionist about such things as it holds me back from posting projects when I try to make everything look perfect... If you're looking for a ruffled skirt tutorial, take a look at this one I did a few years back. And don't foget about the book-link-free pattern promotion in my last post if you haven't seen it yet. What you need: Tape measure or long string and ruler or yardstickPencil3/4" wide elasticIronPinsSafety pinFabric amounts depend on measurements in step 1 Use .25" seam allowances 1.Figure the width and length of the front and back pleated portion of the skirt. 2. 3. 4.
Hemless a-line skirt. Marigold over at Hideous!
Dreadful! Stinky! Is organizing a summer sewing challenge: make a skirt (or dress) a week for the month leading up to summer. To help those of you participating in this Summer of No Pants, I have a tutorial for an easy a-line skirt. My least favorite part of making a skirt is hemming. You will need 1 1/4 yards main fabric 1/2 yard contrast fabric A 9″ zipper (or a 7″ zipper and a button) To make the pattern: Making a pattern for an a-line skirt is pretty straight forward. Putting together the skirt: To assemble the skirt, sew the front and back together along one side. To put in the zipper: Putting in zippers is my worst sewing skill. First, sew down the bit of the zipper that extends past the teeth. To add a button (optional): Cut your waistband with an extra inch of length. The world's best sewing tutorials in no particular order.
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