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Gathered clutch tutorial. A huge thanks to Dana and Disney for doing such a great job of rounding up all sorts of wonderful mother's day projects!

gathered clutch tutorial

Materials needed: 1/4 yard each of three coordinating fabrics (you'll definitely have scraps leftover)8" zipper (you can always purchase a longer zipper and shorten it, just follow the directions on the packagescraps of medium weight fusible interfacingCutting the pieces: For the main exterior, cut two pieces, one 5.5" tall by 9" wide, and one 5.5" tall by 13" wide (this will be the gathered front) Pieces of medium weight fusible interfacing for exterior pieces of clutch: (2) 5.5" tall by 9" wide For the front band, cut one piece 4" tall by 9" wide. Seriously, the most time consuming part for me is always picking out my fabrics and cutting them, the rest goes together pretty easy, so let's go!

Take the front band piece and fold it in half the long way (right sides together) and sew together using a 1/2" seam allowance. Grab the 13" wide main exterior piece. Epi-Pen Case Free Pattern + Tutorial. As you may know, my daughter has a lot of food allergies.

Epi-Pen Case Free Pattern + Tutorial

That means we have to carry her epi-pen and Benadryl with us wherever we go. Shortly after I found out about my daughter’s allergies, I joined the No Nuts Moms group on Facebook. They are a really informed allergy support group. Washable, Insulated Lunch Tote. I have to admit, I’m kind of scared of putting in zippers!

Washable, Insulated Lunch Tote

Phoebe_bag.pdf (application/pdf Object) Phoebe_bag.pdf. Triangle Coin Purse With Zipper. After being inspired by the wrapped glutinous rice dumpling (粽子, Zòngzi) of a Chinese traditional festival, DuanWu Festival (端午節), I sewed some triangle coin purses recently.

Triangle Coin Purse With Zipper

In fact, today is the actual date of DuanWu Festival which falls on every 5th day of 5th month of the Lunar calendar. If you are new to this rice dumpling, scroll down to see the one my mom made… yummy delicious….. may be I should start a food blog for my mom with all her delicious cookings & recipes that I am lucky to eat & grew-up with. [To read more about DuanWu Festival, click here. To read more about Zongzi, click here. Related sport for the festival: dragon boat competition. For the detail of how to sew a triangle coin purse with zipper closure, read more after this jump: This 3-D triangle purse is actually in the form of tetrahedron shape with 3 triangles on the sides and 1 triangle on the base, other name of tetrahedron is “triangular pyramid”.

Materials: 1. Pin batting on the wrong side of the fabrics. How To Sew A Circular Bottom Neatly. Round bottom is a nice feature not only for bag bottom but also for a cylindrical pouches and bags. Here is how! Step 1. Make a card board template for a half circle. Make sure that you do this very neatly. Fold the fabric in half, secure it with pins. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. Step 6. Rosy Wedge Bag.doc.

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Purse hande/pocket/strap ideas. Free Pattern And Tutorial. I am so excited with how this little bag turned out!

Free Pattern And Tutorial

I have made five now, each time being able to prefect the pattern a little more, and it’s finally ready to release for your sewing pleasure. The style is a cross body, which is a personal favorite of mine. It allows for you to put it on and forget it. Especially handy at the grocery store, or any where else I need free hands to chase little ones. It fits all the essentials perfectly, making it a great “purse for your purse” – for a quick grab and go, when you don’t want to take your larger bag.

It’s fun to sew, and the possibilities for variation are endless. There are many variations that can be made to this bag, but I will let you use your imagination for those, and just go over the steps for the bag I made. Quilted Needle Case Tutorial « Sew She Sews's. Organize A Long #4... Needles & Storage Ideas. I know I'm skipping around TOSN's chapters, but after getting feedback, needles seemed to be agreed upon as the next item to focus on.

Many of the mamas following along are still inventorying and logging other items we have covered, so I figured needles would be an easy task. Circle Zip Earbud Pouch Tutorial - Dog Under My Desk. I use a little zippered pouch to carry around my earbuds since they are the fancy microphone ones and I don’t want them to break or get tangled.

Circle Zip Earbud Pouch Tutorial - Dog Under My Desk

Some of you have commented that you are looking for some small, simple gift ideas. This is definitely simple to make, and a little more fun than the typical rectangular zippered pouch! I can see these as the perfect gift for teenage cousins or nieces or girlfriends or even teacher gifts. Fun, quick, and cute! It doesn’t take very much fabric so you could even use scraps! Welcome to SaiFou – Inspiring images.

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