Aprons. Blankets. Bags. Curtains. Scrap Happy: More Than 50 Fabric Scraps & Remnant Ideas Plus Free Patterns. How To Make Duvet Covers: {18 Free Patterns & Tutorials. 40+ iPad & Kindle Covers, Cases To Make: {Free Patterns. 25+ Laptop Sleeves & Cases: Free Tutorials & Patterns. Stuffed Owl PDF Pattern. JAQS Studio: Raw Edge Circle Quilt - Red Trim. Inspired by the (very talented) Allison's beautiful Raw Edge Circle Quilt I decide to make one of my own. What can I say? It was a lot of fun! I absolutely love raw edge appliques and this quilt definitely fits the bill. For mine I decide to use a bold reds and aquas with some earth tones: If I remembered correctly (which half the time I usually don't...arg!) I think I used about a dozen different fabrics for this quilt.
For the binding I used an old favorite from Moda I have used before in previous bindings - LOVE the color - it totally brings out the reds in the quilt nicely: For the backing I used one of the fabrics from the front (Artful home from Henry Glass) along with a earthy light green/olive solid fabric: A view of the full front and back: I love the way this quilt turned out. This quilt is available for sale HERE. I will be sharing this quilt at these great linking parties. Zigzag Flannel Baby Quilt. Sew Country Chick- Farmhouse Couture: Tutorial: Patchwork girls skirt with pleated pockets. I am often inspired by projects my kids have made. I have to give my 9 year daughter Lily credit for this idea as it was her creation below that inspired me. Of course, I like hers much more than mine, and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! At least, that’s what I told her when she accused me of stealing her idea.
I assured her I would give her proper credit… I bought some fat quarters in The Flower Sugar line by Japanese fabric designer Lecien and I just adored the colors and soft, country cottage prints I got some pretty good mileage from these 8 fat quarters pieces. This skirt is made from thirty five inch squares I cut myself. Now, they aren’t all exactly the same because when it comes to tiny details like cutting squares perfectly, I have a hard time focusing.
I blame it on 18 years of motherhood. I wish I would have thought of that as it took me quite awhile to cut out all of those little squares! Below is how to make the childs’ skirt : Sew all the strips together. Inspiration Anthro : Catch and Release Scarf. So here is my tutorial for the Catch and Release Scarf from Anthro. Better late than never right? Materials: - 1 piece of fabric about 90 inches long- elastic thread- matching thread (all purpose)- rit dye (optional)- tailors chalk- sewing needle * Your fabric needs to be light weight, breezy, and somewhat see thru. I think a cotton voile, cotton lawn, or cotton gauze would work really well. 1 - Cut your fabric so that you have one long piece that is about 90" x 17" 2 - To finish the two long edges fold in 1/4", press, fold another 1/4", and press again. 3 - Leave the top thread of your machine with your normal all purpose thread. 4 - Using your tailors chalk, mark 3 vertical lines down the middle of your fabric - each 4 inches apart. 5 - With all purpose thread as your top thread, and elastic thread as your bottom thread, stitch all three vertical lines from top to bottom allowing it to gather as it goes. 9 - If you want a different color as I did, use RIT dye to dye your scarf.
Free Fanny Pack Patterns & Tutorials. It was tough finding enough free patterns to make this project page but I think these will do the trick, there’s a nice variety here. You can sew zipped pouches to use for the fanny packs or use a ready-made one and carry on with the methods outlined in the tutorial. Most of these are sewing projects but there is one knitting pattern and one no-sew project. If I find anything new (original), I’ll add it to this list. I included a wrist pack and a runner’s belt since they function in a similar way but on a smaller scale (and they’re useful too). Enjoy! Daisyjanie.typepad.com Hip-Pouch: Made with a fat quarter of fabric, mid-weight canvas, cotton webbing, a 10″ zipper and a 1″ buckle. DIY Waist Bag: A ready-made zipped pouch of your choosing (make-up bag, pencil case, etc.), is transformed into a fanny pack by adding ribbon, chain and a carabiner (no-sew, uses a glue-gun). ispy-diy.blogspot.com thesoutherninstitute.com craftster.org craftzine.com dailycraftproject.wordpress.com knitty.com.
Purse Tutorial ~ 15 Fabulous Free Bag Patterns. Looking for a fabulous purse tutorial? Then you've hit the jackpot with these 15 free bag patterns! There's a purse pattern here for just about everyone and they would make amazing home made gifts as well! As the seasons begin to change, shouldn't your handbag change with them? Hey, any excuse is a good excuse! Here are 15 Free purse tutorials and patterns to help get into the spirit of things.
Purse Tutorial 1. 5. Free Handbag Pattern 6. 10. Free Bag Patterns 11. 14. 15. More Purse Tutorials: Melanie is the creator/author/sewing dork behind the Crafty Cupboard. Fun With Felt: {Free Crafts & Projects. Crafty Tooth Fairy Treats: {Tutorials & Freebies. Make Your Own Lace Scarf! This next D.I.Y. is incredibly cute and easy too! Kinsey made this ruched scarf with a pretty polka dotted lace. You don't need to own a sewing machine for this project and it only takes about 30 minutes to complete! Great gift idea? I think so. 1. Here are three cute ways to style this scarf! I hope you have fun creating your ruched lace scarf! Ruffled Scarf for SEWING REPUBLIC. Adjusting to our third child has been a lot different than I thought it would be. I guess people are right when they say the 3rd one’s a charm. This new little baby in our home has been so sweet and mellow…….which is so different from the first two.
[So don't worry, I paid my sleepless-nights-because-they're-eating-every-2-hours and fussy-evening-hour dues with them.] But this dear baby girl just rolls with it all and even quietly endures all of the extra noise and curious toddler fingers all over her. Things may change (and I’m sure they will), but for now, she is her momma’s daily dose of loveliness! So if you have emailed me and I haven’t responded, or left a comment and are still waiting for a response……………you can most certainly assume that it’s because I’m on the couch cuddling our new little one.
I can’t help myself. But if you’re interested in checking in to see new projects, I saved up a few projects from before she was born. ~Ashley (Click here and here to jog that memory…) Enjoy! Copycat Scarf. Last weekend we went from beautiful, sunny, hot skies to cold, grey, and rainy all within a day. Of course the lack of sunshine got me a bit down and I figured I had better start thinking about my fall wardrobe.
So, even though today's tutorial is a little ahead of the season it could easily be altered to make something much more light and summery for you~ All you need is a T-shirt and a pair of scissors. Steps: 1) Lay your T-shirt out on a flat surface and cut a straight line from under one arm hole to the other. You should have something that looks like this: You can toss away the top part with the neckline and arm holes, or save it for another project, we're only going to use the bottom portion. 2) Rotate your tube so that the bottom of the t-shirt is farthest away from you and the edge that you just cut is closest to you. 3) Now you just need to cut long skinny strips up to about the 1/2 or 2/3 point. 4) Continue that all the way along the width of your tube. 6) And voila!
T-Shirt Tote Bag. Today's tutorial is a little late but I have a good excuse. The weather was absolutely amazing today and I had to sit outside in the sun and soak it up...all... day... long. OK, so maybe it's not a good excuse, but it was a good day~ So, because I'm being a lazy beach bum we're going to make something that's super duper easy, but is super duper useful, and not to mention...super duper pretty. Here are the supplies you'll need: Steps: 1) I'm using one of my lovely '80s looking T-knit turtleneck tops that I picked up for two whole buckaroos. 3) Cut along your lines. 4) Turn your top inside out, pin along the bottom and stitch closed. 5) Turn back to right sides out.
So, lay your bias tape down, right sides together, along the edge and pin. Note: Normally you want your bias tape to match your fabric and blend in. 6) Stitch right in the little ditch of the bias tape, making sure to overlap your ends. Now just fold it to the inside. I love how it turned out! Have a great week everyone. Super Simple Summer Sack. OK, once you've mastered that tongue twister you're ready to make one! This is one of the simplest designs but so cute, with lots of room for all of your beach stuff or little things you pick up at garage sales. Here are the supplies I used: I used .8 metre (31.5") of 115cm (45") wide cotton fabric, but you can use any length. The longer your rectangle, the bigger your bag will be~ Steps: 1) Create a tube with your fabric by folding it along the long edge, right sides together, and closing the open edge. 2) With a straight edge, mark a diagonal line from one corner to the other and cut along this line. 3) You now have two large triangles. 4) Once your sides are hemmed, lay one triangle on top of the other, lining up the bottoms, and having the bottom point of the left triangle match up with the centre of the right triangle. 5) Turn over your triangles and overlap the same way on this side as you did in step four. 7) You're almost done, just the bottom to close up.
Embellished Tee: with Multi-Layered Flowers. Did you notice the winner of the Much Ado About You giveaway? Scroll down or click here. So, I know embellished Tees have been done again and again and again. So really, this concept is nothing new. But with a growing belly (see posthere) I seem to run out of tops that fit. (And pants too but that’s another issue.) But maternity shirts tend to be pricey. Anyway, I needed to bulk up the maternity shirt section in my closet………so this was my solution. I purchased a long sleeved knit Tee that was a size bigger than I normally wear, to fit my growing belly, and also bought another one to use as the extra fabric.
And then I cut up one of them and used it to add some love to the front of the other one. Sure made me happy. Especially to have something more interesting than just a plain ‘ol Tee. And maybe that burnt orange color kind of makes me love November. And those full and messy flowers? **EDIT: I would recommend not drying this shirt in the dryer.
Check back for more in the next few days… Embellished Tee with Ruffled Front and Cuffs. Remember how I have been improvising with my maternity wardrobe? Instead of buying a bunch of maternity shirts……I have purchased some knit tees, a size or two bigger than normal, and have embellished them up a bit. I seriously tire of my maternity shirts. Really quickly. And sometimes feel grumpy wearing the same ones over and over again. So this has been the perfect way to add a few new shirts to the maternity closet. And not spend a ton. Here is the Embellished Tee with Flowers, here. And the Embellished Tee with Strips, here. Remember, all of these ideas can be used for non-maternity use too. So today……….a ruffled front tee with ruffled cuffs.
A nice and quick way to happy up your mood. With a sweet multi-layered ruffle down the front, adorned with several buttons. And similar ruffles along the sides of both cuffs. Who doesn’t need a little change from their plain ‘ol tee? TIP: I always hang dry the clothing I have made. Would you like to make one for yourself? Then steam/iron your ruffle flat. Upcycle Cross Body Bag Tutorial | Home About Me Tutorials » Party Stylings!
» Blogs I love!! Upcycle Cross Body Bag Tutorial I came across this black and white damask print cross body bag and thought it would be perfect for my trip to Disneyland!! I loved it from the get go and so I grabbed it!! Here is what I used! Fabric glue sticks from Aleens, I bought a brand new glue gun just to use with these glue sticks! I also bought a jelly roll of fabric that I loved!! I used 4 of the strips and simply uses a straigt stitch to gather the fabric to create ruffles! I took the first ruffle and simply glued it where I wanted it to be. I ran a line of glue along the stitching and on the bag and pressed it down with my fingers so it was nice and secure!! I placed each ruffle overlapping the top of the row beneth.
I started on the left side of the bag and made sure to overlapp the ends of the ruffles to make it look finished. The bag has an ouside zipper pocket that I covered with the 4th ruffle. And there is the finished bag! Share this: Embellished Tee with Fabric Strips. I have been on a thrifty hunt to add to my maternity wardrobe. Remember how it all began with the flower embellished tee, found here?
Well, more simple tees were purchased and and more simple embellished tees have been making an appearance on this ‘ol pregnant self of mine. Yay for simple comfy knits. This next shirt, is embellished with fabric strips. That’s it. Many little strips of fabric, sewn right next to the other, with turned up knit edges. Nice and basic but more fun to look at than a plain tee. Note:Whenever I embellish with knits and leave the edges raw, I always hang dry the clothing.
Would you like to make your own? Note: You will not need a ton of extra fabric to create the strips of the front, so you could just purchase one long-sleeved shirt and turn it into a half-sleeve shirt and use the extra fabric from the sleeves for the strips on the front…………….OR, you can save the major pieces of the shirt for a future project. Then I pinned each strip in place, at the top and bottom. Ruffle Shirt {from ruffle fabric scraps} I had a few projects stored away from before the move (here, here, here, and here)……..so I have a few to share that I just never had time to post before leaving Georgia. Perfect. Because, you know, things aren’t quite unpacked yet. ………you know how that goes. But remember how I fell in love with ruffle fabric? Oh, you don’t remember? And because the fabric is so lovely, I can’t throw scraps away. So I used them here. Quick. You could add this to your shirt, a baby onesie, a little girl shirt. (This Tee is from Downeast.
Here’s how I made mine: I grabbed a knit tee that I already wore and liked. Then I cut a rectangular piece of the ruffle fabric, with a rounded bottom edge. Next, I placed the ruffle fabric right on top of the shirt, making sure the top edge passed the neckline just a bit. Then sew the ruffle fabric right to the shirt. Now, trim off the top of the ruffle fabric, matching it with the top edge of the neckline. Then fold the neckline edging back into place, and then pin it. Fringe Benefits. Linen & Lace Fingerless Gloves. Business Card Cases & Holders To Make. Holder For Charging Cell Phone {Tutorial} – Tip Junkie Homemade. Homemade Swiffer Cloth Patterns. 10 Hotpad & Oven Mitt Tutorials to Make! Ruffle RAG Quilt How-To – Tip Junkie Homemade. DIY: Ruffled Throw {Gifts for the Home} – Tip Junkie Homemade. Fat Quarter Fabric Rosettes. Make Gorgeous Fabric Flower Napkin Rings For Your Spring Table.
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