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I år har The Creative Collective Sweden bjudit in fantastiska gästbloggare för att fira att det här är vår tredje adventskalender i rad! Varje dag i december presenteras ett nytt inspirerande projekt – något att skapa, baka eller bara göra i förberedelse för julen. Det ska bli så spännande att se vad våra gäster The House that Lars Built, Sweet Paul, Mokkasin, Kreativa Karin, Babes in Boyland, Det Gröna Skafferiet, Musqot Design, @mycasa och Kriis Kitchen hittar på!
Precis som vi i nätverket så kommer varje gäst presentera ett av sina egna favoritprojekt inför jul. ————-It’s time to finally tell you all about this year’s version of our Creative Christmas Calendar! It’s going to be so much fun to see what our guests The House that Lars Built, Sweet Paul, Mokkasin, Kreativa Karin, Babes in Boyland, Det Gröna Skafferiet, Musqot Design, @mycasa and Kriis Kitchen will come up with! Du Coq à l'Ane. Sabrisakascrap. Happy Zombie. Years ago I took a quilting class with Darlene Zimmerman, and one of the things I learned from her was a nifty tip to keep your cut block pieces organized before piecing them.
The tip so simple and so genius is hurt my brain a little. That tip was to use el-cheapo paper plates for each block to corral each of it’s pieces. And each paper plate could be stacked, too. BRILLIANT. I’ve been using this method for almost a decade now. I went to my local big box home improvement store (which BTW is Home Depot and we appreciate immensely the discounts they give to veterans) and found a big 36″ x 72″ sheet of corrugated plastic sheeting for $10.50 USD. With an old rotary cutter (that’s dedicated for paper and crafting use), I cut the big piece of sheeting into ten 14″ x 14″ pieces.
I took a “Baby Size” package of Soft & Bright and cut ten 15″ ish squares - so all sides were larger than my 14″ plastic squares. Fabric Folding. Fabric Folding This is the fabric folding method I used in my re-do (BTW, not quite yet a re-DONE… but I’m getting there!).
Anyhoo… I’m not sure if this is the exact way Lois Hallock does it (I have her book… I guess it’s time I read the words instead of just looking at the pictures!). This is how I learned it from my friend Karen when we folded her fabric in her new studio (and Karen learned it from Lois). So here’s what I do: 1) Place folded yardage with selvedge to your left, the fold to your right. 2) Next just start rolling up. 3) When you reach the end, your last flap my need to be turned under just a bit. 4) Slide out your ruler and now fold the folded end to the selvedge end.
My yardage cupboards have deeper shelves so finishing with an 10”/11” final unit worked perfect for me. C&C. Thread Rack - tutorial. I used to have a thread spool holder that I bought at an estate sale - it was small and didn't hold all that I wanted/needed it to.
I looked into buying a holder, but you know how "thrify" I am - I didn't want to waste valueable crafting funds on a boring thread holder. And then I saw some pegboard at a garage sale and found my solution - make one! So here we go - a quick tutorial on how to make a thread spool holder - in case you need one, too. First, gather your supplies: --A piece of pegboard (I got mine for $1 - see the sticker? --a few dowel rods that will fit in the holes (mine were 1/4 inch and I ended up needing about 6) --wood glue --saw for cutting --optional: paint and trim boards First I had my husband cut my dowel rods in to 2 1/2 inch long pieces (and some longer ones for my serger thread spools) and cut my piece of pegboard because I didn't need that huge.
Then coat the end of the sticks with wood glue and shove them in the holes, every other one, as pictured: