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How to Sew a Cutout Beret. February 25th, 2010 Save 71Email 146 users recommend Layer felt to create a colorful motif for your beret.

How to Sew a Cutout Beret

Jack Deutsch Transfer your motif to the felt. Sloan Howard Use small fabric scissors to cut out the motif. Photo: Jack Deutsch A beret adds a great accent to any outfit. These berets were made from felted wool, but any felted knit fabric will work. What You'll Need: Fabric scissors, smallFelt, 1⁄2 yardMeasuring tapePaperPaper scissorsPencilPhotocopierSewing machineTailor's chalkThreadMotif Template. Index.php?topic=361109. Sew an Expandable Headband to Match any Outfit for Cotton Fabric. SEW Hip! Slouchy Slippers...completed! SEW Hip!

SEW Hip! Slouchy Slippers...completed!

Slouchy Slippers (issue 20) have been made... The SEW Hip! NAII quotidien: gratuit NAII. Sewing forums and blogs. Kids. Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing. Projects, Tutorials Lists. Seven Essential Sewing Skills. Tasia from Sewaholic and Sewaholic Patterns wows us with her incredible style and sewing skills.

Seven Essential Sewing Skills

Her blog is one of our favorite daily reads! Have you seen all of the gorgeous versions of her Lonsdale Dress out there on Flickr, Pinterest and your favorite blogs, all sewn up this past summer? Tasia inspires, and teaches along the way too; she is a fabulous resource for sewing techniques and more on her blog. Free Projects. Free Clothes Patterns. Posted on | October 9, 2008 | 7 Comments I originally became interested in patternless sewing, many years ago, because I had a hard time finding patterns in my size.

Free Clothes Patterns

Nowadays, patterns in large sizes abound. Nonetheless, I still love my pattern free sewing. These patterns generally of three types. One type requires you to take your measurements and draw up the pattern yourself. 101 Sewing Tutorials for Summer! Free Clothing Patterns, Handmade / DIY Clothing Projects - Craftster. FOULARD AVEC NEON bricolage Snipper.

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FOULARD AVEC NEON bricolage Snipper

Freebie: Vintage Pattern from our april wallpaper. Hello my dear readers, when I published the new wallpaper for April 2011, Bettina commented on the blue dress of this header and that it IS hard to find such patterns these days.

Freebie: Vintage Pattern from our april wallpaper

Now this little comment made me sooo happy because I am just starting to work on my dissertation (yes, I am actually going to finish my studies this year ;)) and I have decided to work on my own project for this final paper: a platform for digitalized patterns. My actual dissertation will be a more theoretical approach to entrepreneurship in the field of DIY, but I took her comment as a trigger for finally starting to work on the digitalization process of these patterns. Hallo meine lieben Leser, als ich das Wallpaper für 2011 veröffentlicht habe, bekam ich einen ganz lieben Kommentar von Bettina (Stoffhamster), die besonders das blaue Kleid mochte (ich hoffe, es ist wirklich das richtige ;)) und sich über all die neuen, uninspirierten Schnitte beschwerte (ja!). Yours, Theresa Eure Thea. DIY Lunch Bags: 10 Cute, Simple, and Free Tutorials to Make Your Own Lunch Bags.

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DIY Lunch Bags: 10 Cute, Simple, and Free Tutorials to Make Your Own Lunch Bags

Can you believe it? Back-to-school time is here already? I remember, as a kid, how fun it was to get all stocked up with supplies, and nothing was more exciting than a new lunch bag. Felted decorative basket tutorial - Irina's Photography and beyond. Today, I'd like to share a simple yet great tutorial how to make a decorative basket of felt.

Felted decorative basket tutorial - Irina's Photography and beyond

This tutorial was shared with me by Lena who runs Baymut shop on Etsy. She made a piece of felt herself, but you don't need to struggle with it if you don't felt. :) You simply can buy a pre-made sheet of felt in a crafting store such Michaels. So... You'll need: 1. A piece of felt approximately 8x8 inches (20x20 cm) 2. Put the hexagon pattern on the felt, pin it, and cut it off. Take tree triangles and pin them as it's shown on the picture.

Stitch them where they were pinned. Then, decorate the basket with sea shells, beads, lace, embroidery or some other decorating elements. Footprints. Leaving and making a way for others to pursue, ponder, and be inspired. Try it!

Footprints. Leaving and making a way for others to pursue, ponder, and be inspired.

Tuesdays - A place for everything and everything in its place… Perfect last minute gift/addition for the type-A mother in your life (myself included): For this 10 minute project, we’ll be using placemats… get it? Www.rowleydiy.com/DIY-Projects/DIY_Origami-Ruffle.asp. This ruffle creates a beautiful, textured detail on garments such as jackets, sweaters, blouses or skirts and can also be used to customize headbands, shoes, tote bags and more.

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Use origami ruffles to embellish decorative accessories for the home by adding it to pillows, lamp shades and curtains. Step-By-Step 1. Surprise DIY. Pickup Skirt Tutorial. Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe via email so you don't miss a post. Today I’m going to share my pickup skirt tutorial I have been obsessed with pickup skirts lately. From the Mountain Laurel Dress to the skirt with the His & Hers Henleys to the Fairytale Seersucker Dress, to pins from my Women’s Clothing Fashion Inspiration board on Pinterest, Steggie back pack PDF Sewing Pattern par jojoebi. Purpledicular Dress Tutorial. Purpledicular Dress Tutorial (Purpledicular Dress = Purple Perpendicular Dress) I was so inspired by a stunning black and white striped dress from Oscar de la Renta Spring 2013 Ready to Wear collection that I decided to create my own version for my 5 year old daughter. Mr Oscar de la Renta was fortunate to be able to use pre striped fabric, but for me this was for a white sheet challenge, so I had to make my own striped fabric and I achieved that by doing piecing.

Here's how I constructed the Purpledicular Dress, size 5. Supplies needed: :: king size white cotton flat sheet :: half bottle of purple liquid dye :: one white invisible zipper :: white thread :: rotary cutter :: cutting mat :: quilting ruler :: bodice pattern Instructions:Half inch seam allowances throughout. Cut sixteen 3 inch strips out of the white and sixteen 2 inch strips out of the purple, so that the strips are 60-some inches long Sew strips together, alternating white and purple, until you have 16 rows.

Tutorials. Narrow hem with ban-rol Here’s an easy way to get a narrow hem on slippery or sheer fabrics using Ban-Rol. Labels: cappuccino, hems, sewing, tutorials how to preserve a pattern: carbon tracing paper As part of our series on tracing and preserving a sewing pattern, Sarvi explains how to use carbon paper. Labels: tools, tutorials. Azure Moon Design. Reversable hoodie and fleecevest *reloaded pictures!* Reloaded the pictures for the tutorial ----> note: make sure your serger or sewing machine will go trough at least 5 layers of fleece, otherwise you won't get there... Just take a basic pattern of a sweater or hoodie an cut up the front part like this: I numbered the pieces (hope you can read that). you will have to cut 1x nr 1, 1x nr 2 and 1x nr 2+3.

Palazzo Pants Tutorial. Well I just barely made the cut on Project Toddler Runway... I told you this competition was going to be tough! I am in love with Jenn's winning Yellow and Grey Dress! Google Traduction. DIY PROENZA SCHOULER INSPIRED WRAP SKIRT. 11th September 2012 I’ve been obsessed with brocade wrap skirts since I saw them on the Proenza Schouler AW12 runway, and recently I worked with Grazia UK to bring to life my favourite AW12 trend. This was possibly the most simple project I’ve done in a while, and I urge you to have try.

You can definitely sew this one by hand if you want to (bonus!). The inspiration – Proenza Schouler AW12. Awesomesauce & Asshattery. Refashion - girls shrug tutorial. I first shared this project on Ucreate BUT if you didn't catch it there, here's your second chance. Cowl Neck Poncho. Tutorial. My daughter is taking drama classes at the moment, so here is a very theatrical skirt, it's pattern and it's tutorial. The pattern is in pdf, and can be found here. CIRCULAR CAPE. Wraps and capes are trendy, practical and plentiful this Fall season. They are rather soft, with a rich brightness that will be specially attractive in the first cool days of Autumn. This cape-like wrap from Loro Piana is gorgeous in aubergine cashmere and great for staying warm and stylish without crushing delicate fabrics and can accommodate full or dolman sleeves beautifully.

Sugar Tart Crafts: Drafting a Bodice Front. In case you missed yesterday's post. Tulip wrap skirt tutorial. DIY Long Racer Back Vest. DIY Kimono Jacket + Hood. Recently, my housemate gave me some lovely mustard fabric… and this project emerged from it! Project Re-Style#36 No Sew Vest. Sweater Vest Wrap, DIY. My wonderful Blog Friend Judy, sent me some beautiful Sweater scraps and remnants, and wanted me to Re-Style them. This piece, that I have finally finished, has been a work in progress for about 4 weeks now. Re-Style#54, Five Minute Draped Vest #2. Immi-modèle fait. Voir le sujet - [tuto]Jupe "gitane" - jupe "victorienne" Tuto. <大塚屋>手づくりしましょう. Tous les patrons: Théâtre et carnaval: Dames. Hooded Tunic Tutorial.

Summer Cardigan. How to Make a Flirty Flapper T-Shirt. PROJECT #9 : THE SILK T. Les Robes Volages - patron de couture.