Quilted Ironing Board Cover. 21st Century Window Beads. Remember those groovy plastic window beads of the 60's?
Braided Rag Rug. Pin your three sewn strips anywhere you can be comfy (you are going to be there for a while!
I did mine to my runner on my dining room table) this is the start of your braid. once you get close to the end of your braid you are going to fold over the end of your strip and snip with your a slit. grab the end of your new strip (the end without the slit) and pull through both slits (from behind) Zip-up Earbuds » LauPre.
I love to have my music with me everywhere I go, but I hate the tangled mess my wires become when I toss them in my bag or pocket.
Last night I whipped up a fun and functional solution by adding a zipper to my earbuds. This project took me around an hour to do (perfect for catching up on some t.v. from hulu.com). The supplies are few; basic sewing supplies, a pair of headphones, and a nice long zipper. I happened to have this crazy purple and gold nike zipper I found thrifting a while ago, it seemed perfect for this project. The first step is to pull the earbuds apart, to separate the wires all the way down to the plug. Next, take one side of your headphones and one side of the zipper tape and start stitching the wire into the tape.
It’s as easy as that! Embroidery Designs at Urban Threads - Projects. Sewing 101: making a pouf. Add a burst of color to your room with this crafty pouf!
At 17” wide and 10” deep, it’s large enough to serve as floor seating or a foot stool.
Quilts (Non-Baby) For Grown-ups. For Kids. For Baby. Storage Solutions. Turquoise 2010: Market/Craft Apron - Sew4Home. Handy.
Dandy. That's our market/craft apron. Ultra-clever folding allows you to create it using just one main chunk o' fabric plus a little bit of trim. I especially like the way the hem shows on the front between the waistband and the pocket pouch. Top stitching holds it all together, and a line of pretty decorative stitching across the pocket binding makes it extra special. We embellished our apron with a Tattered Flower, using the recent tutorial for making these quick and easy embellishments. Our thanks to our friends at FatQuarterShop for providing the awesome accent fabric. Although I also mention it below, I want to start off these instructions with one caveat (ohhhhh... big word for warning): the folding that creates this apron is super clever, but it also creates some bulky yet narrow seams.
Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome MO200 QC)Satin Stitch foot (optional)¼" foot (optional) Squaring the fabric Waist ties Take the two 30" x 5" tie strips to your ironing board. Sizing. Retro Fun: Quilted Mitt Pot Holders. Our Retro hot pads not only feature a nostalgic fabric combo, they also have the perfect retro slip-on style.
It's a Sew4Home original pattern, and we offer it as a free download. The Simply Sweet fabrics on the two mitts are so bright and cheery, it made me want to slip them on and wear them around the kitchen, just waiting for something hot to pull out of the oven. After awhile, when no one showed up with a tray of cookies, I reluctantly took them off. This project is a bit more advanced than many we offer here at Sew4Home, mainly because of all the layers and the mitered bias binding. However, don't let that scare you away. Our thanks to Barbara Jones, the designer of the beautiful fabric collection we used: Simply Sweet for Henry Glass & Company. Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome Memory Craft 6600P) Noel Home: Comfy PJ Pants for the Whole Family - Sew4Home. Our thanks to our creative friends at our Signature Sponsor, Janome for sharing this project with us.
It was created last year for a special New Sewists Series they put together, and the instructions show you how to make pajama pants without a pattern; simply grab your favorite current pair and use them as a template. We added a jazzy bottom accent cuff to ours so we could mix and match our beautiful Michael Miller Bonnes Amies fabrics. Quick Tip: Deciphering The Marks on a Measuring Tape - Sew4Home. Remember how scary it was to raise your hand in school and ask what you feared would be a "stupid" question?
Hopefully we've moved beyond that childhood fear. Questions are great because they lead to answers, and answers are meant to be shared. Today's quick measuring tip came from a question in a visitor's email. Someone needed help figuring out what all those tiny marks are on a standard tape measure. We deal in fractions every day and are forever measuring quarters and eighths and sixteenths and whatnot. We found that the most common measuring tapes are either divided all the way down to sixteenths... ... or broken down by eighths.
There are two measuring charts below: one showing the eighth breakdown and another showing sixteenths. Fabric Origami Workshop. BurdaStyle Scrap Fabric Projects.