10 Cool DIY iPhone Covers Cool DIY Cross-Stitch iPhone Cases (via purlbee) Those of you who like to personalize your favorite devices know that covers and skins could be quite expensive. In order to minimize your expenses and show your creativity you can make a cover by yourself. We’ve gathered for you a bunch of tutorials showing how to make such cover for an iPhone. Although some of these tutorials could be used for other phones and devices too. Btw, we also have a very nice roundup of tutorials showing how to make a case for iPad. DIY Custom iPhone Cover (via epbot) How To Pimp Your iPhone With A Cool Cover (via arfotografie)
15 things home sewers can learn from industrial sewing Today, we have a very special guest post from local sewing legend, Sharon Blair. Sharon runs Portland Sewing, where she and her faculty teach a wide range of classes including industrial techniques. I had the pleasure of meeting Sharon recently and asked her to fill us in on some tips home sewers can take away from industry practices. -Sarai image: industrial sewing machine by kerem79 I like to sew. That’s what sewing with an industrial machine can do for you. But there are many other techniques from the industry you can use to improve your sewing and the look of your garments without buying the machine. Change your seam allowances. There are so many other fun and interesting techniques to use when making a professional garment. About Sharon: Fashion entrepreneur, designer and writer Sharon Blair studied couture sewing in Paris.
Design Ideas and Tech Concepts - Toxel.com Embroidery Tips Here are some basic Embroidery Tips that we use all the time here at Flamingo Toes! These are great beginner stitches – if you are just learning Embroidery they are a great place to start! Bring your needle up about 1/8″ from the beginning of your line. That is your “A” point. Pull your thread through. Put your needle back down at “B”, bring it back up at “C”. For the next stitch, you’ll repeat the process – up at “A”, down at “B”, up at “C”. When you get to a point, just make your “C” point across the point. You can find the Backstitch in these Projects: For the Stem Stitch, the point where your thread comes up is “A”. The distance between A, B, & C should be the equal. Keep your loose thread above the stitch, and repeat, following the picture below. Continue stitching this way following all lines and curves. You can find the Stem Stitch in these Projects: Close to the point that the thread comes out of the fabric, hold your needle and wrap the thread around the needle 3 times.
FREE Rainbow Stationery Have you noticed this Rainbow phenomenon in the blogs lately? It seems everyone has a rainbow something going on! I can’t be left out of the rainbow fun-so how about a rainbow stationery set? Oh yeah–for free! Download notes, envelope, envelope liner and circle tags HERE. You can also use the circle tags for, you guessed it–cupcake toppers! Sewing Tips For Beginners I've shared a bunch of sewing project with you guys, but have never gone into much detail about actually sewing. I know that there are all levels of sewers out there, and I want my blog to be a place where all are able to enjoy my projects. This is why I wanted to give some tips for all you beginners out there interested in whipping up some new handmade goodies. Know Your Machine & Read Your User Manual I believe knowing your sewing machine is the most important part of sewing. Google For Reference This tip may sound a bit lame or obvious, but it is still high up on my list. Have The Correct Accessories There are certain accessories, or tools, that every sewer should have. Pressing Did you notice that an iron was in the list of important tools to have? Start With Woven Fabrics Woven fabrics are those that are formed by weaving, and are only stretchy on the bias. Start With A Small Project It's important not to get ahead of yourself when starting out. Pinning Key To Straight Lines
{FREE PRINTABLES} - Pumpkins and Posies Pumpkins and Posies Search Recent Posts ~Printables come in PDF format~ Sewing Tips for Beginners & Pros With so much excitement about learning to sew, improving skills and the new Sew Crazy Monthly Challenges, I thought it would be a good time to pull together a list of all sorts of sewing tips for beginners, pros and everyone in between. Let’s face it, probably almost all of us have things to learn and things to work on in our sewing, so today I’ve got a list of 50 Sewing Tips, Tricks and Techniques to help you in your projects. Sewing Tips for Beginners and Pros: Here we go! I’ve broken it down into categories to make it easier. If you find other great tips and tricks online that you think would benefit others, feel free to send them to me and I can add them in. Getting Started: Understanding Your Sewing Machine Sewing Dictionary-Sewing Terms Defined What Supplies Will I Need to Start Sewing? The Sewing Pledge Basics/Beginners: How to Sew a Straight Line The ZigZag Stitch Winding and Threading Bobbin Simple Steps to Improve Your Skills Basting 101 Technique: How to Sew Piping Turning and Top Stitching
20 Awesome Do It Yourself Projects Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:30 am, Posted by Chris Groves | Internet 20 Awesome Do It Yourself Projects Topics: At Home Project Ideas , Creative DIY Home Projects , Do It Yourself Projects for 2012 , Fun How To Projects , What to Do with Extra Stuff Are you bored and have a bunch of extra little items hanging around here and there? Well we were in the same boat so we decided to round up 20 different awesome at home projects you can do. You honestly don’t know some of the creative things you can do with what could possible be junk. If you know of any great at home Do It Yourself Projects please leave a comment to include your own and maybe we will add it to our list. And for the upcoming holiday season we want to give all you do-it-yourselfers a head start with these incredible Christmas DIY for 2012 1. More info: here | Buy: here 2. More info: here 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Incoming search terms:
A Few Cool How-to's Embed This Infographic <a href= "><img src=" title="10 How Tos" alt="How To Infographic" border="0" class="nopin" /></a><br />Source: <a href=' title='Interesting Facts'><a href=' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I Found Out</a></a> 1) How to drastically increase the life of your shaving razor Before or after you shave (I prefer before so that the blades are dry), place your jeans on a hard flat surface; then run the razor up the pant legs about 10-15 times quickly; then repeat running it down the pant legs 10-15 times quickly. No need to press that hard, but a little pressure is necessary. necessary. The threads on the jeans then will very effectively both fix any tiny bends in the blades that inevitably happen and will also sharpen the blades on your shaver cartidge.