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Gifting DIY: Hot Pads With the resurgence of handmade gifts this year, why not make these easy hot pads! They are a snap to sew up and the fabric combinations are endless. 1/2 yard of top fabric 1/2 yard bottom fabric 1/2 yard Insulbright 2 packages extra wide double fold bias tape Layer the pieces sandwiched together as they would be sewn. Cut out your rough piece of 8.5: wide by 11″ long Draw a diagonal line from the top left to bottom right. Pin along the line and sew a line right down the mark Using your straightedge, draw another line 1″ away from the first line. Continue across the whole piece Now cut the piece down to 7″ wide by 9.5″ long. Using a spool of thread as your guide, round each corner Pin your binding at the top of the pad, just to the left of the middle Sew the biding all the way on the front of the pad. Now fold the biding up over the edges (trim the corners a bit if needed) Now, flip it over and pin the trim down. Adjsut the size of the tail to your liking for the loop. One gift down!
Sewing with elastic thread | DIY maternity A technique that I really love for sewing maternity wear is shirring with elastic thread. You’ve probably noticed it in little girls clothing a lot, and perhaps in the back of women’s dresses. It’s a wonderful technique as it not only looks cute, but allows a lot of “give” and shape in your clothing. Want to learn how to do it? Here’s what you do: 1) Start with some elastic thread and an empty bobbin 2) Take the elastic thread and wind the bobbin by hand. 3) Once you are done winding, put the bobbin in the machine as you ordinarily would. 4) Mark on your fabric where you would like your lines of shirring to be. 5) Now the first row. 6) Continue sewing the next rows of shirring, and make sure that you flatten out the fabric as you sew the consecutive rows. 7) There are two ways you can begin and end off your stitches. To tie off the stitches, simply thread your loose end through a needle, and push it through to the other side. It should look like this from the outside now: ps.
Alfresco Bowl Covers Tutorial Last year I was at a picnic organized by my parents. My stepmother, who has a linen for every occasion, had a beautiful embroidered lace and linen cloth draped over the mouth of the lemonade pitcher. It had a strand of small crystals sewn to each corner to help weigh it down and keep it in place. I decided to make a set of bowl covers in different sizes and weigh them down with beads on the corners. Rather than sew the beads on, however, I put eyelets in the corners so the beads could be hooked on and then removed so you can throw the fabric in the wash. The finished cover sizes are 12″, 10″ and 8″. Half yard of fabric (total) for the tops.Half yard of fabric for the bottoms. There you go! –Kristin « FFF Winners Make It, Wear It!
Shirred Front Top- A Lex Refashion Tutorial June 8, 2010 4:12 pm I love tops like these from Anthropologie with all the heavy texture on them. I’ve also checked out “The Art of Manipulating Fabric” by Colette Wolff from the library and it’s really inspired me to try some new texturing techniques. So I thought I’d start with this style top with shirring with a gathering foot. Honestly, I’ve never used my gathering foot. I don’t have any idea why!! Get a shirt that’s larger than your size. Next, with chalk or an erasable marker, draw where you want to shirr it. Next, attach your gathering foot. Your end result will look something like this: My face is not worthy of a photo today. I. love. texture.
Gathered Clutch Tutorial Anna of Noodlehead is sharing the most beautiful gathered pouch tutorial. What a perfect gift! Anna has plenty of gorgeous gift giving inspiration at her blog. Don’t miss her tutorials! If you love pouches you might also like these zippered pouch tutorials! Pleated Zippered Pouch Lined Zippered Pouch How To Make A Gathered Zippered Pouch Materials needed: 1/4 yard each of three coordinating fabrics (you’ll definitely have scraps leftover)8″ zipper (you can always purchase a longer zipper and shorten it, just follow the directions on the packagescraps of medium weight fusible interfacing Cutting the pieces: For the main exterior, cut two pieces, one 5.5″ tall by 9″ wide, and one 5.5″ tall by 13″ wide (this will be the gathered front) Pieces of medium weight fusible interfacing for exterior pieces of clutch: (2) 5.5″ tall by 9″ wide For the front band, cut one piece 4″ tall by 9″ wide. Turn tube right side out and press with seam in the middle. Grab the 13″ wide main exterior piece.
Have slippers... will craft!! Happy Day After Mother's Day Everyone!I had a MomChops filled weekend plus crafts which equals the best kind of weekend there is!! Saturday we had breakfast at her house, shopped for skirt fabric in two different places, stopped for a quick lunch and did a whole lotta gabbing (craft gossip and planning at it's finest)! Sunday was another breakfast get together followed by hours of crafts. Little MomChops StoryWhen MomChops comes over she always has a bag with her... inside her bag is usually a finished craft project or two and other random craft supplies. However... also inside the bag is the most important crafting accessory of them all. Slippers! If she forgets her slippers it usually means she pilfers a pair of RonChops socks (don't tell him cause he might freak out a little bit... hehehe). So what are you rambling on about Lolly... let's get going with some crafts already (sheesh)! Firstly... you'll want to start with some beads.They can be any color really... 4 beads added...
Cozy Kid's Roll-Up Nap Blanket - Sew4Home When we're little, we simply have no idea have wonderful it is to be able nap. I remember how hard I tried to keep my peepers open all day long, and my kids struggled against daytime dreams as well. If only we could still sneak away for nap time now. Not to mention a carton of milk and some graham crackers. This soft and sweet nap time pad with its own built-in blanket just might make afternoon slumbers a little bit easier. Believe me... everyone here at Sew4Home wanted to try out the sample when I finished it! The Wee Woodland flannels we chose are by Keiki for Moda Fabrics. The amount of flannel listed below is actually enough to make two cuts from each fabric. We always recommend pre-shrinking, but especially stress it when working with flannel. Thanks to our friends at Fat Quarter Shop for providing the Wee Woodland fabric for this project. Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome Memory Craft 5200)Even Feed or Walking foot: optional, but helpful to sew through multiple layers