Victoria Wallet Instructions/Tutorial As promised here are the instruction for the wallet I posted on September 23.Victoria Wallet (4 ¼”h x 7 ¼”w, closed) (10 ¼” h x 7 ¼”w, open) Materials: ½ yard of cotton fabric ¼ yard of interfacing (I used Pellon décor Bond® 809) Snap fastener (or no sew hook and loop tape) Matching thread Evaporating pen or chalk marker (I prefer chalk markers) *** All seams are ½” unless otherwise noted Cutting: 1. Assembly: 1. 4. 5. 9. 11. 12. 18. 19. 21. 23. 27. 28. 30. Enjoy! I have received several comments anonymously. If I have not contacted you, it's because I have no way to do so. Let's do a Ruffle Tote . After a week, it is only today that I have been able to raise this second part of the tutorial. Prepare the post it takes time, especially when it's a tutorial. Maybe you're not going to believe me, but every time I write a post, the first thing I'll do is write all my text in Spanish and then, translate it into English. In my previous post that you'll find it here, we finished the exterior of the tote and the handles. Create a label Before we start I want to tell you something, one of the things that I was trying to do last week was, make labels to add to my projects, I made many tests, I took several photos and I have the intention to prepare a tutorial to show you how to do custom labels.Today I'll show you what I decided to do, although I created several varieties of labels, after several attempts, trying to make labels for this tote, I decided to do a transfer of my label directly to the fabric, instead of making the transfer to a ribbon and then have to sew it into the tote.
Blog – Modern Domestic | Portland, OR - A sewing studio on NE Alberta Street Wednesday, April 23rd, from 5pm – 8pm, Modern Domestic will be celebrating its 4th anniversary with fresh ginger mojitos, snacks, storewide sale launch and most importantly the Swiss owner of BERNINA, Hanspeter Ueltschi will here at MD partying with us and eager to autograph your BERNINA sewing machine! We have every model BERNINA on our sales floor, from the top of the line 880E to the basic and well built 215, and every so often we decide to freshen the floor models. This is a great way to save! Don’t forget about bernettes and sergers too! These machines are of course limited to on hand product and are sold with full warranties and classes. They all qualify for financing and you can apply online right here! Happy April! Spring is the perfect time for a little sprucing of your home! We have a new show of quilts up on display by Kaci Kyler in our downstairs classroom! We are loving the arrows and geometric designs on the new Impressions line that just arrived today!
New Tutorial When I go away on holidays I like to take a small wallet and coin purse with me. This way I can carry just a bit of local currency and a card without my day to day stuff. I've just finished doing a tutorial for such a nifty small wallet and coin purse. Nursing Cover With Secret Pocket We've had several requests for a stylish nursing cover, and have risen to the challenge with this very easy-to-make version – complete with a hidden inside pocket for nursing pads or baby wipes. The more common name for this item out on the Internet appears to be: 'Hooter Hider' – uh, alrighty then. Makes me think of skimpy t-shirts and chicken wings, so I'm stickin' with Nursing Cover if it's all the same to you. Ours is soft knit on the outside with a woven cotton print on the inside, giving Mom something pretty to look at. The finished size of our cover is 24" x 36". To wear, simply place the cover over your baby, wrap the strap around your neck, and adjust it so the curve of the boning (encased in a channel along the top front) creates a little window. Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome 4120QDC) Make the pocket Fold under the two 9" sides of the pocket and the bottom ½" and press. Edgestitch loop piece in place. Make the strap Put it all together Contributors Section: Bath Linens
Isle B. Stitching | …or I live in a material world I wanted to try digitizing an outline using different colors. Is this also called redwork? I picked this simple design. It was easy! I sewed these out and they both look great. It didn’t take me all day to do these two designs. I had a very quiet, slow Saturday. Until next time! Sugarbug is giving away either a bag, an apron, cloth napkins, or a child’s smock. I was cleaning out files on my laptop this evening, and I found this design I digitized some time ago. I’ve recently stepped down as rescue coordinator for the South Central Bloodhound Club. It’s been a while since I’ve been here. Please ignore all the water on the wall in the photo of Moose and Coco drinking. On our way home we got behind this guy, and he was not happy to be in this trailer. If you remember, a few weeks ago we took Jenifer our old washer and dryer. I’ve spent a small fortune on gas the last few weekends. I’ll let you in on this little secret. Pink Penguin has several nice tutorials.
Easy Peasy Snap wallets - I'm so addicted! - TUTORIAL + SNAP TUTORIAL I made one of these for myself a couple years ago and it ended up being my everyday wallet that so many of my friends have asked for one justl ike it. I love them cause they are cute and don't use much fabric at all, and its something I can whip up in twenty minutes. EDIT! EDIT: I've had a ton of people asking me where I got my labels, so here ya go - go to Etsy.com and search for 'custom labels' The girl I got mine from is no longer doing labels but you're sure to find a great seller on there! TUTORIAL!! Here's the tutorial! Step 1: Give 3 year old daughter some crayons and paper and turn on Hannah Montana so she stays out of your way for 20 minutes =) (if you don't have kiddos in the house, you may skip this step) Now you need a pattern, I use tissue paper (and gold paper cause I'm awesome), but any paper will do. I've found that 8" x 5" is a good size for the wallet, so make it a little bigger for seam allowances. Now remember that hole we left? Now sew across that seam with the hole:
Blueprint Crafts » For Baby Britton March 28th, 2011 My beautiful roommate from JMU, Crystal, and her husband Chris are due to have a baby girl at the end of May. They’re naming her Britton, so cute :) Her baby shower was a couple of weeks ago, so I sent along a few gift for Baby Britton. The package included my typical round of baby gifts: a blanket, burp cloths, changing pad, and bibs: Isn’t that fabric adorable? To make these, here’s a list of tutorials: I also whipped up a nursing cover and binky leashes: The tutorial for these can be found on Sew4Home’s website: Congratulations to Crystal and Chris – so excited to meet Baby Britton!
Loving Mixed Media Coupon Clutch Times are tough and we are all trying to save as much as we can! I designed this tutorial to be a cute and fashionable way for you to organize your coupons. I hope you enjoy making it as much as I did! Charm Pack - I used Objects of Desire by Sandy Gervais 1/3 yd of Pellon decor bond interfacing a set of magnetic fasteners white card stock scrap of fusible web (7" x 4") Therm-O-Web or Steam a Seam PDF file of organizer tabs 1. Bricks = 2" x 3" Square = 2" x 2" 2. 3. 18 pressed little rows! 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. You may also find it helpful to place 2 or 3 pins to hold the layers together to prevent slipping as you continue to add rows. 10. 11. The lines are to be marked at 3 rows in from the right (c) 6 rows in from the right (b) 6 rows in from the left (a) Make sure you draw them on top of the seam and not where the seam allowance ends. The next few steps are to put the magnetic snap in. 12. The male snap location is ¾ inch to the left of line a also centered top to bottom. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
Quick and Easy Child's Apron Tutorial Do you remember the craft apron I made for my friend Stephanie's daughter? Well I think I promised you a tutorial. So when my sweet niece Norah had her 4th birthday last week I decided she needed an apron too. Yesterday I was at Wal-Mart (I'm not ashamed to shop at Wal-Mart, one stop shopping is good enough for this girl) I came across this cute kitchenish fabric. Now I had seen this fabric twice before, the first time was at my local fabric store where I think it was around $9 a yard. Isn't it cute? First you'll need a rectangle of fabric. Then you want to fold that in half right sides together so you've made yourself a 16X9 inch rectangle. Then you'll want to take a piece of pom pom trim that is cut to 16 inches and pin it along the inside of that bottom seam. Pin the pom pom trim on the inside. So now your pom pom trim is pinned into place and your two side seams are still open. Now pull your apron through your open side seam to the right side. Like that. That was easy, right? 1.
Artist Trading Cards – Inspiration from Jill aka The Quilt Rat / Quilting Gallery Are you ready for a new swap .. something different, unique and super creative! Our next swap will be ATCs – Artist Trading Cards. The swap info and registration will be available on Wednesday afternoon. To help us get inspired, I asked three great friends to be guests this week sharing some ideas for making ATCs. First up is Jill, her post is below. Tomorrow, Kim and Lisa will be our guests. ATCs featured in the button were created by upstatelisa. About Jill Please join me in welcoming today’s guest blogger, Jill, aka The Quilt Rat. I have been a follower of Jill’s for some time now, and have seen her use inks, paints, paper, stones, leaves and even aluminum cans in her quilted creations. Follow along with Jill, as she creates her first Artist Trading Cards and shares ideas on how you might wish to make some of your own. Jill’s Inspiration ATCs… just what are they? So let’s get started. The image was then transferred to pieces of paper towel that I had painted some time ago.
Itty Bitty Poochie Bag Trick-or-Treat, smell my sheets (sheets of Moda Layer cakes!). Itty bitty little versions of my Poochie Bag pattern. Fast and fun little bags to hold Halloween treats, sweets and goodies. Using fabric ribbon for the handles, these little puppies sew up speedy fast. - 3) Layer Cake slices (10" x 10") - Happy Campers by American Jane featured. - Assorted ⅜" wide fabric ribbon CUTTING: 1. ASSEMBLY: 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Three sheets of a layer cake yield two Itty Bitty Poochie Bags. Happy H'ween! A Fashionable Stitch » sartorial sewing