DIY Gift: Terrarium Kit November 30th, 2012 It’s widely accepted that terrariums are awesome, which means they also make awesome gifts. It’s hard to wrap a terrarium though, so a DIY kit is the perfect solution. It would be easy to whip up a whole bunch of these kits if you need a lot of inexpensive, creative gifts. Or wouldn’t they make amazing party/wedding favors? I designed some free printable cards with planting and care instructions for you to download and include in your terrarium kit. To make your kit, first put about an inch of small stones in the bottom of a jar. Print a 3 1/2″ x 5 1/4″ terrarium instruction card on card stock, and cut it out (download printable cards here—for personal use only please). If you’re feeling ambitious you could make a few polymer clay mushrooms to include in your terrarium kit. Tie some twine or ribbon around the jar, and you’re done.
Rotary Cutting The WWQP How-To's Equipment Rotary cutting offers the quilter the ability to cut a large number of fabric pieces quickly and accurately. The basic equipment needed for rotary cutting is a rotary cutter, a special mat designed for use with rotary cutters, and a heavy plastic ruler. Rotary cutters come in two sizes. Safe Rotary Cutting Rotary cutters are extremely sharp and caution should be used when rotary cutting. Preparing the Fabric for Rotary Cutting All fabric should be pressed before cutting. Once the ruler has been placed, the quilter should carefully place his/her left hand on the ruler to hold it in place being careful not to shift the postion of the ruler. Rotary Cutting Basic Shapes Strips - Take the finished width of the strip and add 1/2" for seam allowances. Squares - Take the finished size of the square and add 1/2" for seam allowances. Right Triangles - Take the finished length of the straight side of the right triangle and add 7/8". Further References on Rotary Cutting
Cupcake Onesies Gift Idea If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our mailing list. Thanks for visiting! Ever since I saw this video from Oh Crafts! If you know me, I love to gift homemade gifts. I started with the following supplies: cupcake gift box (I found mine at my local Michaels store)colorful cupcake linerscupcake sleeves (optional)4 onesies (I used a pack of Gerber ones from Target)2 pairs of baby socks (also found at Target)Scotch tape Here is a visual of how I made the cupcakes: Fold each onesies long ways twice in on itself, so it is a very thin long piece.Then take one sock and let the top of the toe area of the sock pop above the onesie.Roll the sock tightly in the middle of the onesie to create the cupcake shape. UPDATE: After making over a dozen of these cupcake onesies boxes, I realized if I let the end of the baby sock hang down, I could fold it up around the onesie roll to secure without the use of tape, just like this: Looking for another homemade baby gift idea?
Quick bread in a bottle Cool weather puts us in the mood to bake. So why not give a friend a head start? Layer the dry ingredients from step 1 (below) for this easy quick bread into a milk bottle or 1-quart mason jar. To fit, tamp each layer well (with chips and nuts on top). Then all that's left is to add the wet ingredients and bake. We used craft paper adhered with double-stick tape to cover the original milk bottle graphics and the lid. Add a label on the back of the bottle for the recipe instructions. Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Quick Bread 1. 2. 3. 4. Looking for milk bottles? We used bottles from milk we bought in an independent food market, which is a good source for milk from small, local dairies. Get local recipes that you won’t find online.
Mason Jar Sewing Kit This is a really fun way to reuse a mason jar and makes both a handy tool for your craft room or a fun gift! Keep reading to find out how to make your own mason jar sewing kit Clean mason jar (I used a small one but you can use any size)Any fabricGlue GunStuffingPencilScissors Using the lid of the mason jar, draw a circle onto the fabric about 1 inch wider than the jar lid. Place the lid bottom side up placed directly on top of the middle of the fabric, bottom side up. Continue in the same manner until only 1/4 of the lid is left as shown above. Stuff batting inside the top of the lid until it’s poofy and even Now seal up the last section of the fabric to the lid Make a line of glue along the inside of the outer lid piece Press the pin cushion lid inside the outer lid piece and let dry Now fill the inside of the jar with sewing essential: pins, string, embroidery thread, zipper, mini scissors, etc and screw the lid on top (it will be harder to screw on with the fabric but should still work).
Make Your Own DIY Dog Treats! Curbly-Original I'm known around these parts as "the crazy Schnauzer lady", but in truth, I'm crazy about ALL dogs... and think they deserve some tasty, homemade treats every now and then! This simple, two-ingredient recipe can be customized like nobody's business, so get creative and have a little fun (while pampering your pooch)! I originally made these treats for Wrigley's first birthday (yes, I celebrated it. Ingredients: 2 cups 100% organic whole wheat flour (or wheat germ, or spelt, or rolled oats, or a mixture of these, etc.)2 (4oz) jars of pureed baby food - beef, blueberry, sweet potato, chicken - whatever. Directions: 1. 2. 3. 4. Easy, right? How will you customize these treats for your pooch? *Onions are toxic to dogs! Tagged : Foodie-Fridays, Curbly-Original, How-To, tutorial, dog, pet, recipe, DIY
crafting Sophie my service dog October 11 ~ Crayon Box Quilt Tutorial + Winter Peach Giveaway Check in every day for your chance to win something special in our Baby Shower! Rae from Made by Rae and our Sew,Mama,Sew! Editorial Board created this fabulous Crayon Box Quilt tutorial for our Baby Shower celebration. From Rae: I had always thought it would take forever to cut out all of the pieces for a quilt with lots of triangles. Materials: 1 yard of white quilting cotton for base color1/4 yard of solid broadcloth in six different colors1 1/4 yard solid or near solid quilting cotton for back of quilt1 square yard of cotton or bamboo batting (a little extra is helpful though, so you might want to cut a 42” square) Other things to have on hand that are helpful: rotary cutter with self-healing matfabric marking pen with disappearing inksafety pins or spray starch Sewing Instructions: Make a 7″ square template out of a piece of cardboard. Repeat for the other five solid colors. Using the same template, cut 18 white squares. Open up and press seams towards colored half of square.
Sew What : Kissing Booth Quilt Hi there! I’m Heather and I blog at quilt.cook.keep. I’m excited to share my first tutorial with my friends at BasicGrey! As soon as I saw the new Kissing Booth collection, I knew this would be a perfect pattern. Ready to get started? 1 layer cake of Kissing Booth ¾ yard border fabric ½ yard binding fabric 4 yards backing fabric First, separate your layer cake into a light pile and a dark pile. Next, alternate your layers light, dark, light, dark and stack them up neatly. Time to cut! Now, we’re going to shuffle the layers a bit. Time to sew! To chain piece, I like to put a little note on my top piece A and my bottom piece B, just so I don’t get confused. Lay out your blocks on the floor or on a design wall, 6 blocks across, 7 blocks down. From you border fabric, cut 6 strips 4” wide x width of fabric. Piece your backing fabric to make a piece at least 62” x 70”. Cut 6 binding strips 2 ½” wide x width of fabric and join. You’re finished! Final dimensions : approximately 52″ x 60″.
‘Fit for a Princess!’ Picnic Quilt ~ Fat Quarterly Tutorial Katy Jones from the Fat Quarterly team and i’m a ginger monkey has a new Picnic Quilt tutorial for you today to add to our Digital Delivery Sewing fun! Fat Quarterly, the e-zine (electronic magazine) “for modern sewists, by modern sewists,” is available for purchase at Sew,Mama,Sew! We’re offering four issues at 20% off today as part of our Digital Delivery Sewing specials. Also, our recent Summer Picnic Mix Fat Quarter Pack curated by the Fat Quarterly team is sold out but if you hurry you can still purchase their Evening Breeze Mix Fat Quarter Pack! Hi, Sew,Mama,Sew! I’m totally honored to have been invited to share a tutorial with you guys and as Spring seems to be finally creeping in where I am in the UK, what better way to celebrate through sewing than with a picnic blanket made from the gorgeous jewel toned Honey Child fabrics by Jennifer Paganelli/Sis Boom (Note from Beth: It’s on sale in the shop!). You will need: Finished block size: 15”Finished quilt size: 60×75”
Peanut Butter and Oat Energy Bites It is Sunday morning. Hopefully you will wake up well-rested, stretch out your arms, and open your eyes to a sunny day. Maybe you will have a warm cup of coffee, some eggs with toast, or maybe you will even get really lucky and have some homemade pancakes. After that you might relax with the Sunday paper, catch up on the news, or watch some cartoons with your kids. Of course, you will do all that while still in your comfy pajamas. As the day wears on, you might run some errands, meet a friend for lunch, or do some laundry. Maybe you have a catered meeting on Tuesday, and lunch with a co-worker at that new burger joint on Friday. I wouldn't call myself a fortune teller, but I can also reasonably predict that by the time 3 or 4 o'clock comes around, you will be looking at your watch - your eyes will bulge with astonishment as you realize there are still several hours to go and lots of work to be done before you can eat dinner, and you are hungry. A.) B.) C.) D.) Ok fair enough.