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Deck the Tree with Christmas Ornaments

November 4, 2016 | Leave a Comment

Deck your family tree with these amazing Christmas Ornaments. Each DIY is easy to make and filled with tons of family fun.

Wow, can you believe that Christmas is just eight short weeks away!?!  Just thinking about it makes me break into a cold sweat. But I’m in the no panic zone this year because instead, I’m going to focus on decorating the family tree with a few of these handmade Christmas ornaments.

100+ Christmas Ornaments

 

 

Filed Under: For Home, Round Ups Tagged With: beginner sewing projects, Christmas, diy, fabric, Holiday, holiday sewing, home decor

Print on Fabric

May 18, 2016 | Leave a Comment

Learn how to print on fabric from your home computer. It is easier than you think. The Sewing Loft

Did you know that you could print directly on fabric from your home computer? That’s right, you can! The Sewing Loft has mapped out 5 easy methods for you to print fun notes, labels and more onto your fabric of choice right from your desktop. It is much easier than you think.

Filed Under: Techniques, Tutorials Tagged With: fabric, labels

How To Create the PERFECT FABRIC!

May 3, 2016 | 1 Comment

Can’t find the fabric you want ANYWHERE? You can design your own! Here are a bunch of fantastic tutorials for filling the void yourself, based on how you want to go about making it. Digital prints, hand printing, hand painting and dye are all options for getting exactly what you want in a design. You can also save a bundle on by choosing an inexpensive base fabric and customizing yourself. The sky’s the limit!How to create the perfect fabric - when you can't find what you want available!

Check out these resources with step-by-step tutorials:

  • Print your own fabric with a digital design via Spoonflower – useful for both fabric and for labels and especially easy if you decide you want to create a LOT of it or tweak a design
  • Create your own design withyour own custom block prints
  • Use pre-made blocks and tape to make a striped print
  • You can also block print with bleach by creating your own stamp pad and stamping a darker fabric
  • You can dye fabric with ice for fantastic results
  • Or tie dye with the Shibori method to get a more geometric effect
  • Paint your own material with a watercolor effect
  • Use a combination of paint and markers to create your fabric, especially fun for a collaborative project

Have you found other tips and tutorials that helped you? We’d love to hear about them in the comments!

Filed Under: Tutorials Tagged With: bleach, block, design, diy, dye, fabric, geometric, how-to, ink, print, printing, shibori, stripe, tips, tutorial

Scrap Fabric Storage Ideas!

December 3, 2015 | 3 Comments

Have piles of scraps and aren’t sure what to do with them? We can help!

How to organize your fabric scraps!

This post over at The Sewing Loft will help you figure out your game plan! Simple steps will get you started, and then a whole bunch of beautiful display and storage options will make your creative space happier and more simple to use!

Filed Under: Tutorials Tagged With: fabric, ideas, organization, scrap, solutions, sort, storage

Coloring Skirt DIY How To

November 18, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Coloring books are all the rage these days and you can find fun pages everywhere but how about a coloring skirt?

Coloring skirt by-crafterhours

 

This fabulous idea comes from Crafterhours and think that any little girl would love to grab the markers and start doodling! The post will show you how to transform one yard of this super cool fabric into 3 easy to wear skirts.

 

Filed Under: For Girls Tagged With: beginner sewing projects, diy, fabric, free pattern, how-to, skirt

Decoding Selvage Markings

November 3, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Do you know what secrets selvage markings can unlock for you? They may look decorative and/or more industrial than helpful to an end user, but there’s a lot of important fabric information to be found on these printed edges! How to decode Selvage Markings

The selvage markings can make your project planning easier! Hop over to The Sewing Loft for all the details, and a whole bunch of project ideas for putting these cool strips of fabric to use front and center!

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: colors, decode, fabric, markings, planning, secret, selvage, The Sewing Loft, understanding

Cute & Cozy Pillows to Sew for Fall

October 6, 2015 | 1 Comment

Cute and Cozy DIY Fall Pillows

I love making simple changes to my decor for the seasons – and making up cute pillows is one of the easiest ways to do it! You can keep your storage to a minimum too if you make up pillow covers – then you can just easily change them out for holidays.

I’ve gathered up some cute Fall and Halloween pillow ideas for inspiration – I think I will start with the flannel and sweater pillows!

Flannel Halloween Face Pillows

Pottery Barn Inspired Pillow

Make this DIY Pottery Barn Inspired Fall Wreath Pillow for a fraction of the PB price. No sewing! | onsuttonplace.com

Vintage Pumpkin Pillow

Vintage Pumpkin Fall Pillow. If you sew the front and back together all the way around and stuff it instead of making it an envelope, you're set for the fair!:

Candy Corn Color Block Pillows

Color Block Candy Corn Pillow (PDF Tutorial) http://www.positivelysplendid.com/2013/09/color-block-pillow.html?utm_source=CraftGossip+Daily+Newsletter_campaign=d71836d381-CraftGossip_Daily_Newsletter_medium=email_term=0_db55426a84-d71836d381-196060585:

Repurposed Sweater Pillows

Fall Leaf Pillow

fall leaf pillow title

Home Sweet Home Pillow

DIY Home Sweet Home Pillow by The Wood Grain Cottage

Repurposed Flannel Kilt Pillow

Fall Leaf Embroidered Pillow

Fall leaf embroidered pillow cover

Which pillows will you try first?

Filed Under: For Home, Round Ups Tagged With: fabric, Fall, flannel, home decor, pillow, sewing

Fabric Birdhouses

June 16, 2015 | 1 Comment

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These darling, fabric birdhouses are easy to sew and are a great way to show off your favorite fabrics.  Or whip up a few from vintage sheets for a retro inspired look.  You might just find yourself addicted to sewing beautiful birdhouses!

Fabric Birdhouse Tutorial

 

 

Filed Under: For Home, Tutorials Tagged With: birdhouses, fabric, home decor, sewing, sewing tutorial

5 New Tools to Try!

May 28, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Ready to check out some new sewing tools that can save you lots of time and frustration? Watch this!

http://thedailyseam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/5-New-Tools-To-Try.mp4

To learn more about each sewing tool featured in the video, follow these links for more info!

Marissa sharing a loop turner

Melissa sharing a Simflex Gauge

Susan sharing tiny rotary cutters

Abby sharing a walking foot

Stacey sharing a seam allowance guide

 

5 new sewing tools to try! (unless you've already tried all of these?)

Filed Under: Techniques, Tutorials Tagged With: fabric, loop turner, rotary cutter, seam allowance guide, sewing, Simflex gauge, tips, tools, walking foot

How to Sew Lace

January 28, 2015 | Leave a Comment

How to sew lace - Melly Sews

Lace is gorgeous but it requires special handling to look its best. Melly Sews shares great tips for invisible seams and decorative hems in her how to sew lace post here.

Filed Under: Techniques Tagged With: fabric, lace

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