Sewing Tips, Patterns, Examples of All Types of Sewing, Design Ideas, Different types of Fabrics-from G Street Fabrics and Spoonflower
Saturday, January 5, 2019
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Coral Coral-Fancy Dodahs and Embellishing
The usual jacket... in Coral
Butterick 5045
Typical -The width of the fabric strip
Infinity Scarf
Earrings made from Jacket Scraps and Crystals
Swarovski --picked up the scraps next to the sewing machine... pinched in my fingers... hand sewn to gather them and stitched a few stitches, picked up the sew on swarovsk crystals and looped a bunc of those on... and glued a flat circle disc pin back without the pin part or you can glue the disc part of the covered buttons back and then your regular earring backs from your bulk pack..... just want to try once, come by the store and buy two set of earring backs and one pack of 3 covered buttons... you can make two different types of custom earrings for some outfit you are making.
Scraps can make necklaces and bracelets too, braided, or cased beads knoted or bangles wrapped or bracelets braided...... Customize yourself....
Embellish with crystals-- bejewellor or bedazzlors are the tools if you want to prong it or glue it....with glueback crystals.... or buy a quarter of a yard of already fancied fabrics and cut your embellishments and handsew around the tulle or try a little (gently test before putting on a finished garment.
Embellish with crystals-- bejewellor or bedazzlors are the tools if you want to prong it or glue it....with glueback crystals.... or buy a quarter of a yard of already fancied fabrics and cut your embellishments and handsew around the tulle or try a little (gently test before putting on a finished garment.
ultra hold heat n bond -
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Blue Blue and very blue
My typical work jacket, black sleeveless cowl neck so the sheer arms of the jacket looked enhanced and two separate infinity scarves made from the width of the fabrics so they could double and lay above the cowel of the shirt... The blue was an illusion but matched the jacket and the floral was also a textured chiffon but the perfect blues... the pants you can barely see in the picture but were lightweight scuba, my usual tubins pattern and I made my earrings a little different and hand sewn the trimmed edges of the jacket and put 3 (2 clear beveled and 1 blue beveled swavorski crystals sewn in the center... a pearl with a jeweled butterfly I had in my toolbox and a small sea shell glued on- also in my toolbox of odds and ends.
My earrings hang on a sheet of plastic canvas to be easy to find.
Different textures and shadings of Royal Blue
Pants Simplicity 9597 (Leggings... made into Tubins')Drapeneck Blouse Butterick 3131 Flattering if you don't have a long neckJacket Butterick 5045 Free Flowing... Fits anyone (shortened about 4-6 inches to go with pants, but is a long jacket for dresses)
Infinity scarves... Make a tube with slit in the middle turn it out then twist so it is twisted once in the middle and sew your circle ends right sides together and flip out from the middle. Slip stitch opening.
Galaxy Changing Pad
Simple minky backed changing pad
This was made as a long rectangle so it would double as a play pad in the floor.
Backing Minky bigger than the front galaxy cotton. The cotton was pre washed because it would shrink but the minky would not. Flat quilting batting in between and laid out so the backing could be brought around after quilting and be the soft binding. It was quilted about 2 inches apart from corner to corner and out to squeeze out the excess air... and then after quilting the edging was turned over and blanket stitched around the edge.
So Soft and completely washable.
John Deere Tractor Quillow
QUILLOW Folded Into Pillow
Minky backed Fabric Just turned under and topstitched Outline stitched on pattern
Restitched pillow pocket on bottom
Double folded into the pocket for pillow
VOILA Quilt Becomes a Pillow-Quillow
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Scarf Box GIft
Ever Wonder what to get Someone Who Will Soon Be 95 Years?
How About a Scarf Box?
Covered a box that could be easily opened with Sequined fabric
Inside of the box is covered so it is pretty when you are lifting the scarves up to look at them and touch and feel the different textures
Each scarf was a bias triangle so it could tied around her head, but some small and some large to use at different times, and seasons, or just a colorful accent at the neckline. |
I wasn't too sure that she was going to like these, but she couldn't stop picking them up and looking at each one and touching and feeling them...
These were fabric wrapped presents tied with a Red Ribbon
Love these Pillows... Pictures don't do it justice
Simple pillows were done by cutting front and back squares the same size... about an inch to inch and half smaller than the pillow inserts. Took invisible zipper and put between the front and back and made it almost the full length of the pillow piece, with about an inch on each end sewn.... then sew the front to back right sides together with the zipper partially open so you can unzip it and turn it right side out and putting the insert in...squeeze it in so the excess of size goes into the corners to prevent limp corners or dogears.. VOILA... yeh! pillows
Back sides were Burgundy and White Invisible zipper at the bottom of the pillow
Seemed to be a hit on Both Counts, but always a wonder what you can get someone who had been around for almost a century.
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Holiday GIfts
Holiday Gifts in the making
Right Now the Scarf is done that is in the tote in the picture
The Tote fabric had some left over so I think I am going to put a big pocket around before I put the straps on and one inside and if enough fabric a little clutch.
I will add the directions later today as I finish this item
This took abour 3/8 of the faux fur and I made a tube and turned it inside out
Two Neckrolls made from the leftover fabric from the bench cushion and toss pillows
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