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Thursday Threads – Trick-or-Treat Bag
Every Trick-or-Treater needs a special bag to carry all the sweet treats awaiting them on Halloween. Spend an afternoon creating this quick and simple bag for your little ghouls and monsters using Clover’s Create-a-Strap, Sew Lazy Dreamy Fleece Sew-in and your basic sewing supplies. For this project you will need: 2- 11″x 12″ cuts of fabric for the bag 2- 11″x 12″ pieces of Sew Lazy Dreamy Fleece Sew-in 2- 1″ x 16″ cuts of fabric for the straps 1- Package of Clover’s 1″ Create-a-Strap Additional tools: Wonder Clips 6-in-1…
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Friday Finds – Kanzashi
Carol Porter created this fantastic display of the Kanzashi Flower Makers and finished flowers for her class at Portland Quilt Market. She used a cookie sheet with adhesive magnets on the back of each flower and template in her beautifully color coordinated guide to the available shapes and sizes of Kanzashi Flower Makers. The flowers shown from left to right are round petal, pointed petal, orchid petal, gathered petal, and daisy petal. The sizes from top to bottom are extra small, small, and large. It’s prettier than a sheet of…
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Make It Monday – Flower Wreath
Spring is a wonderful time to decorate with a new wreath. We wrapped a styrofoam wreath with burlap, and then created a garden of fabric flower embellishements using the extra small Kanzashi Flower Makers. The centers of the flowers are a mix of buttons, seed beads, and rolled twine. You can see more particulars of the design with matching candle holder and frame on this link to the project inspiration sheet. We hope you’re inspired to create a new wreath for your spring decorating.