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Tracing Wheels
Tracing Wheels with Instructor Steve Butler Class 158 View at our website What is it? The genesis of almost everything we create when we sew begins with a pattern of some form. Fashion, fashion accessories, heirloom, purses and bags, quilts, home decor, they all use them. In our selection process we identify potential candidates from the perfectly posed pictures on the pattern packaging. The next step is to look at the pattern itself to get an idea of what it will take to complete that project. Some patterns are very complex while others are…
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Vintage Quilt Label Embroidery- Tutorial
Hello friends! You can’t believe how excited I am to share this project with you today! I recently made an absolutely adorable baby quilt using Liberty of London fabric and it has a very sweet vintage look to it. My friend, who is expecting her baby girl in August, is a huge lover of everything vintage so I knew the quilt had to have that feel about it. This post is all about the quilt label that I made for that quilt. So now… I have a question for…
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Easy Summertime Applique- Tutorial
Hello friends! We have been SO HOT here in middle Tennessee that I’ve really enjoyed having a fun appliqué project to tinker around with in the heat of the day! I received a package in the mail with some amazing Clover tools to make my appliqué project super easy and I’m excited to share with you today so that you can try these tools out too. (And bonus: there’s a really fun project at the very end of this blog post using one of the appliqué tools for something that…
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Stitch Guide
Stitch Guide with Instructor Steve Butler Class 156 View at our website What is it? Ever watch an accomplished sewer lay down a line of stitches? It’s always perfectly straight or curved as desired. It looks easy, right? Well, easy until you drop the presser foot and the stitching begins. Then the skills of said sewist become glaringly evident. There’s nothing automatic about perfect straight or curved seams. It takes years of honing those skills to be proficient. And absent those skill enhanced perfect seams our sewn projects will constantly remind us, “It could have been better.” And…
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Mini Iron II: “The Adapter Set”
Mini Iron II: The Adapter Set with Instructor Steve Butler Class 152 View at our website What is it? First of all, why do we call it a “mini iron”? Because of its diminutive size? Yeah, pretty much. But that name is a true misnomer. Even though labeled as “mini”, the small size really packs a punch and makes it one of the most useful notions in any sewing or crafting studio. It’s simple, our pressing stations need to keep pace with the almost explosive growth of sewing and craft techniques and applications we see today. Let’s…
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Patchwork Pot Holders {Sewing Tutorial}
Hello Friends! Don’t you love this time of year? We live on a farm in Tennessee and the grass is so green and so gorgeous right now – this is my favorite time of the year! I’m pretty busy outside in the spring and summer and sometimes sewing and crafting has to take a back seat. I’m always thankful for super fast and fun sewing projects like the one I’m sharing with you today. We are going to make a potholder (or two or three!) and you’ll love how fast…
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Extra Credit: Tracing Wheels
Tracing Wheels By Shannon and Jason Medieval torture devices? Baking for making those cool cuts in the top of your bread? What exactly are those strange looking wheelie-pokey-thing-a-ma-bob-tools that come in sewing tool kits and why should I learn to use them? If your first exposure to tracing wheels brought up these questions, you aren’t alone. Tracing wheels are for, just that, tracing pattern pieces. The pointy, sharp tracing wheel is perfect for outlining an existing pattern piece to create a duplicate. In our case, we use it to duplicate…
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Cosmetic Zipper Pouch
Hello Friends! I hope wherever you are, you are enjoying some beautiful spring weather! I love it so much that I couldn’t resist digging in my fabric stash for some happy fabric to sew up into a great cosmetic pouch! I decided to share with you today because I have a feeling you’ll love this pouch as much as I do! I have to admit that I intended to make a pattern for a box shape cosmetic zipper pouch and write the tutorial to share with you. However,…
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Quilted Journal Cover {Sewing Tutorial}
Hello Friends! I’ve been working on a few journal covers to give to my grand-girls and their friends and it’s a project that anyone can do! I’m sharing a step by step tutorial today so you can make some too! As with all my tutorials, there are pictures for each step so that it will make it easy for even a beginner sewist to follow! Lets get started by gathering your supplies! Necessary Supplies 12 x 28 inch fabric for outside (see *note on this below) 11 x…
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Extra Credit: Heart on My Sleeve
Heart on My Sleeve, Wonder Fuse Appliqué Patch By the Shibaguyz You don’t need a hole to cover to add an appliqué patch to your favorite jacket. You also don’t have to be a great artist to show off some FAB skills! There… we said it. A little inspiration, a touch of color, and a sheet of Wonder Fuse is all you need to make a personalized patch to add on to any garment… or home décor… pretty much anywhere you can iron on a piece of fabric! We based the Heart…