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Here is another version of the Tumbling Jewels pattern we did for Camelot Fabrics.   We wanted to make our own to play with a little different placement and to see how it would look in florals and more traditional prints.
It gets a more vintage vibe with retro fabric from Riley Blake’s Promenade by Cyndi Walker– we fell in love with these soft blues, lavenders and golds. We didn’t have quite enough and were lucky to find more on Etsy. The center and corners feature Anna Maria Horner’s Innocent Crush Woodcut in Golden. The dark purple centers ...

I use a safety pin to insert elastic in a seam. Then I heard about bodkins while watching a sewing program on TV.  When Joann's had a sale and notions were 60% off, I decided to try it

I used 1/8-inch elastic 

Thread elastic through bodkin hole

Begin by inserting ball point end into seam opening

Pull through to other end

Pull bodkin ...

Hi there!  I was recently on the hunt for a dresser for my daughter.  Some friends of ours happened to be getting rid of theirs and gave them to us!  They were in good shape, and I didn’t want to spend the time sanding and painting etc, but wanted to add a bit of fun to them since they are in the kids’ room.  I decided to mod podge some fabric shapes on the dressers for a quick and easy update.  I filmed the process so you could see exactly how I did it!

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I ride my bike a lot. And I like to have my arms free, while keeping my valuables close to me (instead of having them in my bike basket). So I decided it’s time to bring the fannypack back into style!

I made myself a fun pouch using fabric scraps from my stash and some fusible interfacing. Here’s a rough step-by-step tutorial!

You will need:

• 2 pieces of fabric approximately 14″ by 20″ (one for the inside of the fanny pack, one for the outside)
• an 8″ square for the pocket.
• 1 yard of strap
• 1 buckle
• 1 ...

I may have registered my maple leaf log cabin quilt for my guild’s quilt show in September. Which means I actually have to finish it.

The top has been done for a year, but I haven’t quilted it because it is too large for the frame on the longarm I rent time on. There is a larger frame, but I’m not used to the machine and I think I will have better luck on my home machine. I have quilted a queen sized quilt on my Babylock, but it was a bear. So I took Quilting Big ...

With my oldest starting school in about a week, the tutorial find of the week, hits home.
I have to start packing a lunch for her!

So what better way to send her on her school way than with a cute, fun lunch bag, right?
Right.


So here are 12 + Lunch bag Tutorials

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Today I am sharing a quick Christmas in July project to make for all of those Christmas cards you will receive in a few months – Dear Santa Letter Tray!

This is a very basic fabric tray jazzed up with a fun cutout and some festive holiday fabric. The size is also large enough to accommodate those LARGE Christmas letters to Santa.

Materials needed:

• Two pieces of Christmas fabric measuring 12″ x 15″ (fabric is Dear Santa by Quilting Treasures)
• One piece of Heat n Bond Fusible Fleece measuring 12″ x 15″
• **Optional – Silhouette CAMEO machine and Heat Transfer ...

Here's the New Mexico Block for the American Made Brand Blog Tour: I made a chart to help with cutting, piecing, and organizing. I also made a chart in EQ7 that showed a bit more detail to help me envision fabric placement: It's not entirely accurate since I cut the top and bottom strips wider than the colored strips. We can print this photo and write in colors and measurements or use

Jamie Fingal of Twisted Sister did a guest post at Bernina’s We All Sew blog on using zippers to embellish art quilts. She first shows us how to use a single side as trim around a circle (Double Wedding Ring in photo) without the pull. She then explains her technique for inserting a complete zipper on the surface of her art quilt “Dressed Up”. Visit How to Use Zippers as Embellishments in Art Quilts and learn how to embellish your next quilt or sewing project.

Image credit: Bernina

Today I’m over on Skip to my Lou and sharing a quick tutorial on making a sling library bag.

It’s great for hands free shopping on the shelves, loading with good summer reading material, or just for outdoor playtime.

The bag is easy enough for a kid to sew….if they are just starting out and are a beginner sewer.

The front pocket is a little lower than the backside so it’s super easy to load and dig around in.  The back has interfacing to give it a bit more stability and not be such a floppy ...

About a month ago I made this block, most of the time figuring out how to cut and stitch its units. As you may see, my inspiration is still in the needle points world.
After I made a quick table runner from three test-blocks I set the problem aside because I had other deadlines on the horizon.
These days I brought it back. This second attempt to work on this patchwork block has been occasioned by the participation in a Round Robin which just started these days.
I made some research work to gather information about similar blocks. I found ...

This Pretty Posy mini quilt is made up of four 9 patch blocks. The quilt-y girls at Fresh Quilts share on their blog how to make it. Plus, they show us two ideas for larger quilts. Get the Pretty Posy quilt block tutorial and pattern.

Image credit: Sew Fresh Quilts