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Sunday, November 16, 2014
Make it Monday!
Welcome back to another Make it Monday! I can't wait to see what you've been working on~
First up, if you want to see if you're project from last week was featured, jump over to Donna's to see which links she chose.
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First up, if you want to see if you're project from last week was featured, jump over to Donna's to see which links she chose.
Friday, November 14, 2014
10 Minute Bolster Cushion
I've been very busy this week, doing what I'm not really sure, but busy nevertheless. So you know what that means....time for a quickie craft!
If you want to update your cushions just for the holidays this is the fastest way to do it~
Here's what you need:
Materials:
-an old (and ugly) bolster cushion or a plain uncovered pillow form
-small fringed rug (from the dollar store)
-heavy duty upholstery thread, large needle, scissors
Steps:
1) Make sure that your little rug will wrap around your bolster, overlapping, and has some overhang at each end. Simply wrap it around your cushion.
2) Scrunch up the end, there is no method to this, just scrunch it up so that you can't see the end of the cushion inside. Then just hand stitch with heavy duty thread. My thread doesn't even match and it still worked just fine~
Repeat on the other end.
Tah dah! You are done! In the time it took you to read this tutorial you could be half-way finished.
I've actually been looking for a cute multi-coloured rug to use for this project for months, but this is the closest thing I've found so I went for it. If you grow tired of the look or just happen to be in need of a little rug in the future you can easily snip the hand stitches and reuse both the cushion and the rug.
I'm off to start my Christmas crafting for the weekend! Have you started yet? Leave a comment below~
If you want to update your cushions just for the holidays this is the fastest way to do it~
Here's what you need:
-an old (and ugly) bolster cushion or a plain uncovered pillow form
-small fringed rug (from the dollar store)
-heavy duty upholstery thread, large needle, scissors
Steps:
1) Make sure that your little rug will wrap around your bolster, overlapping, and has some overhang at each end. Simply wrap it around your cushion.
2) Scrunch up the end, there is no method to this, just scrunch it up so that you can't see the end of the cushion inside. Then just hand stitch with heavy duty thread. My thread doesn't even match and it still worked just fine~
Repeat on the other end.
Tah dah! You are done! In the time it took you to read this tutorial you could be half-way finished.
I've actually been looking for a cute multi-coloured rug to use for this project for months, but this is the closest thing I've found so I went for it. If you grow tired of the look or just happen to be in need of a little rug in the future you can easily snip the hand stitches and reuse both the cushion and the rug.
I'm off to start my Christmas crafting for the weekend! Have you started yet? Leave a comment below~
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Girls Jumper
When fall rolls around I usually get the urge to sew. And when I don't feel like starting a big project for myself I like to whip up a cute little something for my niece or nephew.
I used Simplicity 5284, which is an old pattern from 2003. But I think they've reissued it because I found it on the Simplicity website HERE.
This is a super versatile pattern with a jacket, jumper, pants, and even a little back pack. I can't even count how many times I've used it for both my niece and nephew.
This is the back closure, which may not be the easiest for tiny fingers to figure out, but hopefully her mom will be close by to button my niece in.
I thought long and hard about matching the pattern on the pocket. In the end, I figured why have a pocket if it's just going to blend in, you should be able to see it! So I offset the argyle print.
Do you recognize the fabric? It's a magical bolt of fabric I got from the bargain bin, it never ends! I keep making things with it and there's always more!
What's your 'go to' pattern for kids clothes? Leave a comment below~
I used Simplicity 5284, which is an old pattern from 2003. But I think they've reissued it because I found it on the Simplicity website HERE.
This is a super versatile pattern with a jacket, jumper, pants, and even a little back pack. I can't even count how many times I've used it for both my niece and nephew.
This is the back closure, which may not be the easiest for tiny fingers to figure out, but hopefully her mom will be close by to button my niece in.
I thought long and hard about matching the pattern on the pocket. In the end, I figured why have a pocket if it's just going to blend in, you should be able to see it! So I offset the argyle print.
Do you recognize the fabric? It's a magical bolt of fabric I got from the bargain bin, it never ends! I keep making things with it and there's always more!
What's your 'go to' pattern for kids clothes? Leave a comment below~
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Make it Monday!
Welcome back to another Make it Monday party! There were so many great links last week. It was hard to pick features but here they are:
1. Repurposed Cake Tins from The Thrifty Rebel / 2. Faux Lavender from Purple Hues and Me
3. Chalkboard Christmas Countdown from So Much to Make / 4. Poncho from AnaSimpleCrochet
Now onto this week's party!
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Thanks for partying with us!
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3. Chalkboard Christmas Countdown from So Much to Make / 4. Poncho from AnaSimpleCrochet
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