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Baby Stuff is the Best!

December 18, 2012

I had to share some of the baby samples I’ve been making for the Stitch and Sew Studio. As I mentioned previously, I’ll be planning parties and events including baby showers at the studio, hence these lovely samples!

I found the pattern for these adorable monster bibs via Pinterest. You can find the pattern here.
I made the pennant banner by loosely following my old pennant banner tutorial which can be found here. If you’re digging the fabric choice for both the bibs and banner, I mainly  used the Simply Color collection by V and Co for Moda.

Adorable, right? I told you…baby stuff is the BEST! I used Steam-a-Seam to applique the designs onto the onesies. You can also look through children’s books and trace some of the images of animals, etc. to get some other cute onesie design ideas.

And then of course there’s burp cloths which I adore making because they’re the perfect way to showcase some of your favorite fabric prints. For these I used fat quarters and trimmed them down slightly – I think they ended up measuring roughly 15×20 in. For the backing I used terry cloth.

Anyway, just a quick post to share some cute baby samples. 🙂 If you’re in the Seattle area and are wanting to plan a unique and crafty party or baby shower, check us out at the Stitch and Sew Studio!

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Fabric Wreaths

December 10, 2012
This project was super fun. I did it late last night while watching Homeland with my hubby. It’s refreshing working with fabric and not being stuck in front of a sewing machine for once. 🙂
We’re making these fabric wreaths at tomorrow’s Sew Crafty Project Night at the studio. If you happen to be in Seattle, you should come hang out. All supplies are included, just register here.  
It turned out lovely!
 
This is definitely a scrap buster! I used leftover jelly roll strips for these and cut them down to 6″x 2.5″ strips. I used this tutorial as a guide, but started with jelly roll strips as oppose to using honey bun strips. 

Happy Holiday crafting! 🙂

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‘Tis the Season to be crafty!

December 5, 2012

I’m at it again! A couple years ago I walked into an arts and crafts store to pick up a couple items only to walk out with a bag full of foam balls and everything BUT those two items. I love it when you suddenly get a cool idea and just go with it. Anyway, I came up with this fabric ornament tutorial and I’m finally doing it again, but this time Christmas-themed.

We’re starting to decorate the Stitch and Sew Studio for the holidays and we have a bunch of fun holiday classes coming up, including this fabric decoration class that I’ll be teaching. It’s been busy at the studio with people trying to finish projects before Christmas.

This picture makes me happy. I love seeing all this creative energy and people working away on fun projects – it’s an awesome and inspiring environment to be around!

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Fabric Wrapping Video Tutorials

December 1, 2012

Hey everyone! This is just a quick post to share with you a fabric wrapping video tutorial I did over at my friend Monica’s blog, Bursting the Seams blog a while back (update: her new blog is now http://itsjustsewing.com/). I did a series of five different tutorials on fabric wrapping techniques, including how to do a no-sew pillow sham wrap, wine bottle wrap, and a single and double-knot wrap. Enjoy!

  1. How to Measure your Fabric Before Wrapping

2. Single Knot Wrap:

3.  Double Knot Wrap:

4. No-Sew Pillow Sham:

5. Wine-Bottle Wrap:

This is my first video tutorial…it’s too funny, I even did my hair and makeup for it though my head is cut out, ha!  You can thank my hubby for the awesome filming job ;-p I’m so happy with how it turned out.

Here’s some images of the fabric wrapping we did over at the studio, and on the video tutorials. Simply beautiful.

 

I’ll be at the Seattle Urban Crafts Uprising tomorrow and Sunday (December 1st and 2nd) doing  demos at 12:00 and 1:00, respectively, on this fabric wrapping technique, so check it out if you’re in the area!

Happy wrapping!

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