Tutorials
Tips for sewing large prints, fixing problems with a pattern, making a muslin
Tutorial at From My Carolina Home Blog
- Tutorial - Use Directional Prints Non-directionally
Use up every bit of that cute fabric in your stash Tutorial at From My Carolina Home Blog "There was enough of the Winnie the Pooh print for another charity quilt, but this time I wanted to make the directional aspect of the print not matter. The...
- Tutorial - How To Match Prints On A Quilt Back
Match up prints when piecing a quilt back so that the seam is almost invisible Tutorial at Super Mom - No Cape Blog "Last week on my work in progress post, I showed the back that I’d pieced for my Forest Friends quilt. Today I’ll share...
- Tutorial - How To Make A Summer Jumpsuit
Pattern would work nicely with any knit, or a light-weight woven fabric Tutorial at What's Mummy Up To Blog "I bought some cute knits last winter like the ones I used here and here. Then, over this summer I have seen a huge range of these knit...
- Tutorial - How To Make A 3-d Paper Flower
Use finished flower on cards, gift wrap, scrapbook pages, etc. Tutorial at Craft Concoction Blog "I saw this technique on Stamplorations once...its called Paper Tole... It is a way to make prints appear 3-D...works best with flowers... So hop on for...
- Tip - How To Get Large Prints Cheaply
Good to Know Large Prints Cheap Tutorial at Measured by the Heart Blog "I have seen this around the blogosphere quite a bit so you might have already seen this tip. But in case you haven’t, it is too good not to share. I love to decorate with...
Tutorials
Tutorial - How to Sew A Rayon Challis Top
Tutorial at From My Carolina Home Blog
"What is it with fashion designers these days? Go into the stores looking for a pretty spring print and all you find are ugly prints and the ever present solid colors. Is the concept of florals for spring so clichéd that no one will do them? But, but… that is what I want now, planting flowers in pots and pretty floral prints to wear. Even Macy’s let me down, and that doesn’t often happen. I am sick of solid, color blocking and I need something else to wear to work. So, back to the fabric stash to finally sew up at least one of the rayon challis prints I have been hoarding for no good reason".... Read more
- Tutorial - Use Directional Prints Non-directionally
Use up every bit of that cute fabric in your stash Tutorial at From My Carolina Home Blog "There was enough of the Winnie the Pooh print for another charity quilt, but this time I wanted to make the directional aspect of the print not matter. The...
- Tutorial - How To Match Prints On A Quilt Back
Match up prints when piecing a quilt back so that the seam is almost invisible Tutorial at Super Mom - No Cape Blog "Last week on my work in progress post, I showed the back that I’d pieced for my Forest Friends quilt. Today I’ll share...
- Tutorial - How To Make A Summer Jumpsuit
Pattern would work nicely with any knit, or a light-weight woven fabric Tutorial at What's Mummy Up To Blog "I bought some cute knits last winter like the ones I used here and here. Then, over this summer I have seen a huge range of these knit...
- Tutorial - How To Make A 3-d Paper Flower
Use finished flower on cards, gift wrap, scrapbook pages, etc. Tutorial at Craft Concoction Blog "I saw this technique on Stamplorations once...its called Paper Tole... It is a way to make prints appear 3-D...works best with flowers... So hop on for...
- Tip - How To Get Large Prints Cheaply
Good to Know Large Prints Cheap Tutorial at Measured by the Heart Blog "I have seen this around the blogosphere quite a bit so you might have already seen this tip. But in case you haven’t, it is too good not to share. I love to decorate with...