Have you ever heard of a Fidget Quilt? They are lap quilts, the size of oversized placemats, with different textures to feel, and things to open and close to keep hands busy. Our local quilt club is doing them for a couple of local facilities. These are really easy, I made both of these in …
Tag: Sewing
Sewing Rayon Lounge Top Nightshirt
This tutorial is the companion to the lounge pants in the previous post, using the same rayon fabric. Click on Rayon Lounge Pants for that tutorial. Cutting out the rayon uses the same principles of not stretching the fabric, and using pattern weights helps. For the top, I have a favorite nightshirt that I wanted …
Sewing Rayon Pants with Perfect Fitting
I have several yards of lovely rayon fabric that I wanted to sew into night wear and lounge wear. Rayon is wonderful to wear, and not difficult to sew (with a couple of tricks). Serging is perfect for this fabric. The first tip is to place pattern weights on the portion of the fabric that …
Port Softies for Chemotherapy Patients
This project was a collaboration of several people in my local quilt club. It was inspired by my friend and fellow quilter, Nancy Fish, and her need for a cushion to cover her port from the seat belt while riding in a car. She found a quilted cover online, and the group began to make …
A Chicken Project
I am a member of a longarm quilter group locally that has both professional and amateur members. To promote the Carolina Mountain Longarm Association, hopefully find new members, and let quilters know about our professional members, we are making gifts for participants at an upcoming show. We started with some 4-1/2 inch squares, felt beaks …
Quick Method Pants Hemming
If you have a serger, you have a head start on doing alterations. It isn't just for sewing knits, you can do all kinds of finishing work and help with mundane tasks. Almost every pair of pants I purchase is too long, so I have to hem them up. I found two pairs in my …
Grow Your Blog Event 2015
Hi, I'm so glad you stopped by! Thank you for coming to see what my blog offers. In a word, much! But first, I want to thank Vicki at 2 Bags Full for hosting this blog hop party. And I want to thank my regular readers for all their support over the past year. I …
Christmas Candle Wrapper
This cute candle wrapper is so fast and easy! I made it to dress up those wonderful candles that come in jars. This size will fit the large jar, and is not as tall as the jar edge, so there is no danger of it catching fire. It goes together in under an hour, so …
Christmas Hexagonal Table Topper
This is a really fast and very easy table topper to whip up for tomorrow’s open house or that last minute gift. All you need are 5 coordinating fabrics, just a few strips of each one. I have seen this done with all the same size strips, but I think it has a little more …
Sewing Chatelaine
This chatelaine is so easy to make with grosgrain ribbon, a couple of rings, a bit of stitch witchery and an afternoon of fun sewing. I took a little longer with mine because I like to embellish things. I actually made this a long time ago, but now I have a blog to share it. …
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