This post originally appeared on the Riley Blake Designs Blog, Cutting Corners College. Pinwheels are the epitome of summer, aren’t they? And they are such an easy quilter’s staple. Even if you’ve never quilted before, you can make pinwheels without needing advanced sewing skills. Check out this Pinwheel Pillow Tutorial! Here’s What You Need: From…
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Three Winners of Applique Away!!!
I apologize that this post has taken me a few days to get up…busy busy me! Thanks to everyone who voted in the Applique Away! contest, and thank you to everyone who participated! It was fun for me, and a great first contest I think. I will be having contests every few months to keep…
Finalists of Applique Away!!!
Before I announce the finalists, I want to specially thank Natasha, from Skye Reve Fabrics, for sponsoring this contest. I’m pretty sure that I wouldn’t have gotten nearly as many entries to this contest without her prizes! I hope that you have all visited her shop and maybe purchased some of her beautiful fabrics. I…
Only three more days!
How are your projects for coming along? Here’s mine… (don’t worry I’m not actually entering my own contest. Then I’d have to just make stuff for myself! Actually, that would be kind of nice…) I know…everything I do seems to be owls. Well, I give the people what they want! I made this for…
Applique Pillow with Piping Tutorial
So you know how to applique and you know how to make a pillow. Do you know how to do piping? (yes? Okay…just humor me.) Supplies: Applique Fabric for pillow Fabric for piping (fat quarter) Pillow form or stuffing Cording To do a name, I printed out the name from my computer in a ginormous…
Get Ready for this…
Okay you remember how it’s National Sewing Month? And you know how sewing projects are super awesome? And you remember how I just barely did an Applique tutorial? And you know how winning prizes is completely amazing? I am combing all of these elements to bring you… You are all invited to make an appliqued…
Stacked Applique Tutorial & Happy Sewing Month!
Enter the Mama Stellato Giveaway HERE ******************* Happy Sewing Month! I was going to write a fun historical fact about sewing, but nothing was really all that…fun. Sewing? Awesome. History of sewing? Snooze-fest. But I’m planning some fun stuff for you all in honor of National Sewing Month, so get excited! And if you’re at…
GUKUC?
So the “Great Ugly Knit Upcycle Challenge” ended last Sunday. I knew I wanted to do something so I cut up a few old ill-fitting t-shirts. But there they sat, in a cluttery pile on my table, for days just taunting me “You’ll never think of something cool to do with us!” But I sure…
Fifth J Creations
One of my favorite parts of these Etsy interviews is finding out about the person behind the craft. I love hearing what inspires others and how they came to discover their talents. Jeanie, from FifthJ Creations, is a woman after my own appliqued heart. She has some beautiful appliques done on various home items…
Applique Much?
Still time to enter the Niandra giveaway! It needs some love, so please leave some comments! *********************** Applique: A very simple art. I truly believe anyone with a sewing machine (heck, even without one) can do this. The funnest part for me is designing the applique itself, along with deciding which fabrics to use. However,…
Like, Yaar!
I love doing custom appliques for people because sometimes they are things that I would never have thought of myself. Like this “Pink Pirate” applique that one customer purchased with the pink tutu and brown leggings…it turned out so cute. It was for her daughter’s Pink Pirate themed birthday party. I wanted to make something…
