Yesterday I gave you the cutting instructions for the little button quilt. We’ll be using buttons from the bottle o’ buttons blue collection. Now, let’s start sewing! For each block 1 you’ll need 1 – 1½” square from fabric 1 2 – 1″ x 1½” and 2 – 1″ x…
I recently received these ‘Bottle o’ Buttons’ jars. What fun! Little jars of color-coordinated buttons just waiting to be used for some quick and easy projects. Button blankets have been around for hundreds of years. A button blanket is a wool blanket embellished with mother-of-pearl buttons, created by Northwest Coastal tribes in North America,…
Yesterday I looked at 3 east steps to perfect couching and today I’m going to add onto those with 2 more tips you should know for perfect couching. Bonus Tip #1 Sewing machines have become very streamlined and sleek in their looks with no extra pieces sticking up on top…
Yesterday, we made a 36 inch square quilt and quilted the whole square quilt sandwich with simple straight lines. Today, I’ll show you how a quilt becomes a storage bag. Cut four binding strips, 2 inches by 42 inches. Bind the edges. Press the edges. Lay the quilt in a…
Quilted case closed, bring on the sun, indeed! Today, we finish up the quilted sunglasses case with a blend of sewing and gluing. As much as I love needle and thread, I feel they have some limitations. That’s when I go looking for Unique No Sew Fabric Glue – a…