Making Things that are Easy and Quick Everything I do is not always sewing as you could see from my Polar Fleece edging blog. Now I am sewing today, but I am planning a room divider. I really don't lift heavy things, but I have a doorway that is just a hole to under the stairs where I store things. I want to put a room divider there. A. I can't find anything I like. B. They are probably heavy. So I am going to put random pieces of cardboard together to the size I want and then cover it with Library fabric that looks like books on shelves. This has been something I have been searching for and have not been able to find for a month or two. So I decided to make one. Sew, I am posting a picture of the divider I fashioned. It is actually attached to a hanger so that it can be rotated to go into the storage space under the stair. There is no electrical light, so I managed to find some motion detector lights on amazon that I could stick on the sides and under a stair back a
Future Sewalong Blogs.... Slight Delay- Nice camera fell in the lake 1. How to make a simple pillow with zipper. 2. How to make a simple quilt or wall hanging. 3. How to make simple placemats with applique. For a thorough class on how to sew from the beginner check out the classes on https://gstreetfabrics.com/ Go to the stores website and click on the banner where it says CLASSES Tote Bag- Money Bag Taking you through the steps so you can make one too. Any fabric will do. This was just a small piece I had laying there. You can make your bags larger or smaller. You can put a zipper in the top so it zips close. I will take you through the steps of that at another time. I am just going to post some simple things to get you rolling. I love my tote bags. On these two, I only have one strap which is adjustable with D-rings. Actually, today I am using it to go take the laundry out to wash... Tomorrow it may be Grocery Bag and the next day maybe a Fabric Bag. Can never
More Intermediate sewing on https://www.sewmorewithkitty.com This is the method where you slip the fringe through the top of itself. THIS IS NOT QUICK!. Easy you can do while watching a movie. I used this template purchased at GSTREETFABRICS where I work a few days a week. One piece of patterned fleece one piece of solid fleece the same size and a rotary cutter and this template. You also need a self-healing matt so you don't cut through to your table or bedspread etc. You can see here I have a folded cardboard tabletop with a self-healing mat and then the two fabrics I am cutting. First lay your two fabrics on top of each other and make sure they are cut to the same size. Second cut out a five inch square corner on all for corners Cut out the corners out in this case 5 " Cut the Strips 1 1/2 wide or 3 slots in Fringe cutter 5" in Poke a hole with your Seam ripper slightly elongated to allow to pull the corner through. In this case I made the fringe strips 1 1
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