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Sewing: Week Nine Tea and Lunch Napkins
Tea and lunch napkins. What makes them tea and lunch napkins? The size. Your traditional dinner napkin is around 18-20 inches. These ones are cut at 16 and finish around 15.5 inches. You could certainly use them for a more casual dinner, like tacos or lasagna, but not for something a bit more formal, like roasted lamb. Although, if you were in a pinch, a napkin is better than no napkin! The best part about these napkins is that they are up-cycled from two high…
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Sewing: Week Eight Men’s Zip-up Hoodie
Week Eight Men’s zip-up hoodie – the McCall’s pattern M6614 says it’s easy, yet I still find anything with a zipper a bit of a challenge. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not afraid or anything, it’s just I’m cautious and aware of the process. It’s still a little new to me even though I’ve probably used about 50 zippers in my almost 4 years of sewing. This hoodie is just awesome. My husband loves the bright colours – well, sometimes – and it fits well.…
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Sewing: Week Seven DIY Leggings
Week seven is DIY leggings for the 52 weeks of sewing. This tutorial is perfect for quick and easy leggings, yet it greatly depends on your fabric choice, so choose wisely. I used the same fabric from the tunic tutorial – I just won’t wear them together, that would be a fashion mess! To make the template pick your favourite leggings – I picked this lululemon pair of underwonders. They are soft and fitted, so perfect to make a my standard legging pattern. What You…
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Sewing: Week Six Valentine’s Day Placemats
Week six Valentine’s day placemats – just in time for the holiday of pink and red! These placemats are made for February 14, but the wonderful thing is, they don’t scream Valentine’s Day, so you can use them in the spring or whenever you’re in the mood for pink! So versatile, fun and pink. Okay, let’s get started. These finished Valentine’s day placemats will measure 15×15 and are the perfect size for a dinner plate and flatware. What You Need 6 pieces of fabric that…
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Sewing: Week Five Tunic with a Skinny Belt
Week Five Tunic with a skinny belt! This Butterick pattern, B5203 is simple and easy. It’s from the ‘see & sew’ collection and I’ve made it easier and better. The original pattern calls for bias tape and I feel as though that’s far too bulky on the neckline and armhole. It’s 5 layers of fabric – too chunky. So, I’ve come up with a different hem. I’m not too sure what it’s called, but I’m sure it’s called something – and I’m sure it’s not…
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Sewing: Week Four – Lunch Box Bag
Week four – lunch box bag! That’s right, week 4 of the 52 weeks of sewing. This bag is perfect to carry my lunch to work – far better than the lulu bag I’ve been using. Although, it was great, this one has a bit more room for the containers I use to pack my lunch. It’s wonderful. I’ll share with you my measurements, yet you might want to make one based on your lunch containers. Regardless of your measurements, this tutorial is great. Okay,…
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Sewing: Week Three – Magazine Bag
Sewing week three – magazine bag. Time for a quick little project. I love to travel and road trips are the best. Having a good stack of magazines is key and this little bag holds about 6 – the main reason for this bag? To get those magazines out of my purse which is heavy enough already! Okay, let’s sew up. What You Need 1 piece of fabric 28 inches long, 14 inches wide 1 piece of wide webbing (1.5 wide) and 32 inches long…
