Appliquéis the process of sewing a smaller piece of fabric onto the surface of another fabric, either using a sewing machine or byhand. Until now, you may have been under the impression that theonlyreason tofussy cutfabric was forappliqué. This is because using afussy cutpiece of fabric ...
For the next group, I decided to use fabric from the same sheet as my fussy cut square. It has a white background and an open, airy design that contrasts nicely with the solid yellow fabric. Here you can see I am measuring ½” from the center point. This is where I pin the ...
Even with so many ready made blankets available, sometimes it makes more sense to make one. This is especially true if you are trying to cater to a child’s interests, like I did when making theseHarry Potter weighted blankets. This tutorial can be used to make weighted blankets to sell...
If you are working with center squares larger than 6", you will need to increase the size of your borders to that it is proportional to the size of the center square. Fussy Cut your fabric into squares. Fussy cutting simply means cutting a specific “scene” out of your fabric versus ju...
You will want to pay extra attention to the pattern repeat on your fabric and make sure each border strip is cut from the exact same section. Keep in mind you'll need extra yardage to accommodate the fussy cutting of the border strips. A smaller repeat will be require less extra fabric,...
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I find it helps to use a bit of fabric glue (and a toothpick) to hold securely in place—this seems like a fussy step but it keeps things nice and neat while you sew. I put straight pins in to hold the fabric once it is rolled over and then slide the toothpick with glue on it...
Appliquéis the process of sewing a smaller piece of fabric onto the surface of another fabric, either using a sewing machine or byhand. Until now, you may have been under the impression that theonlyreason tofussy cutfabric was forappliqué. This is because using afussy cutpiece of fabric ...
For this block, I chose to use my darker fabric as the plus and my lighter fabric as the pinwheels. That way, the pinwheels blend into the background a bit, and the plus is able to come to the front when you look at the block. For the center square, I fussy cut one of the ...
I designed this Apron to coordinate well withmy Ruby Lou Bag sewing pattern.There are lots of cute illustrations in designer fabric collections to fussy cut for the pocket of the bag. The small pocket at the top of the Apron is the same as the sweet little one on the kid’s purse. ...