One year I gathered some friends together for a Sew Day at my house and we each made a cute Heart Garland for Valentine's day. It's easy to make and very beginner friendly. Maybe you want to gather your friends together for a Sew Day and make a Valentine Heart Garland too...
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The center panel was originally designed as a way to show off my favorite floral fabrics. The flowers in the shape of “subway tiles” made me think of a brick wall with flowers climbing up. The pattern includes options to sew the "Tiles" onto the center panel or use you can choose just one fabric and add some quilting. You could also substitute a 11’’ x 17’’ mini quilt of your own design or for the center panels. So many design possibilities, you'll want to make more than one.
5 Fat Quarters (or ¼ yard each) of different prints for the Tiles on the Exterior Front Panel
1/2 yd - Exterior Front Panel & Exterior Side Pocket Lining - Choose a Solid for the “Tiled” front panel or print for a plain quilted panel.
2/3 yd - Exterior Side Panels & Handles - solid or tone on tone fabric
1/2 yd - Exterior Side Pockets, Zipper pocket, & Interior pocket trim - coordinating solid
1/2 yd - Lining - coordinating print
1/2 yd - Interior Pockets & Exterior Side Pocket Trim - coordinating print
1 yd Polyester Felt by the bolt (at least 56’’ wide) or fusible fleece (Pellon 987f)
1 1/4 yd (20’’ wide) medium weight fusible woven interfacing - such as Shapeflex
28 inches of 1’’ wide elastic
1 zipper 7’’ or longer
3/4’’ Magnetic snap
2 safety pins or bodkins
Thin piece of stiff plastic for magnetic snap reinforcement (See General Notes)
Turning tool (if making Tiles)
Fabric Marking pen
Rotary cutter, mat, & ruler
Binding Clips
Walking foot, optional for quilting and sewing the multiple layers together more easily
Seam Guide for quilting, optional
Glue Stick, optional
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| The side pockets are my favorite part! |
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| Sewn by Odette Dubuc |
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| See the full Reel on Instagram @betsybubblegum |
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| Sewn By Betsy Naragon |
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| Sewn by Betsy Naragon |
Hello Sewing friends! It's no secret that I love making bags and today I'm going to share with you how to make an easy reusable gift bag. The Holidays are upon us and sometimes I don't have time to make something special for everyone but I still like to give a gift with a touch of handmade. Stuff these easy to sew bags with a package of baked goods, candy bars, lotion, a cozy scarf, or some fun socks and you'll have the perfect gift for a best friend, neighbor, or teacher. (Mine are holding a package of store bought cookies). Come learn how to make them!
Happy Halloween sewing friends! I hope you are looking forward to some spooky fun tonight. I finished my sons Black Panther costume and got to take some pictures yesterday and today I'm telling all about my crazy adventure trying to figure out how to make this epic costume. Keep reading to see how I pulled this off as well as some very important lessons I learned along the way.
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