Today we have a special treat for our month long CHRISTMAS IN JULY event. My dear friend Susan [@thefeltedpear] is here to share some of the cutest little crafted pillows I have ever seen! I guess I would officially put this in our CRAFTING CATEGORY [if you remember we are SEWING, CRAFTING and STITCHING our way through the month of July] although one could easily argue that it is both SEWING & CRAFTING. Susan is using little bits of our RENAISSANCE RIBBONS in some amazingly creative ways. If Susan’s creativity has inspired you and you are interested in…
Hello BLOCKHEADS! I am sitting this year out in terms of making all of the blocks each week but have really been enjoying watching you all create some beautiful designs over the last few weeks. Today is my official day with the block titled the BELLISSIMO STAR! Its a doozy but the pieces are nice and big so you should be all good. The block combines half-square triangles, flying geese, and quarter-square triangles to create a design that can be created in SO MANY different ways. Each time I looked at it, I saw something a bit different…
I am in love with the nostalgic, holiday feel of this CHRISTMAS VILLAGE BORDER print in my newest Christmas Collection, BUON NATALE. Honestly, I want to decorate everything with it. We are making table and bed runners, mantle runners, Santa bags, long pillows, tablecloths, skirts, kitchen towels & aprons. The print is a bit addictive and once you start, its kinda hard to stop making all the things! Here it is in the 3 options… …… This simple runner pattern utilizes the border print in either red or green and uses the center leftover fabric for the blocks…
As a reminder this is our first WEEKLY RECAP summary. Please feel free to look back on any of the posts for more detail if you missed them the first time around. In case this is your first time hearing about our month long CHRISTMAS IN JULY festivities, you can visit THIS BLOG POST for a great overview of what’s in store this month. Again, we will be breaking down all of our goodies into these three categories each week… SEWING, STITCHING and CRAFTING so that everyone can figure out what exactly it is they would like to…
Welcome back to CHRISTMAS IN JULY… our month long celebration of sewing! Today’s fun idea and free tutorial comes to you from my Figgy Friend, Lacey [@laceypoirier]. It is in the SEWING CATEGORY for those of you looking for new and interesting ways to use our VILLAGE BORDER PRINT or any of the BUON NATALE prints, really, if you can’t get your hands on the village print. …… SUPPLIES FOR THE ADVENT CALENDAR MATERIALS LIST: OTHER EMBELLISHMENTS USED: …… TUTORIAL HOW TO …… FOR HANGING There are several options for hanging your…