It's National Sunglasses Day - Make a Snappy Bag for your Sunglasses

Happy National Sunglasses Day.

June 27, 2017

Be super cool and wear those shades to protect your eyes from UV rays.

Why not celebrate by stitching up an adorable super soft snap bag to keep those sunglasses scratch free?

Today the full tutorial for this Boston Terrier sunglass case

is over on the 

Thermoweb Blog.

I designed this for a very special friend who loves Boston Terriers, but this case would be great for anyone.  What's more cool that a dog with sunglasses?  

You with sunglasses!

Need more ways to celebrate?

Head over to the Thermoweb Instagram page.  

They are giving away a 30 dollar gift card to celebrate.

Who couldn't use 30 dollars of Thermoweb goodness?

Enter by sharing a photo of your sunglasses and tagging #thermoweb in your instagram post.

Then make this super sweet sunglasses case.

The sunglasses shine with Deco Foil!

Want the details?

You can download the PDF pattern from my Craftsy pattern store HERE.

or

click on this button.

Don't forget to celebrate #NationalSunglassesDay by posting a #SunglassSelfie in your favorite sunnies to social media.  

Friday Finish - Being Prepared

It never hurts to be prepared.

You never know when you will be invited to a

 baby shower

or

 gender reveal party.

Whether it's a boy or a girl I like to show up with a gift.

Some say not to bring a gift to gender reveal parties, but I like to share my craft

and

if I can make a sweet little quilt top in an afternoon

I AM going to take a gift.

So here is the Friday finish for this week.

Two quilt tops ready to be quilted (lots of yummy negative space)

and

gifted.

Whether it's a boy

or a girl

I am prepared.

The pattern will be available once the quilts are finished

and then

you can be prepared too!

Girl Charlee Fabric Summer Dress Thanks to HeatNBond Soft Stretch

ThermOWeb has a new product that has made me start sewing clothing again.
 It's just like my favorite applique fusible adhesive,
HeatNBond Lite,
 but it stretches. 

 It's called
HeatNBond Soft Stretch
and
 it's perfect for cotton knit, minky fabric, fleece fabric, or any fabric that has stretch.

 I hadn't made myself clothing for years, but when they asked if I would be interested in making a clothing item for
 Fashion Friday on the ThermOWeb blog 
I couldn't say no.

Now I'm ready to make more.

HeatNBond Soft Stretch is available in a roll or in a narrow hemming strip.

The fabric for this dress is from Girl Charlee.
 It's a high quality knit fabric and is much easier to sew with than a lot of knits
 and
 it is sooooo soft. 

If you would like the details about how this dress was made from
 making the pattern
 to 
 finishing the hems and neckline with
HeatNBond Soft Stretch,

I'm over on the ThermOWeb Blog today.

Don't you just love summer dresses?
  I could wear one everyday in the summer for sure.

And that's my Friday finish. 
 Although this dress is so easy, I could make 2 today....

Ruffled Flower Pillow Covers - Testing Your Own Pattern

Today I am revisiting a project from a couple of months ago.

These pillow covers were created for a tutorial for Thermoweb

and a 

spring quilt market display for Anna Griffin Fabric.

The pattern has been very popular in my Craftsy shop, but I never dreamed how much my friends here at home would love them.  

So, I hunted down more fabric on Esty from 2 great shops:

RebsFabStash and SewStitchingHappy

and 

today I have completed 2 more pillow covers.

I had to follow my own pattern and was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to understand.  As I write patterns, sometimes I'm not sure it makes sense or is coming across as I want it to.

If you want to make these pillow covers try out this pattern.

I tested it more than once and it's not bad.  lol

Sew yourself a ruffled flower pillow cover to dress up your front porch or, as my friend, give these as a gift for a bedding set.

They are super soft because you use 

HeatNBond Fusible Fleece 

in the ruffle to create dimension and softness.

The ruffles in these large blooms are super simple with the technique in the pattern.

The full tutorial is on the ThermOWeb blog click - Here

and

You can download the PDF pattern from my Craftsy pattern store HERE.

or

click on this button.

Choose a couple of coordinating prints and sew up some pretty pillows!

Now I only have 2 more to make....

Have a happy weekend!