An inexpensive but effective fabric marking tool

May 19, 2015 by Anne Weaver 1 Comment

Fabric marking pens are expensive, y’all. At least the ones you find on the notions wall at the fabric store. Lauren from Pattern Workshop and Baste and Gather shares her fabric marking pen find. They’re inexpensive, widely available, and come in a range of colors. The ink doesn’t disappear with exposure to air or a hot iron, but they do wash out easily.

Want to know what they are? Click the link below to go to her post to find out:

The Best Fabric Marking Tool for Garment Sewing, by Baste and Gather

[photo from Baste and Gather]

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Peta says
May 20, 2015 at 4:21 pm
Best discovery I ever made. So cheap (I think I paid $6.00 dollars for the set) and considering what washable markers are at a craft shop. No contest. Crayola also have a battery powered LED light box at Target, Australia, for the grand price of $29.00 AUS. I ran all the same tests with the markers and got exactly the same results. Also I will go hunting in hardware shops for other craft Items. It’s probably where the craft company get their ideas any way. E.G. Magnetised extendable arm gadget for picking up screws lost in an engine etc. $50.00 craft shop/$13.00 Bunnings. great for picking up pins, needles and sewing machine feet in those nasty, inaccessible places. Also natural bristle basting brush. Paint department. Last but not least brush used with chalk paint. Paint department again and at a loss less cost. Give it a try.
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DIY Kids Gingerbread House Bag with Free Pattern

I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

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