Card Condo sew-along tomorrow with Quick Quilts Saturday

A little birdie tells me that the project tomorrow (May 17, 2014) at Quick Quilts Saturday is my Card Condo. How cool is that!! I was super excited when I heard the news! The Card Condo is kind of like an fabric organizer book. Each “page” has pockets to organize receipts and loyalty cards and other paper whatnot that collects in our wallets. The design was a request from my mother-in-law, who I’ve decided is a very smart woman. I’ve been using my Card Condo for several years now. Every time I pull it out, I have people oohing and ahhing and asking where to get one.

You can join up with the sew-along with Quick Quilts Saturday. They’re a private Facebook group, but anyone can join. I can’t wait to see all the Card Condos that get made!! I just saw the one they made in purple as their Facebook page header. Sooo pretty!!!

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I’m always tempted by the pretty velvets at the fabric store. So much texture! And the way the fibers catch the light! But sewing on velvet is trickier than you’d think. That nap that lends beautiful texture also likes to slip and crawl. That nap can also spell disaster if you cut a piece the wrong direction. That isn’t to say you shouldn’t use buy that velvet and sew it into something gorgeous, you just need to go into your velvet sewing project prepared. And Melissa at Melly Sews has a post that takes you step by step through sewing on velvet.

Velvet is such a luscious fabric, especially for winter sewing projects. Of course there are velvet Christmas sewing projects – stockings, tree skirts, santa hats – but velvet is beautiful for all winter. Think of all the gorgeous velvet dresses, evening bags, hair accessories, even pillows and other home décor that you see all winter long.

Melly Sews’ post gives you the tips and tricks you need to know in order for your velvet sewing project to end up a success. There are types of projects better suited for velvets, and kinds of projects to avoid. She describes the different types of velvet available. And she also tells the best way to lay out and cut your pattern pieces from velvet fabric. Her tutorial also covers marking, pressing, and of course sewing that beautiful fabric. There’s also a video included in case that’s your preferred method for learning.

Head over to Melly Sews to learn how to sew on velvet fabric.

And if you want to learn more about that lovely blue velvet dress shown, she has a post that tells more about it including 2 ways to style it depending on if you want to be more dressy or more casual.

[photo credit: Melly Sews]

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