Customize Your Sewing and Crafts with Brother ScanNCut DX SDX85

If you’re wondering what Santa should bring you this year, how about a new cutting machine?

Brother International Corporation announces the newest addition to their ScanNCut line – the DX SDX85. What makes the ScanNCut unique is that it’s the only cutting machine with a built-in scanner, allowing you to scan in your own drawings and then easily have the machine cut them from fabric, paper, or other materials up to 3mm thick.

Use the ScanNCut to customize your sewing and craft projects! For example, this applique sweatshirt is super cute and perfect to wear on the cool winter days. The leopoard print applique is made from a printed leather for added dimension and interest.

Or this winter scarf is super cute! The scarf is easy to sew, and then you can personalize it with a heat transfer vinyl design.

And for paper crafting, this Christmas wreath is absolutely gorgeous! There is no way I’d be able to cut all those shapes by hand, but the ScanNCut can do that part for you.

Key features include:

Blade Sensor Technology – true Auto Blade detects the thickness of material with no blade adjustment or material selection required
Cuts materials (like foam and felt) up to 0.1″ (3mm) thick[1]
Whisper-quiet cutting
47″ LCD touchscreen display to preview and edit designs
Advanced editing with CanvasWorkspace allows the user to create, edit, and send cut data to and from the machine
Wireless network-ready
Up to 600 DPI on the Scan to USB function will turn scanned images into unique one-of-a-kind cut designs and patterns
251 built-in designs patterns are ready to craft right out-of-the-box, and includes quilt patterns and lettering fonts
Allows user to connect to machine wirelessly with a phone, device, or computer via Wi-Fi network
Accommodates 12” x 12” and 12” x 24” cutting mats and 12” x 12” scanning mats
Reads SVG files
Available in vibrant lime green color

Learn more about the Scan N Cut here.

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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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