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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It doesn’t matter whether you sew by hand or by machine, you need a pincushion. You need a spot to parks pins and needles and keep them within easy reach for when you need them again. There are a lot of styles of pincushion to choose from. Some magnetic, some fabric. Some cute, some purely functional. This “little bit extra” pincushion has a spot to store all the different types of pins and needles you might need while sewing. Polka Dot Chair has a free sewing pattern you can use to make one for yourself.

This handy little pincushion has a circular shape and is divided into sections to store different types of pins. The bottom section is for your regular straight pins. Just poke them in and they’re ready for when you need them. The top has one section with a felt flap perfect for holding your sewing needles. I don’t know about you but I don’t like mixing my hand sewing needles in with my pins on a pincushion. It makes it hard to find the needle when I want it. So having a separate section for the needles is a great idea.

This “little bit extra” pincushion also has a spot to hold a few fabric clips. Fabric clips have become popular alternatives to a traditional straight pin. They hold fabric pieces together without piercing the fabric, which is important when sewing leather, vinyl, or other materials that will show permanent holes from pins.

You can sew the “little bit extra” pincushion from large fabric scraps or small fabric cuts (fat eighth). You probably already have all the supplies you need to sew one in your sewing supplies already.

Get the free pattern for this “little bit extra” pincushion over at Polka Dot Chair.

[photo credit: Polka Dot Chair]

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