Patterns, Techniques, Articles, Blogs, and other resources to learn how to sew
Go check out my review of the Silhouette rhinestone starter kit. Read down to the bototm, then grab the coupon code for a Silhouette SD & Rhinestone Starter Kit bundle. And be sure to enter the giveaway there – Silhouette is giving away a Silhouette and Rhinestone Starter Kit to one lucky Craft Gossip reader.
Go there now for the review, the specials, and to get yourself entered in the giveaway. (Deadline for the special and to enter the giveaway is April 26, 2011.)
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]
AHHHHH!!! OMG, I have one of these on my amazon wishlist!! This would be SOO amazing!!
As I’ve gotten older I started to add bling into my wardrobe and this machine would do the job. I just love it. I would love to win it:0)
I would love to have this for my granddaughters, they are at the age that they love all the bling. It would be a great thing for them to learn and be creative.
I would love to win this bling machine. thanks for offering it as a give away.
I would love to bling a holiday tablecloth.
What a wonderful giveaway.
I am not a sewer — I don’t even have a sewing machine! The Silhouette would give me SO many new opportunities for SO many new ideas and crafts. It’s never to early to start on Christmas gifts — those that are homemade are so much more personal and are giving yourself to your love ones. Plus they answer my “poorness” that prohibit so many gifts.
This is so awesome!! Who know that you could do this too, not me. I would so love to own a Silhouette digital cutter I have been looking at them for a while now. Thanks for the give away…could I be so luck!!
My mother and I just started up a business where we created stationary using old hymns where people could send to someone to give them encouragment or uplift someone. Also, my daughter should be finishing her cultinary class for Job Corp this year and I would love to create something for her and her chef who has taken her under his wings. Thanks in advance!!
I WOULD LOVE TO BLING ON SOME SHOES YES