Sewing pattern: Applique bunting garland

Josie from Sew For Soul created this bunting banner to celebrate a new business in her area, a cafe that uses surplus food from area supermarkets. Instead of fixed prices, they offer their customers the opportunity to “pay what you feel.” It’s a unique approach to both reduce food waste and also help provide healthy and delicious meals to folks who could not otherwise pay for it. The banner Josie made has the name of the cafe stitched across it, one letter per flag. She shares a tutorial on her blog showing how you can make one of your own. You can use it as seasonal decoration or to celebrate special days, or put a happy message on it and hang it year round.

Click below for her tutorial:

DIY Applique Bunting Tutorial, by Sew For Soul

[photo from Sew For Soul]

https://sewforsoul.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/diy-applique-bunting-tutorial.html

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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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