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“Show Us How You Sew Green” giveaway

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sewgreengiveawayBetz White, author of Sewing Green, has collaborated with Spoonflower to create a Sewing Green fabric swatch that’s printed on 4 oz. organic cotton.   Spoonflower is printing the design on swatches sized to make the Organic Washies featured in her book.  (You can purchase them through Spoonflower’s Etsy shop.)

To celebrate this collaboration, STC Craft will be giving away a copy of Betz White’s Sewing Green through their “Show Us How You Sew Green” contest.  To enter, make a project that is featured in Sewing Green, uses the Sewing Green fabric, or is eco-friendly, and then post it to the “Show Us How You Sew Green” Flickr group.  For a full list of contest fules, get the details from STC Craft | Melanie Falick Books.  Deadline is September 14, 2009.

 

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  1. I made about two dozen flannel, 6X6″ baby wipes for my daughter to use when she had her baby. She sprayed each one with an organic soap, and washed them to reuse the next day over and over again.

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Sew a Pincushion for Pins, Needles, and Fabric Clips

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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