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Sharla from My Little Gems and Little Gems Shop shows how to make a car cozie fabric storage roll for cars. The long fabric roll has pockets to store individual cars, as well as a fabric “road” for them to drive on. Make one of these and fill it with a handful of toy cars, and you’ve got an awesome handmade Christmas gift for a little boy! Go to the tutorial.
Want a car cozie but don’t want to make it yourself? Get one from her Etsy shop.
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]
i LOVE this idea. i (kathryn) am the one who submitted this link to be considered for the website. however, i am not in participation with the my little gems blog or her etsy shop. the genius mama behind this tutorial and who runs the my little gem blog is named sharla. she gets ALL the credit for this 🙂
Thanks for clearing up my misunderstanding! I’ve edited the document to give her real name.
Hi, THANK YOU for linking me and giving my etsy shop a plug too 🙂 My name is Sharla not Kathryn- so you might want to fix that 😉 Thanks again, Sharla@mylittlegems