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If your business is sewing-related, why not bring some fabric into your business card design? Kirstin from Kojodesigns shows how to do that by adding a fabric backing to a simple printed business card. The unexpected color and texture on the back will help your business card stand out, and it’ll also add a little extra thickness to a cardstock business card (which can sometimes be rather flimsy). Get the tutorial.
[photo from kojodesigns]
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]
When I try the “get the tutorial” link it takes me to the blog but says the page can’t be found 🙁
Not sure what’s going on. Several other people said the same thing, but the links is working for me when I check it. Hmmm… –Anne
The link for Get the Tutorial doesn’t work and when I search fabric backed business cards or fabric business cards on the site, nothing comes up.
How odd! I just checked the links again and they seem to be working fine – at least for me. –Anne
is there another link to the tutorial?? I’d really love to see it.
I just double-checked the links and they seem to be working for me. –Anne