Tutorial: Felt Crazy Daisy Pin Cushion

This Crazy Daisy Pin Cushion is a pretty little place to park your pins. There’s a tutorial for making it over at Hope & Gloria Sewing Blog. It’s made from small bits of felt and colorful ribbons, great for those bits of fancy ribbon left over from a sewing project. The felt daisy is a bright and fun way to top it off. It’s all hand sewing, so a good project to make while curled up on the couch.

Looking for more Pincushion patterns? Check out this fun sewing book for making pincushions. Click below for the tutorial:

Crazy Daisy Pin Cushion Tutorial, by Hope & Gloria Sewing Blog

[photo from Hope & Gloria Sewing Blog]

Looking for more pin cushion patterns? Check out these quilting patterns on Etsy.

Looking for more Pincushion patterns? Check out this fun sewing book for making pincushions.

Sewing Pincushions are also called Emery Bag as they contain Emery powder and oxide iron that removes rust from pins and needles. Emery pinch cushions can be bought here.

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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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