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Tutorial: Ice or roller skate bag

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Tutorial: Ice or roller skate bagKelley from Casa Crafty shares a tutorial at Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky! showing how to make a skate tote to carry your skates to and from the rink.  The outside of the bag is made from a laminated cotton, with a soft fleece lining.She shows it carrying ice skates, but you could also carry roller skates in it.  Go to Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky! to get her tutorial.

[photo from Casa Crafty on Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky!]

 

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  1. I did have this skate bag tutorial pinned from hideous etc. It’ now impossibble to get it since you must link to a new site. even then it’s a ‘fishing expedition’ trying to access it. SO FRUSTRATING! Great way to scare people off the site.

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  2. Thanks for the sympathy Anne. Apologizes for the ‘vent’. Lesson learned though. In retrospect, it was my responsibility to download a project if it’s important. Do you have any idea when the site will be up again?

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Learn All About Sewing Velvet Fabric

 

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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