Tutorial: Rice filled hand warmers

Jen from Eat. Sleep. Make. is over at The Sewing Rabbit showing how to make some rice filled hand warmers. She used her brand spankin’ new serger to quickly sew and finish the seams. If you don’t have a serger, you can also make these on your sewing machine and just zig zag the seam allowance. They’d be just the thing for a cold winter morning! Or, how about a teacher gift? The hand warmers would be much appreciated when they have to stand outside school on cold mornings. You can make them from fabric in your scrap bin or, if you want be fancy, a charm pack from your favorite quilting cotton line. Go to The Sewing Rabbit for the tutorial.

[photo from Eat. Sleep. Make. on The Sewing Rabbit]

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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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