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Category Archives: Projects
Patrick Lose’s Happy Birthday Poster Quilt
This lighthearted wall quilt will make someone special have a very happy birthday. Or make it for yourself and bring it out for display whenever it is birthday party time.
Click here to download a full color, 5 page project sheet PDF file that includes a materials list, project instructions and diagrams, and appliqué templates. Then have fun and hold on to your seat, because this project goes together in a hurry. Fused appliqué all the way!
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Silk-Covered Lampshade, Boudoir Box and Wild Fiber Necklace
Bring out those Batiks of yours, because today we have a delightful trio of color rich, stash-busting projects for you in the arenas of home decor and wearable accessories. Click here to download the full color, 4-page project sheet PDF file.
Silk-Covered Lampshade by Kerry GrahamUsing silk chiffon fabric, ribbon yarn, and glass beads
Boudoir Box by Susan I. JonesUsing silk satin fabric, self-adhesive fabrics, beaded fringe, and assorted glass crystals
Wild Fiber Necklace by Susan I. JonesUsing cotton ribbon yarn, eyelash yarn, and beads
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Technique Tuesday with Gladys Love
Today’s techniques are:
stamping on fabric thread painting on soluble stabilizer simple beading adding a fringe of woolen yarnsGladys Love uses these techniques to create these stunning leaf vine luggage tags in her book Embellishing with Anything.
Click here to download a 6 page, full color PDF file that will guide you through these techniques as they apply to these luggage tags. The PDF also includes a bonus project! You’ll learn to make this beautiful leaf sprig ATC card, which has (Continue Reading...)
Cupcakes! A Mini Quilt
March is National Craft Month and we are celebrating by posting one project every day this month! Click here to see the full list of Craft Month projects that have been posted so far.
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Cupcakes! A Mini Quilt By: Lynn Koolish Finished Size: 24″ x 24″ Ingredients Block background fabric: 9 squares 6˝ × 6˝ (½ yard) Scraps for cupcake appliqués Border corner blocks: 4 scraps 3˝ × 3˝ Sashing fabric: 6 strips 1¼˝ × 6˝, 4 strips 1¼˝ × 18½˝, and 2 strips 1¼˝ × 20˝ (1/4 (Continue Reading...)Canvas Bag Valentine Project
Are you searching for ideas for a handmade gift for a friend or sweetie this Valentine’s Day? C&T author and editor Liz Aneloski has converted a Ready-to-Go!® Blank Canvas Book into an adorable purse that doubles as gift packaging. Quite clever really! Slip in a card, poem or something personal & sweet. It is truly darling and will remind the recipient of you as they use it again and again. The final bag has two compartments inside and two pockets (Continue Reading...)
Valentines Day Project: Love Notes Door Hanger
I put together a tutorial for a “love notes” door hanger on my blog and thought C&T blog readers might be interested in this fun and quick little project just in time for Valentine’s Day.
I re-purposed some discontinued fabric sample swatches from the furniture store my husband and I own to create this little pocketed note holder. I leave for work before anyone else in my family is awake so love notes are a nice way to connect (Continue Reading...)
Terrie Sandelin’s Kaffe Fasset Scraps Placemat Project
If you are anything like me, you like to begin the new year with a new look for your dining room. Lucky for us, C&T Publishing author, Terrie Sandelin, has been hard at work creating a free mini-quilt placemat project for us using scraps of Kaffe Fasset’s fabrics. The project uses the 13-Square foundation from Terrie’s book Miniatures in Minutes for the pieced squares. Click here to automatically begin downloading the project instructions, and in (Continue Reading...)
CHA Sneak Peek: Loving Lutradur!
I just can not get enough of this stuff—Lutradur® Mixed Media Sheets are ALL that! Like paper, but better…like fabric, but better! We’ll be demonstrating lots of different creative ways to use Lutradur at both the Super Show and the Trade Show.
Here is a lovely Lutradur dahlia, designed by Glenna Valley, that we can show you how to make at the LisaLizaLou booth #758 on Saturday morning, January 23. But if you can’t make it to the show…Glenna (Continue Reading...)
Ornaments for next year
Here’s a great way to upcyle those teeny tiny scraps of fabric into something pretty for the tree. Take advantage of the post-holiday sales at your local craft store and pick up a bunch of these empty glass ornaments for a song. Take off the tops and stuff them full of pretty fabric scraps and you’re all set!
Thanks to C&T author Diana Taylor for this timely suggestion. We hope you are having a warm and wonderful (Continue Reading...)
Mary Link’s No-Sew, Fabric Animals Project
Here’s another great project out of 100+ No-Sew Fabric Crafts for Kids by Mary Link. Make a zany zoo or a dinosaur park for a dresser top. These creatures come with slotted parts that slide together, so the critters can really come to life and stand on their own.
