Category Archive for ‘Free Projects’

This spacious fabric box will hold your sewing tools, fabric and haberdashery plus it also fits our Maker’s Workbook into the side too to help you keep track of your projects. I managed to fit over 10 metres of fabric into my Maker’s Box. The Vlieseline Style-Vil gives it really good body which means it can hold it’s shape even when empty. It has padded handles to make it easy to carry even when full, this fabric storage basket is ideal for sewing room storage or taking sewing projects and supplies out with you. 

Materials required

1 metre of exterior fabric. I used the same fabric for the lining and exterior, if you use different ones you will need 1/2 metre of each. I used a vintage red denim material from my stash. Find a similar one here. 

1/2 metre of pocket fabric. I used Art Gallery Fabric denim in Endless Paradise (find UK stockists here)

1/2 metre of light or medium weight fusible interfacing. I used Vlieseline H250

1 metre of Vlieseline Style-Vil

1/4 metre of fusible fleece for the handles (or you could use interfacing if you prefer) I used Vlieseline H640

50cm of co-coordinating double fold bias binding

9 inches of elastic

Cutting instructions

Cut 5 x 10.5 inch squares from:

• the exterior fabric
• the lining fabric
• the Style-Vil

Cut 4 x 5.5 by 11 inch rectangles from:

• the pocket fabric
• the fusible interfacing

Cut 2 15 x 5 inch rectangles from the exterior fabric for the handles

Cut 2 14 x 5 inch pieces of fusible fleece or interfacing for the handles

Seam allowance – 1/4 an inch unless otherwise stated.… Read More...

SpoolPod Case Tutorial

This quick to make pouch is big enough to hold 4 SpoolPods at a time, and because it’s clear you can easily spot the spools inside. You can even fit your Maker’s Workbook or Garment Planning Notepad in it too.  Don’t be daunted by sewing vinyl, it’s not as scary as you think, I’ve included some tips below.

Materials:

1 fat quarter of fabric

1 fat quarter of medium iron on interfacing

1 fat quarter of vinyl (I used Premium Clear Vinyl from Search Press)

14 inch chunky zip (or longer cut to size which is what I did). You could also use a normal zip but because this is quite a large pouch I think a chunky zip looks better.

Cutting instructions

Fabric: Cut 2 pieces 15 inches wide by 7 inches high

Interfacing: Cut 2 pieces 15 inches wide by 7 inches high

Vinyl: Cut 2 pieces 14.5 inches wide by 6.5 inches high

Tip – I’ve found cutting vinyl bluntens my rotary cutter so I use an old one for vinyl only, or you can use paper scissors.

Seam allowance: ¼ an inch

Step 1

Iron the interfacing to the back of your two fabric pieces, allow it to cool down.… Read More...

Do you ever wish there were a few more pages in your Maker’s Workbook?  Do you want to write about more than 25 projects?  Do you have a large stash and require more stash pages?

Good news!  We’ve just made some of the workbook pages downloadable so you can print extras and add them to your workbook.  Find all our downloads here.

If you’re wondering how to store these extra pages, we have a solution.  Below is a simple tutorial for adding a pocket to the back cover of your workbook which you can store the extra pages in. All you need is a piece of card which is 13 x 16cm. You could use some cardboard from your recycling to colour match the Kraft covers of the workbook.  Or like me you could pick a contrasting colour. I decided to use a piece of turquoise card as that is my favourite colour.

Start by drawing a 13 x 16cm rectangle on your card. Yes, that is a ruler of rulers I have there in the picture, when I spotted it I couldn’t resist!

Measure in 5cm from the top right hand corner and make a mark.  Measure up 5cm from the bottom left corner and make a mark. … Read More...