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EMBELLISH IT! -- All That Glitters Isn’t Gold
Embellishment is defined as adding design details that have no other purpose aside from adornment. With today's advances in technology, embellishment techniques are a great creative outlet. Whether you want to embellish your sewing, quilting or home-decor projects, by using the following guidelines and tools, you'll gain the confidence to create your own signature style.
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FOR THE HOME -- Purse Pillow
Fashion divas unite! Sew this purse-inspired pillow to match your home decor. A word of warning: don't grab your pillow instead of your purse on your way out the door!
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FOR THE HOME -- Snail’s Trail Table Runner
Create a unique table runner with a variation on a Log Cabin quilt block. It's simple to cut the strips using The Wave Edge Ruler designed by Lily Marie. By matching up the "hills" with the "valleys," you'll have a one-of-a-kind quilted masterpiece.
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GIFTS & ACCESSORIES -- Life's a Zoo
Colorful creatures caper between layers of vinyl in this clear mat. Place it under baby's high chair to protect the floor, use it as a play mat, or pack it with a picnic for a day at the zoo!
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GIFTS & ACCESSORIES -- Prairie-Style Purse
Simple appliqué and topstitching adorn your purse to create a delightfully simple prairie-style design.
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GIFTS & ACCESSORIES -- Towel Treats Kitchen Towels
Scare up a little fun in the kitchen when you make a pair of whimsical towels using fabric yo-yos and assorted trims.
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SERGING AHEAD -- Gathered Up in Thread
It's all in the details, and this beautiful autumn jacket has plenty of them! Wrap it with serged cotton batiks, and then add metallic embroidery with foil-background texture, machine needle-felted yarn and bold home-dec or fashion buttons.
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SEW FUN & FAST -- Garden Party Jacket
Sow seeds of creativity by combining floral cottons with a ready-to-wear sweatshirt. Start by modifying the sweatshirt, then add some creative touches and watch it bloom right before your eyes.
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SEW IN THE KNOW -- Flip It Good
As the days get shorter and colder, you can enjoy the American pastime of football in style with this serged lap quilt. By using a flip-and-quilt technique, you'll have the quilt finished long before kickoff. But don't limit yourself to just a football lap warmer. Sport fabric is available in many styles for you to create a flip-and-quilt lap warmer for the sport lover in the family.
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SEWING MATERIAL -- Measuring Made Easy
It seems like such a simple task. Take a couple measurements, match them up to a pattern and select the pattern in your size. The end result—a beautiful hand-sewn garment that fits. If only we lived in a perfect world.
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SEWING MATERIALS -- Four Sewing Divas
September is National Sewing Month. To celebrate, try learning a new technique, teaching someone to sew, or making that fabulous pattern you've had your eye on. At Sewing Savvy, we're celebrating National Sewing Month by interviewing four world-class sewing divas. If you like to sew (and we know you do), at least one, or all, of these entrepreneurial women have influenced your life.
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WEARABLES -- Fuji Afternoon Jacket
Using the design elements of fabric and pattern, designer Marinda Stewart transports the wearer of this jacket to a simple afternoon tea in a faraway country.
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WEARABLES -- Painted Leaf Jean Jacket
Create your own one-of-a-kind jacket with autumn leaves, beads and embroidery. Just like a fall leaf, no two will be alike!
