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Thursday, 29 October 2015

Fabric Gift Tag Tutorial - Japanese Furin Wind Chime for Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Linky Party + Giveaway

Have you already started thinking about wrapping up Christmas presents? We bet you have! It's an important part of the present, isn't it? We have an easy tutorial today for making Fabric Furin Wind Chime Gift Tags. The Japanese Furin is a beautiful and poetic wind chime or wind bell. The Furin is traditionally hung from the eaves of a house or in front of a window. The sound of these wind chimes is a symbol of mental relaxation and said also to bring good luck.

These Fabric Furin Wind Chime Gift Tags, once the present has been unwrapped, can really be used as a wind chime and make a pretty decoration.

Here is what you will need to make a Fabric Furin Wind Chime Gift Tag:

Small pieces of fabric to make the Furin bell shape: four pieces about 3"x2 1/2" (7,6x6,4cm), two for the lining of the bell and two for the outside.
Metal bell
Embroidery thread or thin cord
Strip of thick paper 5"x1" (about 12,7x2,6cm)
Eyelet and pliers for inserting eyelets

Start by drawing the bell template or print our .pdf template here. Our bell shape is about 2 1/2" high and 3" wide (this includes a 1/8" seam allowance).

Use this template to trace and cut out four pieces of fabric, two for the lining of the bell and two for the outside.

Place one piece of the fabric for the outside of the bell on one piece of lining fabric, right sides together. Sew along the straight line at the bottom. Repeat for the other two pieces of fabric.

Open the seam pressing flat in the center. Now place the fabric pieces you have sewn right sides together and sew right around the edge, leaving an opening (on the lining fabric side) for turning right side out.

Once turned right side out, close the opening and then push the lining inside the bell shape.

Insert the eyelet (after making a little hole) with pliers onto the paper tag and tie the tag using embroidery thread or a thin cord. Tie a knot on the paper tag and a knot to fix the metal bell into place. Pass the other end of the thread through the inside of the fabric bell and out through the center. Tie a loop above the fabric bell to hang the gift tag. To keep everything in place, turn the fabric bell inside out and tie a knot close to the top of the inside of the fabric bell.

Write a name and message on the paper tag and add a stamp. Fix the gift tag to the present with a piece of washi tape to finish off. Here is your Fabric Furin Wind Chime Gift Tag, a present in itself, to keep and hang up as a pretty decoration. Christmas themed fabric will make for a keepsake Christmas decoration!

If you'd like to see our first tutorial for the Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Linky Party, then have a look here for: Fabric Covered Drawing Pins.

You are still in time to enter the Ho, Ho, Ho and On We Sew Linky Party here for a ~~chance of winning~~ this incredibly beautiful Liberty fabric generously offered by Duck Egg Threads.

The winner is Vicki with this crowd of Snowmen!

Monday, 26 October 2015

Fabric Covered Drawing Pins Tutorial - Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Linky Party + Giveaway

Have you already joined the Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Linky Party? If you're sewing something for Christmas then enter this fun linky party for a chance to win some beautiful Liberty fabric offered by Duck Egg Threads.

The first of our tutorials for the Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Linky Party is a very quick make and a useful present: Fabric Covered Drawing Pins. Choose a special fabric and gift these drawing pins in a pretty box or small jar. A box of them is a good stocking filler too!

Here is what you will need:

Self cover buttons, sized 15mm (you can use a different size if you like)
Small pieces of fabric to cover the button. We used Bonnie and Camille's Miss Kate mini charms to cover our buttons
Metal drawing pins (not covered with plastic)
Hot glue gun

Start by covering your buttons. As we can’t find, at the moment, flat backed self cover buttons here in Italy, before covering the buttons we took out the metal hook from the back, using a pair of pliers. To cover the button, draw a circle on the fabric about 1/2” inch wider all around the button, cut out the fabric and then fix it over the self cover button. Close the back of the button following the product instructions.

You can really enjoy yourself covering the buttons with fussy cuts from scraps of fabric to create special themed drawing pins.

Using a hot glue gun, put a dab of hot glue on the head of the drawing pin and glue the pin to the back of the self cover button, centering it.

Now you just need a pretty box or small jar to pop your new (and original!) Fabric Covered Drawing Pins in.

Don’t forget to enter the Ho, Ho, Ho and On WeSew Linky Party here to join in the fun and for a ~~chance of winning~~ this incredibly beautiful Liberty fabric generously offered by Duck Egg Threads.

The winner is Vicki with this crowd of Snowmen!

Sunday, 18 October 2015

Liberty Fabric Giveaway for Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Linky Party

Christmas! Yes, we've said it out load. We know we've all started thinking about Christmas even though we're trying not to mention it yet! Many have been following Fiona of Celtic Thistle Stitches and Paula of Mud, Pies and Pins with their Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Linky Party during the year, getting ahead of their Christmas and Holiday crafting. If you have already got to work or are planning to start in the next few days, then don't miss this month's Linky Party, with a very special giveaway prize. One lucky crafter from this month's links will win three F8th's of beautiful Liberty fabric from Duck Egg Threads:

Sarah, who has generously offered this lovely prize, has a wonderful selection of Liberty fabrics in her online shop. In Sarah's shop you can also subscribe to the We Love Liberty Monthly Club, delivering a special Liberty bundle each month!

Please check out all our generous sponsors too for your Christmas and Holiday crafting needs:

http://www.patchworkelephant.com/

We would like to thank Fiona and Paula for inviting us to co-host this month's Linky Party with Sandra of Sandra Sews. Until the end of the month we will be posting tutorials for Christmas and Holiday ideas and cheering on your holiday crafting. So don't miss out, you still have plenty of time for a Handmade Christmas!

And now for the Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Linky Party, open until the last day of October:

An InLinkz Link-up

Saturday, 21 February 2015

DIY Set of Coasters on a Ring - Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Linky Party with giveaway

I'm joining the Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Linky Party this month over at Threading My Way, where Pam has a lovely tutorial for making reusable drawstring gift bags. I love this idea: no waste here, you keep the wrapping too! Pam has a great site full of tutorials and they are very well sorted. So if you're looking for an idea for a present or for yourself, this is a really good place to look!

I thought I'd transform some log cabin blocks into a set of coasters as a present for Christmas. A big ring keeps the coasters together when you're not using them and you can use it to hang them up on a hook in the kitchen as a decoration.

From the 18th of each month this year you can join the Ho, Ho, Ho and on We Sew Linky Party, organised by Fiona at Celtic Thistle Stitiches and Paula at Mud, pies and pins. It's a great way to keep up with our Christmas sewing. Giveaways for the linky parties are the cherries on top!

So happy to have met my Lovely Year of Finishes goal I set at the beginning of the month too (with my Flickr foto, entry 125) with this set of Log Cabin Coasters! This is a finish that means a lot to me, after an unsuccessful January goal. I've warmed up now and am ready for more ALYOFs!

A Lovely Year of Finishes is at Fiber of All Sorts and Sew Bittersweet Designs.

We are also joining this year's Finish-Along at Adrianne's On the Windy Side with our Set of Coasters on a Ring. Our original list for Q1 is here. We've ticked off two now!

Friday, 7 November 2014

New Linky Party - Handmade Christmas by The Creative Factory

The Creative Factory is a group of 30 Italian bloggers who have joined forces to present 30 tutorials dedicated to gifts and decorations for Christmas, from the 20th of November to the 18th of December. Every day you'll find the preview of a tutorial on the blog C'e' crisi, c'e' crisi! and the link to the blog hosting for the day. Many of the bloggers participating write in English and Italian so it's easy to use their tutorials!

The Creative Factory bloggers:

HANDMADE CHRISTMAS LINKY PARTIES

If you have a tutorial for making decorations or gifts for Christmas you'd like to share, join the linky parties which are part of the Handmade Christmas event. The linky parties are open internationally. The more the merrier! All entries will show up at the same time on all the thirty blogs participating. The linky parties are open until the 31st of December.

Here are the three linky parties:

1) DIY Gifts (for those who want to create DIY Chrismas gifts: tutorials and inspiration) – add your gift ideas;

2) Creative Projects for Christmas (for those looking for instructions for making home decor, trees, Advent calendars, etc.) – add your Christmas themed tutorials;

3) Handmade Gifts (for those who love and want to buy handmade objects created by italian artisans) add the link for your shop.

Remember to link to your blog post and not to your home blog page, so it's easy to find your tutorial. Any questions (or translations!) needed, drop me a line.