Hanging Sleeve Tutorial

How to make and attach a hanging sleeve to a quilt or wall hanging:

I shall be making the sleeve for a small wall hanging as a worked example, so all the numbers will relate to that, yours will of course be different.
Measure the top of your quilt:  13.75"  
Take 1.5" off this measurement: 13.75 - 1.5 = 12.25
Cut your sleeve fabric 9" by this measurement: 9" x 12.25"
Zig-zag or overlock the two 9” edges, then press 0.5" to wrong side.
Stitch close to raw edges.
With ws and raw edges together gently press the fold.
Open up, bring the raw edges to the fold you have just created, press in the two new folds, pressing out the previous fold.
Open up, with ws and raw edges together pin and stitch approximately 3/8” from edge.
Carefully press the seam open do not press out the folds.
With the pressed seam facing down on to the back of the quilt centre one fold of the sleeve below the binding at the top of the quilt. Pin.
Smooth the sleeve and pin the second fold to the quilt, you should now have a D shaped sleeve pinned to your quilt.  
Slip stitch sleeve to quilt through backing only, take care that your stitches do not show on the front of  the quilt. Stitch the sleeve sides too between the folds, this will prevent the hanging device going between the quilt and sleeve and possibly damaging the quilt.
That's all there is to it, hang your quilt and enjoy.
Happy Stitching
Julie & Charlotte
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Sale Ends Friday

Just a quick reminder there's only a few days left to bag a bargain... our 25% off selected fabrics, yarns and cross stitch kits ends this Friday 30th November.

Creative Winter Offers from Brother

This week we’ve got the perfect Christmas present at at a really good price... Yes its the great winter offers from Brother sewing machines.

All the models highlighted below are in stock along with several others.

UJ417 was £109 now £99

 

A free Blue Carry bag worth £19.99 is also included in this amazing price

• 17 Stitches
• 4 Step auto button hole
• Bright led sewing light
• Free arm conversion
• Instructional DVD

 

 Innov-is 10A was £249 now £229

• Computerised
• 16 stitches
• Start/stop button
• slide speed control
• Stitch length & width control
• 1 Step auto button hole
• Auto needle threader

 

Innov-is 50 was £499 now £449

• Computersied
• 135 Stitches inc lettering
• 10 styles one step auto button hole
• Advanced auto needle threader
• stitch length & width control
• Combine & memorise stitches
• Slide speed control
• Start stop button
• Mirror imaging
• Hard case

And as an authorised Brother Dealer we offer all the Brother sewing machines at both the promotion and regular prices, more details of which can be found here at Brother UK

Don’t leave it too late come in and have a play, these bargains are only available until 31st Dec or whilst stocks last.

Happy stitching Charlotte & Julie

Mini Christmas Stockings Tutorial

My apologies for posting this without a finished picture but I haven't got my camera with me, sorry

 Requirements:
1 x Northcott's 'Stocking Stuffer' panel
60 cm (24") x lining fabric (I used a solid maroon colour)
3.2 m (3.25 yds) x 3 mm (1/8")  ribbon
1 x reel thread - Gutermann natural cotton shade 2433
Bunting tape
25 x Mini pegs
Sweets or chocolates to fill the stockings

To Make up:

1 Press the Panel and the lining fabric.

2 With the lining fabric rs(right side) down, place the stocking panel on top ws(wrong side) down. Pin.

3 Cut out all the stockings on the marked dotted line cutting through both the panel and the lining fabric, keep matching backs and fronts together.

4 Cut the ribbon into 25 x 4.5 inch lengths

5 With rs together pin a stocking front to its lining, also pin a stocking back to its lining.

Mini Christmas Stockings

I'm busy making the stocking Stuffer panel by Northcott. The panel has 25 mini Christmas stockings, both fronts and backs. You can use them to make advent calendar bunting or decorations, or you could use them as appliques.  The stockings measure approximately 3.5 inches from the top of the stocking to the heel and they are just so cute.

As I create I'm busy taking photos for a tutorial which will be coming soon....
In the meantime I'd better get back to the sewing machine or advent will be upon us and they won't all be finished!

Julie

Tutorial: How to make a soft book from a panel

So many people come in the shop and admire our soft books, and want to know how we make them. Since Julie has added a couple of extra touches to the included instructions, we've written this tutorial to show you how we do it:

For the tutorial we shall be using 'A Bazooples Day' by Vivki Schreiner.

Requirements:

SALE SALE SALE

I can't believe I for got to mention... 

we are having our first SALE

25% off selected fabrics, yarns and kits.

Come in and grab a bargain whilst it lasts...

Awakening the Sleeping Blog...

As you can see we've done nothing with the blog since we opened the shop, other than announced we'd opened the shop!
It was always our intention to use it to let everyone know what we were up to, post tutorials and generally keep you all informed... but along with all the excitement of opening the shop, not to mention the sheer hard work of running it, we have yet to get around to using it. Not that we complain (too often) about the hard work involved, we absolutely love running the shop, not to mention how exciting it is to meet all you wonderful quilters, knitters and crafters and seeing what you've made.
So lets make a start with the blog....

Here's a taste of our first tutorial which will be published soon

Its a tutorial for beginners, or those who need a little guidance, on how to make a soft book using a panel.
We're using this cute book A Bazooples Day... by Vicki Schreiner which arrived in the shop today.