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Festive Soaps

November 8, 2017 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 4 Comments

I always like to have a few small gifts on hand during the Christmas season. These festive soaps are easy to create - just wrap a scented soap with brown paper, applique a Christmas tree, and tie with bakers twine. These little festive soaps are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Gift Wrapping Tagged With: Christmas, gift wrapping, raw edge applique, sewing illustration

Retro Drawstring Bag

October 23, 2016 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 24 Comments

  If you follow us on instagram you will have seen these Retro Drawstring Bags I have been making this week. I love a quick sewing project that provides an opportunity to combine different fabrics and trims. I needed a couple of small gift … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sewing, Sewing Tutorials Tagged With: gift wrapping, retro, sewing, sewing tutorials

Favourite Uses for Fabric Tape

September 26, 2016 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 12 Comments

Fabric tape is made from cotton fabric with an adhesive backing and sold on a roll. Simply cut, peel and stick - strips of fabric tape can be used in so many craft projects. You can use fabric tape for gift wrapping, card making, home decorating, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gift Wrapping, Paper Crafts Tagged With: fabric tape, gift wrapping, Tilda, washi tape

Dress Form Gift Tags

August 16, 2016 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 5 Comments

I always like to complete a gift with a handmade tag - it just adds a nice personalised touch. The Dress Form Lavender Sachets (a project from my book), were the inspiration behind these dress form gift tags. They were quickly made in under 30 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gift Wrapping, Paper Crafts, Sewing Tutorials Tagged With: gift tag, gift wrapping, Liberty, sewing, tutorial

Deer Silhouette Drawstring Gift Bags

December 1, 2015 By A Spoonful of Sugar - Leave a Comment

We have been working on some Christmas crafts this week. Our latest sewing project are these silhouette drawstring gift bags made to coordinate with our Metallic Christmas theme. I found the perfect fabric for the gift bags - Mirror Ball Dot in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Gift Wrapping, Sewing Tutorials Tagged With: Christmas, gift wrapping, heat transfer material, metallic christmas, sewing, Silhouette

{Sewing Tutorial} Pretty Fabric Envelopes

October 28, 2015 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 27 Comments

For our Christmas gift giving, we have made some Pretty Fabric Envelopes to hold gift cards or money - perfect packaging for those on your list who are hard to buy for! Made from sweet fat quarters of fabric, they feature fabric stamps, address … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sewing, Sewing Tutorials, Valentines Day Tagged With: gift wallet, gift wrapping, sewing, sewing tutorials

Mini Heart Gift Tag

September 27, 2015 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 11 Comments

I love to give hand made gifts. If I don't give handmade, I at least like to add some creativity to the gift wrapping. Our latest project is mini heart gift tags. I have been enjoying some quick crochet projects recently that are helping me use all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crochet, Gift Wrapping Tagged With: crochet, doiley, gift tags, gift wrapping

Nautical Gift Wrapping Ideas

June 9, 2015 By A Spoonful of Sugar - Leave a Comment

Giving the gift wrapping a little bit of extra attention can really make your gift more memorable. Whilst adding bows and ribbons to gifts for the girls, is fairly easy, it can be more difficult to come up with some packaging decorations for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gift Wrapping, Paper Crafts Tagged With: gift tag, gift wrapping

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How do you sort your fabric scraps? I have used a How do you sort your fabric scraps? I have used a few methods over the years but now sort by colour. Anything bigger than 1 inch square is considered a scrap. It makes scrap sewing easy when everything is colour coded. 🌈🌈🌈
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This Patchwork Fabric Tray uses 2.5 inch squares. This is a variation of our Charm Square Fabric Tray tutorial over on our blog. Search for Patchwork Fabric Tray for all the details. Link to blog in our profile ☝️❤❤❤
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One of my favourite sewing tools is my KAM Snap Pr One of my favourite sewing tools is my KAM Snap Press. It makes adding snaps to projects so quick and easy and gives a professional finish. 
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 Travel Sewing Kit is a pretty and practical gift for sewists. It has a clever triangular design with room to store buttons, pins, needles and thread for sewing on the go.  Swipe to see how it folds up. It secures with snaps ( or you can use Velcro, button or sew in press studs).
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Pattern: Travel Sewing Kit PDF Sewing Pattern ( available in our Etsy store - link in profile). Great Mothers Day gift.
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Slow stitching Sunday and the start of a new proje Slow stitching Sunday and the start of a new project for Mothers Day.  I am using Mon Beau Jardin by @ellisandhiggs (I have been saving this fabric for a special project) combined with gingham and stripes from my stash. Pattern will be launched next weekend. 
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Making slow and steady progress on my Rainbow Conn Making slow and steady progress on my Rainbow Connection Pillow. 3 blocks completed, 6 to go. It is fun delving into tubs of my pretty scraps to create these paper pieced blocks. 
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Pattern: Rainbow Connection Pillow PDF Pattern (available in our Etsy store - link in profile) 
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