Spring Twigs Tutorial

How many days till summer? I thought I better get my Spring Twigs tutorial posted before I need to change the name to Summer twigs tutorial. I made these up on a whim the other day to bring something spring-y into the house.

I didn't take a lot of pictures as I was going but I will do my best to describe what I did and I bet you can handle it, you're clever. :)

First of all I found my green fabric scraps and sated fusing them together with fusible webbing. You know, iron one side of the webbing to the backside of your fabric, peel the paper backing off, place another piece of fabric on top of the webbing and press. 

Next I cut out leaf shapes.

Lastly, I used double sided tape to attach the leaves to the sticks. I did this by cutting a piece about an inch long and sticking it down the center of the leaf. Next, I peeled off the backing of the tape and pressed the twig onto the leaf. Voila, finished.

Enjoy,

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Flower Mug Rug Tutorial

If you notice over in the sidebar of the blog, theres a new box. I am now officially a Thermo Web design team member.  You should hop over and check out the blog, they have some really great projects and inspiration from some really fabulous folks. Here's my first project as a Thermo Web Design Team member, I couldn't be more excited. These went together in a jiffy, and here's the how-to.

Supplies for one coaster:

1/4 yard or a fat quarter of petal fabric

5" x 10" of center fabric

Thermo Web spray baste

Coordinating thread
Pattern Pieces

*Fabric used in this project is from my Extraordinary World collection from In The Beginning Fabrics.

Instructions:

Cutting:

1. Pattern pieces can be found here as a PDF file so they are easy to print.  Fold the petal fabric in half and cut 4 sets of petals. This will give you eight petals total. Cut 2 circles from the center fabric.

2. With right sides together sew around the curved outer edge of the petals. Be sure to leave straight side open for turning. Clip around outer edge, turn and press.

 3. Spray each of the wrong sides of the center fabric pieces with spray baste. You could also use Thermo Web Lite here as well and apply it to each backside of the pieces.

4. Arrange the four petals onto the circle as shown in the above photo. Be sure that the edges of the petals will be hidden under the center. Place the remaining circle on top of the petals and press with an iron.

5. With a sewing machine or by hand, start on the outside of the circle and sew in a spiral until you reach the center. Trim any excess threads.

Enjoy!

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