Category: Crafty Friday

• DK Yarn (a fair amount of Left-over yarn or 1 x new ball)
  • You can use any type of yarn to make these we used both 100% Acrylic and 100% Cotton yarns.
• 5mm Crochet Hook
• Scissors
• Plain Curl Hair Clips
• Knitters (or Darning) Needle
• Hot Glue Gun (or Strong PVA Glue or Craft Glue)

• Find the end of your yarn and in whichever way you prefer, make a Slip Stich on to your crochet hook.
• Chain Stitch for 25. You can do this by wrapping the ‘yarn over’ the hook, and pulling it through the loop you already have on your hook.
  • You can make your bow bigger or smaller by adding or deducting to/from the number of chains.
•  At the end of the chain, wrap the ‘yarn over’ your hook and Half Treble Crochet (Htr) in the third chain from your hook.
  • With the yarn wrapped over the hook, push the hook through the third chain from the hook.
  • Wrap the ‘yarn over’ again and pull through.
  • Wrap the yarn over your hook again and pull it through all three stitches on your hook.
  • Pull the yarn snug after each stitch.
• Work along the chain, making a Htr in each chain until you reach the end.
• After your last Htr, Chain Stich 2.
• Flip your completed row to the other side, and continue doing Htr down the other side of your row of Chain Stitching. Go into the first loop, don’t miss any.
• Repeat for another two rows, one on either side, so you have a total of four Htr rows and one Chain row.
• At the end of the last row, chain one. Cut your yarn leaving a tail and pull completely through the chain, pull tight to knot.
• Fold each end of your crochet piece in to the centre. Thread your Knitters (Darning) needle and stitch across the middle to hold in place.
  • If you prefer to, you could just Glue the end to the centre. You’ll need to be careful not to apply too much.
• Cut a length of the same or a contracting colour yarn (this will be for the middle of the bow.) Add a small amount of glue to the back of the bow and press the end of your new yarn to it.
• Wind the yarn around the middle, keeping it quite tight – finish whenever you’re happy with how it look, you can use as little or as much as you want to.
• When you’re happy, cut the yarn (if you need to) and glue it to the back of the bow. Glue the bow to your Hair Curl Clip. Ta-dah! You’re all done! 🙂

To make our Crochet Bow Hair Clips we used our New Fashion 100% Acrylic Yarn we also used Katia Cotton as well as True Blue Indigo Dyed Cotton.

We hope you enjoyed this little tutorial and (as always :-)) we’d love to see any that you have made too, so feel free to send those to us via social media or our email address karendelahunty@outlook.co.uk

Happy Crafting and Weekend-ing!

• ​Main Fabric (1 Fat Quarter or 25cm of any material)
• Inner/Lining Fabric (1 Fat Quarter or 25cm of any material)
• 25cm of Medium Weight Interfacing (Iron-On/Fusible)
• 30cm Lace Zipper
• Sewing Machine
• Scissors
• Pins
• Coordinating Threads
• Cardstock
• Pen
• Ruler

​How to Make an Exposed-Zipper-Cosmetic-Bag

• First of all, you’ll need to draw up your pattern piece. Take your cardstock and pen and start by drawing a rectangle, 10cm x 16xcm.
  • From the shorter edge, measure up 5.5cm and make a mark.
  • Next, draw a line 4.5cm out from the mark you’ve just made.
  • Now join the line you’ve just drawn to the other shorter edge of the rectangle.
  • This is now your pattern, cut it out. On the long straight edge make a note to “Cut on Fold.”
• Using the pattern piece you’ve just made, pin to the fabric you have chosen to be the main body of the bag, ensuring the edge is placed on a fold – cut x 2.
  • Repeat this step using the inner/lining material
  • Repeat this step using the medium-weight interfacing.
• Now you have six pieces, cut out and ready to sew. Place the fusible interfacing on top on the main fabric, ensuring that the wrong sides are together.
• Adjust your iron temperature and settings according to the main fabric. With the interfacing showing, iron gently over the top for a few seconds (or until you’re happy the materials have fused together.)
• Place the Inner/Lining fabric on top of the main fabric with right sides together, pin along the top edge. Using a 1cm seam allowance, sew along the edge. Repeat this for both sides of the bag.
• Press the seams flat. Fold over so you now only see the right sides of the material, no interfacing should be showing at this point. Repeat this for both sides of the bag.
• Open out the lace zipper and pin the tape to the main fabric and lining. The tape should show on the main fabric. Zip back up slightly, so that the zip pull is not poking out the side of the fabric.
• Using a zipper foot on your sewing machine, stitch as close to the zipper edge as you can. Sew all the way to the end of the material (not the end of the zip.)
  • Repeat the previous two steps on the other side of the bag, so the zip is joined to both sides.
• Separate the lining materials and main fabrics, so one sits at either side of the zip. On the main fabric stitch a 1cm seam allowance at the bottom edge. On the lining fabric, stitch a 1cm seam allowance along the bottom edge, but leave a gap of 10cm for turning out.
• Pin the edges of the zipper tape together so they don’t move. Stitch a 1cm seam allowance along both side seams.
• Pull together the bottom edges to make the bag base aligning the seams and stitch the corners. Do this on both the main fabric and the lining fabric. Stitch using a 1cm seam allowance.
• Turn the right way out through the gap you left in your lining, press out the corners. Hand-stitch the gap in your lining and hide inside the bag.

And there you go, in just under an hour you’ve made yourself a beautiful exposed zipper cosmetic pouch, hooray! Now to go an fill it up with all of your make-up and cosmetic needs!:)

To make our exposed zipper cosmetic bags we used our polka-dot navy blue chambray we also used one of our fat quarters as well as our medium-weight fusible interfacing.​

We hope you enjoyed this little tutorial and (as always :-)) we’d love to see any that you have made too, so feel free to send those to us via social media or our email address karendelahunty@outlook.co.uk

Happy Crafting and Weekend-ing!

• Fabric Scraps or Fat Quarters
• Buttons
• Threads
• Needle
• Ruler
• Card
• Compass (Or any round object to draw around and use as a template.)
• Pen

1. Draw a circle template on to your sheet of card at the desired size. If you’re using a round object, place on the card and draw around. Cut out when finished. This will be your pattern.
   • TIP: If you want to layer your Suffolk puffs, make two patterns, one larger circle and one a little smaller.
     
2. Pin your pattern to your fabric and cut out. Cut as many as you wish to make.
3. Thread your needle with thread that matches your material, tie a knot at the end. Using a running (or straight) stitch, sew around the circle about 1.5cm from the edge of the fabric.
4. When you reach your starting point, gently pull the thread to gather the fabric – you may have to do this a couple of times to get the desired amount of gathering. When you’re happy, back stitch (or tie) the thread and cut. Repeat this for all of your circles.
   1. TIP: If you’ve decided to give your Suffolk puff flowers a second layer, you’ll want to attach that now. Lay the larger circle so that the gathers are facing you, place the smaller circle on top – again with the gathers facing you and stitch in the middle to hold them in place.
      
5. Choose a button for the centre of your Suffolk puff flower. Thread your needle with coordinating thread and tie a knot at one end.
6. Decide where to place your button and when you’re happy, stitch the button in place. When you’re done back stitch (or tie) your thread and cut.

And there you have it, your very own Suffolk puff flowers!

Happy Crafting and Weekend-ing!

• Fabric x 2 (You can use the same material all over if you prefer, but make sure you cut out two of the pattern you’ll make)
• Cardstock
• Scissors
• Thread
• Hand Sewing Needle
• Sewing Machine (Optional – you can make these by hand too!)
• Ruler
• Pen or Pencil
• Iron
• Pins

How To Make Fabric Origami Butterflies

1. Using your Pen/Pencil and Cardstock, draw a rectangle that is 6” (15 cm) x 4½” (11 cm) and cut out. This will be your pattern to help cut out your fabric.
2. Pin your template to your chosen fabrics and cut out. Remember if you’re using two different fabrics, cut only one of each; if using the same material, cut two.
3. Place the right sides of the material together and sew around the edges using a narrow 1/4” (0.5 cm) seam. Leave a 1” (2.5 cm) gap along one of the longer edges – this is for turning out later. Remember to reverse stitch (if using a sewing machine) at the beginning and end to hold your stitches in place.
4. Trim any excess threads and turn your rectangle the right way through the 1” (2.5cm) gap you left. Make sure to push the corners out neatly – trim the seam allowance if you need to, to make this easier. Sew up the gap either by hand or machine – this part will be on the back of the butterfly, so don’t worry if it isn’t perfect. You can Top-Stitch now at this point if you wish to do so.
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5. Switch on your iron, the temperature will vary depending on the kind of material you’ve chosen. You will only be using the iron for pressing.

The Folding Instructions

1. Lay your rectangle with the shorter sides pointing horizontally. Fold one of the shorter edges up toward the other shorter edge, so your rectangle is in half. Press with your iron.
2. Fold one of the longer edges toward the other long edge and press with your iron.
3. Unfold the last fold you made, pull the right-hand corner of the rectangle down and push inward towards the centre fold, this should create a triangle. Press with your iron.
4. Flip the butterfly over and do the same as the previous step, on the side that is now facing you. Press with iron.
5. You’ll now have a triangle shape with two flaps at the bottom. Fold this flaps so that they touch your triangle shape and again, press with your iron. Watch your fingers at this bit, it’s a little tricky!
6. Unfold the flaps and push them inward on themselves so they are no longer pointing outward. Press again with your iron.
7. Turn the butterfly around so that the triangle shape is pointing toward you and the edge you just worked on is at the top. From the top pick up one layer and fold down toward the triangle point. Repeat this step on the other side. Once done, press with your iron, be quite firm at this point to ensure it stays in place.
8. Fold your butterfly in half so that the wings (or the pretty sides) are together, hand-stitch along the centre fold to secure.
9. Now you have your butterfly you can use some hot-glue to attach a hair-pin, thread several along some wire and attach to an embroidery hoop for a lovely baby mobile or stitch them to bags and purses!

To make our butterflies we used our lovely fully-licensed Disney Mickey Mouse material and our beautiful 100% Cotton printed with red hearts. You could also use any of our fabulous Fat Quarter’s!

​We hope you enjoyed this little crafty tutorial as much as we did! We’d love to see any that you have made too, so feel free to send those to us via social media or our email address karendelahunty@outlook.co.uk

Have a great weekend!