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Hi everyone, for this weeks Diva Loves we have chosen our new Christmas ribbon bundle, the bundle contains 3 x 4m lengths of 6mm wide satin ribbon and is just £1.20 that is 10p a metre! Such a bargain. To view the ribbon please click here.
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Hi everyone, we have a super quick free mini project to share with you, it's how to make these adorable hanging mice! This is a super quick 5 minute task and great for children.
You will need: scraps of felt, a pen, candy canes, glue and paper & scissors.
Step 1: Make your template, we free hand drew out template out then cut 1 body, 1 ear piece, 1 nose & 2 inner ear pieces.
Step 2: Cut 2 small slits in the large body piece, glue the inner ear pieces to the large ear piece and thread them through the slit, glue on the nose and draw on eyes. Carefully tuck the candy can in the back of the ear piece and you're done! We made lots of mice for our local Cats Protection charity! Happy Crafting!
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Hi everyone, for this weeks Diva Loves we have chosen our new 100% cotton poplin dusky pink fabirc which has a 3mm wide white spot on. We have this fabric in lots of different colours and the dusky is our newest addition! To view the fabric please click here.
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Hi everyone, for thsi weeks Dive Loves we have chosen our new 100% cotton poplin sewing themed ivory fabric. To view the fabric please click here.
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Hi everyone, here is a quick mini project for you, this is a great one for children too, let's see how to make a puff Christmas tree! There are 2 different types, one is threaded onto some dowling and stuck into a cotton reel(pictures at the bottom) and one is a hanging decoration.
You will need: 2 different fabrics, needle and thread, scissors, a small bell or gold button, and a cotton reel & dowling for the standing tree.
Step 1: Cut out 7 or 8 circles in descending sizes of each fabric.
Step 2: If you are making the tree on a cotton reel, cut a small hole in the middle of each circle for threading onto the dowling later. You do not need to do this for the hanging tree.
Step 3: Hand sew a running stitch around the edge of a circle, and pull tight to gather it together (see picture), fasten off securely. Repeat for each circle.
Step 4: Either thread the circles onto the dowling (at the base add the cotton reel) in size order or thread the circles together with string if making the hanging decoration. Add a bell or button/bow up the top to finish!
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Hi everyone for Diva Loves this week we have chosen our satin bows! We have lots of different bows available and due to popular demand we are offering packs of 100 of the same colour, this is a great way to bulk buy for projects and save money, 100 bows is just £3.99! To view the bows please click here.
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Christmas Placemat Free Project of the Month
Hi everyone, we have a fab project for you this month, how to make a placemat, now if you have been in the shop just recently you may well have seen this on our ideas board. This particular placemat is Christmas themed, but you could use any fabric, we have made another placemat here using pretty butterfly fabric.
You will need: 35 scraps of fabric 10cm x 7cm, wadding, backing fabric, scissors, sewing machine, thread, bias binding.
Step 1: sew 5 pieces of scraps together to make a strip, repeat 7 times.
Step 2: draw a long tall triangle shape on paper (see picture) and place over each strip and cut them out.
Step 3: sew the triangular strips together alternating which way up they go.
Step 4: I took a thin layer of wadding, and some backing fabric pinned them together and used a 'fancy' stitch on the machine to give a quilted look to the mat.
Step 5: I trimmed the edges and then added bias binding! All done!
