Giveaway: 4 Sewing books, Gütermann thread, a tape measure and buttons

Today's giveaway is all about sewing! And along with today's giveaway of 4 sewing books and supplies, there is a great tip about sewing tiny triangles on your top-stitched patch pocket to make them sturdier from the book First Time Sewing: Step-by-Step Basics and Easy Projects.

This Craftside giveaway includes:

-First Time Sewing: Step-by-Step Basics and Easy Projects by the Editors of Creative Publishing International.

-The Complete Photo Guide to Slipcovers, Pillows, and Bedding by Karen Erickson and Carol Zentgraph.

-The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments, 2nd Edition by Linda Neubauer.

-Easy Singer Style Pattern-Free Home Accents: 15 Easy-Sew Projects that Build Skills, Too by Becky Hanson.

-Gütermann thread - 7 spools of 100% recycled rPET polyester thread in pastel colors.

-A Dritz tape measure.

-3 pretty Belle Buttons by Dritz.

Happy sewing!

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Along with today's giveaway I want to share with you a fun tiny detail from First Time Sewing. If you sew things with patch pockets, check out this little triangle detail that will make them pretty and sturdy.

-With a pencil or erasable fabric marker, draw a small triangle in each upper corner of each pocket, 1⁄8 " (3 mm) from the top and side edges.

-Place the skirt under the presser foot with the top of the pocket toward you, aligning the needle to start sewing at the lowest point of the triangle.

-Stitch forward two stitches, then backstitch two stitches. Now stitch diagonally to the top, pivot, and stitch a few stitches across the top of the triangle.

-Pivot again so the needle is now aligned to stitch down the side of the pocket.

-Edgestitch around the sides and the bottom of the pocket, and finish with the triangle on the opposite corner, again backstitching two stitches.

-TIP: Apron pockets are used frequently. Stitching triangles at the top corners reinforces them better than merely backstitching, which can put more strain on the skirt fabric beneath the pocket.

More about the CPi book:

First Time Sewing: Step-by-Step Basics and Easy Projects from the Editors of Creative Publishing International.

Learning how to sew has never been simpler!

 

Enjoy this beginner's guide that takes you by the hand like a personal instructor and teaches you how to sew using hand stitches as well as sewing machines.

 

Filled with detailed descriptions of materials and tools, the easy step-by-step instructions for all the basic sewing techniques will have you creating projects like aprons, pillows, and even pants and shorts in no time. Five simple projects will introduce sewing skills like hems, seams, balancing tension, and how to use a pattern; skills you will use often as you continue to learn.

 

With First Time Sewing, soon you will be stitching amazing gifts and projects with confidence.

Comments

[Carrie]

What a lovely giveaway! A new fan/follower here! :)

[Tabitha K.]

I love sewing quilts so far but I'm new so that might change! Thanks so much for the giveaway!

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[Lynda Taylor]

My favourite thing to sew are things for kids mostly toys but also clothes.
Little items that come together fast give great satisfaction.

[Vicki H]

My favorite thing to sew is quilts.

[Mary Helene]

Love to sew doll clothes for my grand children.

[Joan H.]

Generous giveaway of interesting books.

[Michele T]

I love to make quilts!!!

[Lynn Jackson]

I love making quilts very much. The giveaway looks like fun.

[Julie]

Baby quilts and aprons!! Thanks for the chance at a great giveaway:)

[yunita arianty]

I love to make dolls and plushies!