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How to make a rolled fabric rosette and giveaway of a copy of Precut Patchwork Party

If you love fabric and making flower embellishments, then you will love today's tutorial on how to make fabric rolled rosettes from the book Precut Patchwork Party: Projects to Sew and Craft with Fabric Strips, Squares, and Fat Quarters. And if you like books on making things with fabric, you can get yourself in the running for a copy of Precut Patchwork Party by simply answering the question in today's comments:

What is your favorite fabric object or embellishment?

Leave your answer by midnight February 18th, 2013. And if you want to get yourself in the running for another copy of Precut Patchwork Party and see another tutorial from the book pop on over to Sew4Home.

Click on this page from Precut Patchwork Party: Projects to Sew and Craft with Fabric Strips, Squares, and Fat Quarters to enlarge and read how to make a rolled rosette fabric flower.

More about the CPi book:

Precut Patchwork Party:

Projects to Sew and Craft with Fabric Strips, Squares, and Fat Quarters

by

Elaine Schmidt

Precut Patchwork Party is full of soft craft and simple sewing projects that will appeal to both beginners and experienced crafters. While incorporating precut fabric patches and strips of all sizes, this extensive book includes instructions for using fabric die-cutting machines to cut patches of any dimension and shape. The fresh and colorful projects show many creative ways to use precuts beyond traditional quilt-making, ranging from home décor items to wearables, accessories, and gifts.

Elaine Schmidt is a designer, consultant, educator and spokesperson in the sewing, quilting, craft and hobby industries. Since she was a little girl, she has always been busy creating something. Her love of sewing and weaving led her to major in Textiles and Design at Carnegie Mellon University. She has worked in the education and design departments of a major sewing pattern company and is the former design director for a national chain of ribbon boutiques. As the owner of Elaine Schmidt Designs (http://www.elaineschmidt.com), she has developed award-winning products for many manufacturers. Her original designs are featured at trade and consumer shows and in books, magazines, project sheets, and TV segments. She lives in Long Valley, NJ.

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Pretty photo of interesting undergarment from the book Lingerie: A Modern Girl's Guide

I love this undergarment featured in the book Lingerie: A Modern Girl's Guide. I am going to figure out some way to make something inspired using this idea. I think whatever I make would be more out of t-shirt material or a stretch trim, like the straps of a sundress. Not sure how yet, but will be sure to share with you when I do! Send me your ideas :)

If you love historical clothing I bet you will love:

Lingerie:

A Modern Girl's Guide

by

Quarto Publishing

This beautiful illustrated guide to lingerie takes you through a brief history of lingerie, from girdles and early versions of the bra to modern pieces, and shows you how to properly fit yourself and where to find the most beautiful lingerie.

 

Pants made from cowboy boots featured in the book The Poetry of Fashion Design

Happy Thanksgiving! Got your stretchy pants on for the big day? You know I do! Well, in honor of pants I thought I'd share this way-cool pair made from cowboy boots featured in the book The Poetry of Fashion Design: A Celebration of the World's Most Interesting Fashion Designers.

 And if you like looking at amazing fashion and reading about designers, you will love the Rockport book:

The Poetry of Fashion Design:

A Celebration of the World's Most Interesting Fashion Designers

by

Paz Diman

There are 108 sonnets in “Astrofel and Stella” by Sir Philip Sydney. One hundred and eight pieces that together make up total perfection and closure that would not possible if some of them did not exist. Analogically, fashion is like a poem. It is made up of different elements that tell a story with the rhythm and tension that achieves harmony. The only difference is that this is a poem that changes and evolves. The pages of this book present the 108 "sonnets" that make up and define the world of fashion today and provide a unique and inspired design source for both professional designers and fashion design enthusiasts.

Energized by an insatiable curiosity, Paz Diman left her native city of Buenos Aires and landed in Barcelona. There, she was quickly captivated by graphic design and editorial production and studied journalism at Universidad Autónoma. Now, Diman combines her fascination for the “underground” world with her love of books on graphic design, fashion, pop culture, and new media, with the intention of exposing the most intrepid ideas and the boldest creators.

   

How to make needle felted cord from the book The Complete Photo Guide to Felting

 

Today's inside peek is a cool tutorial on how to make needle felted cord featured in the new book The Complete Photo Guide to Felting. What a cool way to make custom cord that could be used in all sorts of projects.

Click on this page from The Complete Photo Guide to Felting to enlarge and read the full tutorial on how to make needle felted cord.

More about the CPi book:

The Complete Photo Guide to Felting

by

Ruth Lane

This richly illustrated how-to book is a comprehensive reference for various felting techniques, including needle felting, wet felting, and nuno felting. With these easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions and hundreds of full-color photos, you’ll be able to explore these easy projects that provide fun opportunities for you to try the techniques. Galleries of unique felted designs and creations by renowned fabric artists act as beautiful examples and inspiration to pursue the hobby yourself.

Ruth Lane is a self-taught fiber artist who loves to “play” with a wide variety of materials, including wool, silk, fabrics, yarns, and threads. Creating one of a kind fiber art pieces to share with the world fulfills her creative passion. She has been a member of the Felting Forum—an online forum of 2,500 felt makers from around the world—for four and half years and a moderator for three years. A longtime supporter of fine crafts, Ruth co-owns a fine craft gallery, The Purple Pomegranate, which represents  more than 180 American artists whose work includes jewelry, ceramics, metal work, mixed media, woodworking, glass art, fiber art, prints and paintings. She lives in Kalispell, Montana. Visit her online at http://ruthsfiberphotos.blogspot.com.

 

How to transfer muslin markings to a pattern from the book The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting

If you are like me and always have to alter clothing and patterns (or just like to make them to fit your own style), I bet you will love this tutorial on how to transfer muslin markings to a pattern from the book The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting.

Click on these pages from The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting to enlarge and read the step by step instructions on how to transfer muslin markings to a pattern.

More about the CPi book:

The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting

by

Sarah Veblen

No matter what size or shape you are, wearing garments that fit perfectly makes you look and feel better. Rather than making commonly accepted changes to a commercial pattern, the method presented in this guide focuses on the way a test garment fits the body. The fabric is manipulated to improve the fit, and then those specific changes are made to the pattern. The result: patterns that fit perfectly!

Sarah Veblen is a custom fashion designer who focuses on teaching, creating clothing for her clientele, patternmaking and design consultation for young designers, and writing in several venues.