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This bright and colourful camel bunting makes the perfect addition for this summer. Materials Moroccan Bazaar fabric by The Craft Cotton Company Embroidery thread Batting Thread Ribbon (the length you want your bunting to be) Needle Pins Pencil Paper Step 1 Draw out the outline of a camel on paper, do not draw the legs on the body but draw one separately. Cut out camel body pieces and leg pieces from the fabric and batting, for each camel you will need for the body; two pieces from the fabric and one batting piece, and for the legs; 4 fabric pieces and two batting pieces. Step 2 To make the tail cut a strip of embroidery thread 7 cm in length and tie a knot at the end. Step 3 Take 2 body pieces and one batting piece, place the two fabric pieces right side together and place the piece of batting on top. Position the tail in between the two fabric pieces with its raw edge against the raw edge of the fabric. Sew around the camel leaving a 5 cm gap for turning, turn the right way and slip stitch close the gap. Step 4 To make the legs take 2 of the leg pieces and place right sides together and place a piece of batting on top sew around leaving a 3 cm gap for turning. Turn the right way and slip stitch close the gap. Step 5 Sew the legs onto the body of the camel using the embroidery thread. Step 6 Sew the camels onto your ribbon to complete the batting. Your camel bunting is now complete! Made by Lesley Foster at Hook, Stitch Sew for the Craft Cotton Company 2018 #camel #teddy #sewing #freesewingtutorial #fatquarters #home #kids

Play block shapes and Bambi make a perfect match in this tumbling blocks mini quilt. Materials Paper/card to make template Ruler Pencil Scissors Thread Pins Needle Batting 68 x 68 cm Bambi Fat quarters by The Craft Cotton Company one set of Pink and one set of Blue 4 of the fat quarters will make up the backing fabric 5 will be used to make up the patchwork front The remainder of these along with the final fat quarter can be used to make the binding Note: Sew together using a 1 cm seam allowance throughout, apart from the binding where a 0.5 cm seam allowance is used. When sewing the cubes together make sure you leave a 1 cm gap at the top and bottom of each seam to keep the 1 cm seam allowance. Draw and cut out a diamond template from paper/card with 10cm long sides. 2. Using this diamond template cut out the following: 15 from the blue and grey fabric with a diamond Bambi picture detail. 19 from the white background fabric with pink tree detail. 15 from the white background fabric with blue tree detail. 16 from the white background fabric with blue leaves detail. 3. Take one of the blue with diamond Bambi picture detail fabric pieces which will form the top of the block and sew together with any two other pieces from the white background fabrics. Repeat this for all the blue with diamond Bambi picture detail fabric pieces, and then repeat using the grey with diamond Bambi picture detail fabric pieces to create blocks with a grey top piece. This will give a total of 12 blue topped blocks and 13 grey topped blocks and will leave 2 grey with diamond Bambi picture fabric pieces and 3 blue with diamond Bambi picture for later. 4. Take 1 of the grey topped blocks and one blue and sew them together by placing the two blocks right sides together and sewing down the side seam. This will give a set of two. Next take a grey topped block, a blue topped block and a final grey topped block and sew them together in the same way to create a set of three.Now sew together the set of two and set of three to give a row of 5. Repeat 2 more times to give three rows starting with a grey topped block. 5. Take 1 of the blue topped blocks and one grey and sew them together by placing the two blocks right sides together and sewing down the side seam. This will give a set of two. Next take a blue topped block, a grey topped block and a final blue topped block and sew them together in the same way to create a set of three. Now sew together the set of two and set of three to give a row of 5. Repeat once more to give two rows with a blue topped block. 6. Take two of the rows starting with a grey topped block and sew them together by placing right sides together and sewing along the top edges of all the blocks. Now sew together the two rows starting with a blue topped block. 7. Next sew together the two rows of the blue topped and grey topped blocks to give 4 rows, to do this make sure you place the grey topped rows right side up then the blue topped rows right side down on top and sew along the top edge. 8. Now sew the final grey topped row on above the blue topped rows, to do this make sure you place the 4 row piece with the blue topped rows at the top right side up and the final grey row right side down on top and sewing along the top edge. 9. Sew the remaining 2 grey and 3 blue diamonds along the bottom edge. 10. Square off the quilt and place on top of the batting piece and add your quilted detail. 11. Take the remaining 4 fat quarters and cut each one to 40 x 35 cm, next sew these four pieces together to make the backing fabric piece with 2 of the fat quarters on the top and two beneath. 12. Lay the backing fabric piece right side down, then place the quilted front piece right side up, cut so all pieces are the same size. Pin to secure and hand sew down the joins in the backing fabric using a running stitch making sure not to go through to the front fabric piece. 13. Make bias binding using the left over fabrics using 2 inch wide strips, sewing them all together to make a 4 m length. Fold this strip in half wrong sides together and press to hold. 14. Place the raw edges of the binding against the raw edges of the quilt and sew around 0.5 cm from the edge. Fold the binding over to the other side and slip stitch to hold. Your quilt is now complete! Made by Lesley Foster at Hook, Stitch, Sew for The Craft Cotton Co 2018 #bambi #quilt #miniquilt #freesewingtutorials #tumbling #binding #quilting

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"Be the envy of the classroom by having a go at sewing your own pencil case using VELCRO® brand tape! Follow the fantastic tutorial below by Miss Libby Rose to find out how it’s done." Visit the Hobbycraft blog by clicking here for the full tutorial. #pencilcase #velcro #sewing #backtoschool #freesewingtutorials #fatquarters #accessories #kids

"It’s so easy to learn how to sew your own P.E. kit drawstring bag, and all the easier with this brilliant tutorial from sewing expert Miss Libby Rose!" For the full free tutorial click here to visit the Hobbycraft blog. #bag #hobbycraft #fatquarters #freesewingtutorials #kids #accessories

CHSI Stitches is Europe’s largest and most influential dedicated trade show for the art, craft, needlecraft and hobby sector. There are around 8000 buyers from 43 countries that visit us. This year was our 16th time exhibiting!! Exhibiting at trade shows are always very full on but a lot of fun. It was great to put faces to names and to meet so many lovely customers and friends! This year was extra exciting because we were nominated again for the Craft Business awards under the "Best Stitching & Haberdashery Manufacturers / Suppliers / Distributor" and we won! So thank you to all of our amazing customers and friends for voting for us. The most popular items at our stand were the new '3 Wishes' line by Fabric Editions, our new quilt collection with Debbie Shore 'A Cottage Garden', Licensed prints and our Japanese Floral Metallics. Here are some photos from the weekend, #chsistitches

These beautiful fabrics are a new collection of teal fat quarters that are available at Craft Cotton. Follow this tutorial, on how to make your very ‘Ocean Wave’ – cathedral window cushion cover. Finished size of cushion 22” x 14” Please read through all the instructions before cutting/ preparing any fabric… Materials Fat quarter bundle containing 5 fat quarters Cushion measuring 22" x 14" Half metre of French navy fabric Guttermann thread, colour 1288 Cutting (15) 8" squares, 3 from each of the 5 fat quarters (22) 2 1/4” squares from the white cotton fabric (2) 3” x 23” strips from the French navy fabric (2) 3” x 15.5” strips from the French navy fabric Cut a rectangle from one of the turquoise measuring 5” x 15.5” Cut a rectangle from another piece of turquoise measuring 5.5” x 15.5” From the French navy cut two pieces, one measuring 15.5” x 14 and one measuring 15.5” x 8” Haberdashery items Quilters ruler, rotary cutter/scissors Iron Basic sewing supplies Making the cathedral windows Take your one 8” square, fold in half RST, stitch along the two short edges, using ¼” seam allowance. Pull this open, bring seams together and sew along the two raw edges, leave a 1.5” gap in the centre for turning. Press and turn your square the right way out, push the corners out using a chopstick. Hand sew up the gap and press again. Repeat this process for the remaining 14 squares Press the points to the centre of the square Pin the squares together, so you have 3 rows, of 5 squares, then sew a line of stitches using Gutermann thread, colour 1288, along the crease, where the two squares meet. This will allow the corners to be folded back into the original position. Join the rows in the same way. At this point, you are finished with your sewing machine, this now becomes a fabulous project for taking anywhere with you. Take your 2 ¼” white squares and pin in place, see photo below for placement. To hold these white squares in place, you first need to sew each point of the folded triangles down. With a needle and thread, stitch a bar tack at each corner, roll back the turquoise fabric over the top of the white fabric and stitch tiny stitches to hold in place. Once all your white squares are in place, its time to create the cushion cover… Take the 4 strips of French navy fabric and create a frame. Begin by pressing a ¼” seam along one long edge of the two longest strips. Sew together the strips at the corners, see photo below. Pin your cathedral windows in place, and top stitch in place, around the edge. With RST sew the two turquoise pieces to either end of the French navy piece. Double fold a ¼” seam, on one edge of the turquoise fabric, press and stitch two lines of stitches. With RST sew the two bigger pieces of French navy together and repeat the double fold seam on the end of the smaller piece of fabric. With RST sew down each edge of the French navy piece, creating a pocket (like a pillowcase) Take the top and back of the cushion and with RST, sew down one long side, across the bottom and back up the other side. Press and turn right way out. Insert your cushion and fold over the pocket to keep it enclosed Your cushion cover is finished The ‘Ocean Waves’ – cathedral window cushion cover and tutorial has been created by me - creativeblonde. To see more of my tutorials, you can follow my blog www.creativeblonde.co.uk and/or Instagram page www.instagram.co.uk/creativeblonde66 and www.facebook.com/creativeblonde66 Creativeblonde recommends: Retailer for the ‘Turquoise’ fabrics and other fabrics required to make this quilt https://www.craftcotton.com/ Stockist for Gutermann threads gutermann@stockistenquiries.co.uk 01453 883581 Find them on facebook at www.facebook.com/Guetermann.creativ.uk/ On their new website - https://consumer.guetermann.com/en #cathedral #quilting #cushion #fatquarters #sewing #freesewingtutorials #home

These gorgeous Licenced Disney Mickey Mouse prints are simply adorable, I love the white, mint, grey and orange colours used in this collection. Perfect for a nursery or toddler room, spell out your child’s name… It’s a lovely way to add a little colour and your own personal touch, whether it be in your own child’s bedroom, or a gift for someone special Materials • Fat quarter of white with ‘mickey’ writing • Half a metre of the three other fabrics in this Mint collection • Fat eighth of white cotton fabric • 2.5 meters of bright yellow bias binding • Gutermann variegated teal thread • Fat quarter of heat and bond • Small bag of toy fluff Haberdashery items • Iron-away marker pen • Quilters ruler, rotary cutter/scissors • Iron • basic sewing supplies • Pinking shears • 8.5” star template, with tips cut off • Template for chosen letters* *I printed my letter templates from ‘word’ just choose the font and manually type in the size of the font you need, and print. Don’t forget to reverse the templates. Making the bunting… Firstly, decide on the word you are going to create, I made ‘craftcotton’ - so this was 11 stars plus one at each end. I alternated the grey in between each of the two Mints and finished with a ‘white Mickey’ at each end. I required the following: • 10 stars in grey mickey • 4 stars in white mickey • 6 stars in mint with red • 6 stars in mint with white To make the stars, cut out 26 squares, measuring 9” from the required fabrics, using a heat erasable marker, draw around the star template on 11 of the squares. Take your letter templates and draw them in reverse onto the fusible interfacing – I found it helped to hold the paper I printed the letters onto, up the window and draw them onto the reverse, cut them out and draw around them. Fuse this onto your white fabric, cut each letter out, and baste onto the stars. Blanket stitch around each letter using the variegated teal thread. Match up the corresponding fabric for each star, with right sides facing out, sew along the markings to create the star, leave one side unsewn. Trim all sides leaving ¼” seam allowance with your pinking shears. Stuff the stars with ‘fluff’ and sew along the edge. Trim with pinking shears, leaving ¼” seam as before. Once all your stars are complete, lay out your length of binding, and pin each star at regular intervals, tucking one point inside the fold of the binding, sew along the length of the binding, folding the last 2” of each end back on itself, creating a loop for hanging. Your bunting is ready for hanging… Creativeblonde recommends the following; Retailer for the Disney fabrics and other fabrics needed to complete this project www.craftcotton.com Stockist for Gutermann threads Gutermann@stockistenquiries.co.uk This Disney star bunting and tutorial has been created by me - creativeblonde for The Craft Cotton Co 2018 To see more of my tutorials, you can follow my blog www.creativeblonde.co.uk and/or Instagram page www.instagram.co.uk/creativeblonde66 and www.facebook.com/creativeblonde66 #bunting #stars #fatquarters #mickeymouse #freesewingtutorials #kids #home

Materials – makes 4 small bags • Fat quarter bundle of the mickey mouse collection in Mint • Fat eighth of white cotton fabric • 120” cream twine • Fat eighth of interfacing Haberdashery items • 1” hexagon template • Basic sewing supplies • Cutting mat, rotary cutter/scissors • iron Making the bags: There are four different fabrics in this fat quarter bundle, so I made a bag from each design. Let’s begin by cutting all the fabrics first • 2x pieces for each lining 10.5” x 6.5” • 2x pieces for each casing 7” x 1¼” • 2x pieces for each base 2.5” x 6.5” • 2 x pieces for each outer 8.5” x 6.5” Using a ¼” seam allowance, sew with right sides together the outer and base fabrics Create the casing, by folding over ¼” of the raw edges along each long side of the two casing strips and press, then fold and press ¼” of each end over and glue to hold in place. Sew your casing in place, by pinning 1¼” from the top of the outer pieces of fabric, then carefully sew 1/8” from the edge, do not sew the ends. Take your two outer pieces of fabric and with right sides together sew using ¼” seam allowance, along one side, across the bottom and back up the other side. Repeat this process with the two lining pieces, leave a 2” gap along the bottom. To make the base, pull the bottom corners out, press and measure 2” from the corner and sew across. Cut the excess fabric off leaving ¼” seam. Place the lining inside the outer fabric with right sides together, and pin across the top, matching up the seams. Pull the bag through the gap of the lining, and sew the hole up, press the bag. Top stitch along the top of the bag. Cut the twine into 8 even length (approximately 15”), thread one piece through one casing then through the other, repeat this with a second piece of twine, but start at the opposite end, tie knots on the end and trim away any excess, pull the cords to close the bag. For an extra touch, take your 1” hexagon template, and fussy cut some cute pieces from these adorable fabrics. Fuse each piece to a piece of interfacing. You will need 4 fabric hexagons for each bag. I coordinated the lining fabric with the hexagons on each bag. With right sides facing outwards, take two pieces of fabric and sew a row of stitches around the hexagon, as you get to the last side of the hexagon, add in the ends of the twine from the bag, and sew up the gap, catching the twine inside, repeat this process for the other side of the twine, and for further bags. Aren’t they cute? Creativeblonde recommends: Retailer for the Disney prints… www.craftcotton.com This ‘Mickey Mouse’ Drawstring bag tutorial has been created by me - creativeblonde for The Craft Cotton Company 2018. To see more of my tutorials, you can follow my blog www.creativeblonde.co.uk and/or Instagram page www.instagram.co.uk/creativeblonde66 and www.facebook.com/creativeblonde66​ #mickeymouse #drawstring #bags #freesewingtutorials #fatquarters #kids #accessories

These gorgeous Licenced Disney Mickey Mouse prints are simply adorable, I love the white, mint, grey and orange colours used in this collection. Materials • Fat quarter bundle of the Mint -Mickey Mouse prints • Fat quarter of white cotton • 56” of navy blue bias binding • Gutermann variegated teal thread • Fat quarter on fusible wadding • Fat quarter of heat and bond Haberdashery items • Iron-away marker pen • Quilters ruler, rotary cutter/scissors • Iron • basic sewing supplies • pins • Baste spray • 4” heart template Finished size of hanging Quilt: 8.5” x 14.5” - perfect for a nursery or toddler room… It’s a lovely way to add a little colour and your own personal touch, whether it be in your own child’s bedroom, or a gift for someone special. Making the hanging quilt… Take your ‘heat and bond’ and draw around your heart template 3 times. Roughly cut these out, leaving excess around the template, and iron onto the wrong side of the mint mickey mouse fabric – I chose to fussy cut my hearts from the fabric, to include the printed words – ‘smile, happy, giggle’ Cut these hearts leaving a ¼” seam allowance all the round around, with a sharp pair of pointed scissors snip into the seam allowance – this will help with the needle turn applique. Baste in place on the white piece of fabric, pre-cut to measure 5.5” x 11.5”. Using the Gutermann variegated thread, and using your needle, turn and sew the seam allowance under. Once your three hearts are in place, Fussy cut strips from the white mickey mouse worded fabric. You will need 2 strips measuring 14” x 2” and 2 strips measuring 5.5” x 2”. Sew the shorter pieces to the top and bottom on the quilt, then add the sides. Press your seams. Cut the fusible wadding and the backing piece to measure 8.5” x 14.5”, create your quilt sandwich, by fusing/basting the layers together. Using a heat erasable marker pen, draw a ¼” heart around each applique. To free motion quilt along this line, with your variegated thread, drop the feed dogs on your sewing machine, and attach a darning foot. Attach your binding all the way around. Create a 10” hanging loop with the left-over binding, by folding it in half and sewing a line of stitches 1/8” from the edge. Pin in place (facing down – see photo) and machine stitch to secure. Hand sew the binding onto the reverse of the quilt. Creativeblonde recommends the following; Retailer for the Disney fabrics and other fabrics needed to complete this project www.craftcotton.com Stockist for Gutermann threads Gutermann@stockistenquiries.co.uk This Nursery hanging quilt and tutorial has been created by me - creativeblonde for The Craft Cotton Co 2018. To see more of my tutorials, you can follow my blog www.creativeblonde.co.uk and/or Instagram page www.instagram.co.uk/creativeblonde66 and www.facebook.com/creativeblonde66 #freesewingtutorials #mickeymouse #nursery #quilt #miniquilt #babyquilt #fatquarters #kids

The Crafty Lass does… Pompom Trim Cushions! A pompom trim is a colourful and fun way to jazz up a ‘standard’ and simple cushion make… This tutorial is for a fold over ‘envelope’ style cover. Enjoy! Ingredients: Fabric Pompom Trim Thread Tools: Sewing Machine Scissors Pins Essential - Tea & Biscuits Method: Step 1: Fabrics! Select your fabric - how much you need depends on the size of your cushion inner! As a general rule – to make a full, plump cushion - you will need a cushion inner approximately 5cm bigger than your cover. For example, if your cushion inner is 40cm x 40cm – you will make a cover 35cm x 35cm. I usually measure and cut the fabric at the same size as the inner, and once the sewing seams are take in to account, the final cover makes a ‘perfect’ fit cushion! Step 2: Measure! ‘Measure twice, cut once…’ For the front of the cushion, you will need one square of fabric the same size as your inner. For the back of the cushion, you will need two rectangles of fabric: one side of the rectangle the same length as your square front, and the other side at two-thirds the length of your square. If that doesn’t make sense… hopefully the below diagram should help! Step 3: Pompoms! Select your pompom trim – you could either make this a coordinating colour to your cushion fabric, or make it a real standout contrast colour! You will need to cut four lengths of pompom trim – each one just slightly longer than the length of your cushion front square sides. Step 4: Sewing Pompoms! Take your cushion front square, and with your sewing machine - sew the pompom trims along each of the edges with a straight line stitch - and have the pompoms facing inwards! Sew along the very outer edge of the trim, so that once all sewn together this stitch line cannot be seen – it will be hidden in the seams. You might want to pin the trim down to the cushion first, or going slowly – you can sew them on without into place. At each corner, overlap each trim edge – you may need to remove a pompom (simply cut off) if in the way to make this easier and neater! Step 5: Hem Take your cushion back rectangles, and fold the longer edge over by around 0.5cm, and then fold over again also by 0.5cm, and sew down in a straight line stitch to secure. This will provide a neat edged finish to the back of the cushion. Do this to both rectangles. Step 6: Making the Sandwich! Take your pompom edged front of the cushion square, and lay one of the back pieces on top of this with the ‘correct’ fabric side of the cushion facing inwards. Finish with the final back part of the cushion also facing inwards. Pin all around the edge to secure into position. Step 7: Sewing Round 1! Sew all around the edge of the cushion with a straight line stitch to secure everything in to place as close in to the pompom side of the trim as you can – however don’t worry if you aren’t all the way in as you think you could be – we will correct this in Step 8. Step 8: Sewing Round 2! Repeat Step 7 – but you will find now that the everything is sewn together once; you can do a second stitch line around the cushion edge. This not only makes for secure and strong cushion cover, but you will be able to push your sewing machine foot much closer to the pompoms to make a nice neat finish. Step 9: Turn out your cushion! Et Voila! Turn out your cushion cover, and add your cushion inner! I would love to see how your pompom cushion covers turn out! If you’d like to come along to a craft workshop, for more information about The Crafty Lass and how to book, visit: www.thecraftylass.com Facebook: @thecraftylass facebook.com/TheCraftyLass/ Instagram: @thecraftylass instagram.com/thecraftylass/ By Paula Milner for the Craft Cotton Company 2018 #cushions #cushion #pompom #sewing #freesewingtutorials #home

Keep all your needles and pins together in one place either in the house or on the go with this handy little needle case. Materials Sewing Bee Fat Quarter set by The Craft Cotton Company in Navy Felt 25 x 8 cm Batting 28 x 12 cm Ribbon 10 cm Thread Needle Pins Scissors Step 1 Take four of the fat quarter pieces and cut 2 pieces 8 x 7 cm from each, giving a total of 8 squares. Step 2 Take one of each of the different fat quarter pieces and sew these four pieces together to make a square. To do this take two of the square pieces and place them right sides together and sew down the left hand side, repeat this with the remaining two pieces to give you two pieces consisting of 2 squares. Now sew these two pieces together by placing them right sides together and sewing along the long edge. This will give you a front piece. Repeat for the other 4 squares to make the back. Step 3 Take the front and back pieces and place right sides together, then sew down the side edge. Step 4 Place this on top of the batting piece and add quilted details by sewing a line of straight stitching down the joins between the squares. Step 5 Take the remaining fat quarter and cut a piece 28 x 12 cm. Step 6 Place the patchwork front piece right side up and then fold the ribbon in half and place on the middle of the right hand side with its raw edges against the raw edges of the fabric. Pin to secure. Place the 28 x 12 cm piece of fabric right side down on top of this and sew around to join leaving a 5 cm gap for turning. Step 7 Turn the right way and slip stitch close the gap. Step 8 Take the piece of felt and place in the middle of the inside of case, then sew down the middle of the piece of felt to secure. Step 9 Sew on the button. Your needle case is now complete! Made by Lesley Foster at Hook, Stitch Sew for the Craft Cotton Company 2018 #needle #case #sewingbumblebee #stuarthillard #fatquarters #freesewingtutorials #accessories