Fiskars Craft

Sew-a-long.... Prt1 - supply list

Welcome to the Fiskars Craft Sew-a-long!

So glad you could join me in this sew-a-long where I show you step by step on a weekly basis on how to make something. You are sewing along with me!

This post is the first and lists the supplies you need. You have one week to complete the gathering of supplies. This post however will be up for the duration that this blog exists so you have plenty of time to do this if you don't have time this time around.

If you have ANY questions please ask. I am here to help you.

There is also a prize to be chosen for one participant! So comment in the below thread to say you are participating with me.

 

You will be making this handbag/tote bag with me....

 

Supplies you need will be:

Canvas (or apolstery fabric, or some denium fabric) 38" x 28" (97cm x 72cm) - this is found in fabric stores or artist stores on the roll.

White sewing thread & sewing machine and machine needles 100/6 (Ones that sew denium or thick fabric) and Pins. And an Iron.

Sew in velcro (some places call it hook and loop) - do NOT get stick in stuff it messes up the needle when sewing. Believe me I have tried this.

Clip or hook - these are found on VIP straps or in craft stores:

one "Fat quarter" or more of desired fabric.... or contrasting fabric scraps like me

Fiskars Titanium Rotary cutter and Fiskars quilt cutting mat (found at spotlight stores)

Fiskars microtip scissors (found at spotlight stores) - cuts loose threads nicely and cuts shapes out of fabric well.

 

Optional will be a handy 12 in 1 sewing tool. Has an unpicker, thread cutter, tape measure and more in it. very handy when sewing.

Fabric Adheasive like Helmar All Purpose Glue and Helmar Fray Stoppa
These will help decorate the bag for us.

needle and DMC thread for decorating - Fabric paint (i like using jacquard fabric paints but there are plenty on the market) and paint brush/water container to rince and wash brushes. Pencil or pen for marking fabric.

optional: Various fabric flowers (you can find these in second hand stores or cheepy stores - $1 and 99c or under $10 stores - for next to nothing and pull them apart for alot of crafts)

Well see you next week sometime. I'll try to post on the same day.....
We will start cutting out the pieces we need.

 See you then!

Debbie Buckland
artycrafty.wordpress.com

                                       Part 2 - Cutting out the pieces

                                       Part 3 - Making Bias Binding and sewing

                                       Part 4 - Adding pockets and sewing up bag

                                       Part 4 - Embellishing our Bag

 

NEW Fiskars Interchangeable Punches

Don't you just love it when NEW TOOL Designs are realeased?

Fiskars never cease to amaze me with their creative,talented design team and engineers.....always thinking of new and creative ways to advance on their already well recognised quality Craft Tools!!!

The NEW Interchangeable Border Punches shall be available for Retailers/LSS   to purchase through SSS in Australia early FEBRUARY....and these following Tools shall be available in SPOTLIGHT STORES in APRIL.

Firstly the Interchangeable Border Punch Starter Set " DAISY CHAIN "......this is what you start with and then you can add other Cartridges to it......

The 5 other Cartridges being ranged in SPOTLIGHT  are:

                                                                           

                                                                    " LACY DOUBLES "

                                                                      " IVY LEAGUE "

                                                                " NOTEWORTHY "

                                                            " X MARKS THE SPOT "

                                                            " BANNERS AWAY "

Keep an eye on the Blog here as our FISKARS CRAFT TEAM shall be sharing some fun projects using these fabulous NEW Interchangeable Border Punches over the coming months.......

Features

• Ideal for adding a decorative border to a paper craft project, then switching the cartridge to add a different design to your next project
• Requires the Interchangeable Border Punch^™ Starter Set base (sold separately)
• Cartridges stack for space-saving storage and easy transport
• Lifetime warranty

CHA Fiskateer online CROP now on

Just a reminder that the CHA Fiskateer CROP is now on over at FISKATEERS ......there are some fun Challenges and our own Aussie Fiskateer Tracy Maloney has set one of the fun Challenges.

Great prizes up for grabs,loads of inspirational projects being shared in the GALLERY over there.

The online CROP is going for 2 days with several of the Challenge deadlines not until Tuesday....so plenty of time to get crafty!

Pennie Pockets

Difficulty rating: Beginner

A few years ago my mom sewed a set of Pennie Pockets for my children for Valentine’s day and now I love to make these adorable treat holders, fill them with goodies, and present them to friends, family and even my children’s teachers to let them know they are loved.

The pattern and instructions for these beautiful cone pockets can be found on the Moda Bakeshop website and you can find the link by clicking here .

The Pennie Pockets my mom made for my children have become a tradition that is brought out and hung up each year with our usual Valentine’s decorations. I like to hang them on the door handle to my children’s bedroom, but needless to say, they don’t stay there for long! It isn’t until February 14th however, that my children wake up to find their Pennie Pockets filled and overflowing with yummy treats and special keepsakes.

This year I will be giving a Pennie Pocket to each of my children’s teachers, and I aim to involve the children in the process. They are usually pretty receptive to a visit to the fabric store (particularly if they know get to do the actual choosing and will be involved in the cutting and sewing).

They also love to help out with the sewing and construction of items, where they can, and I think they’d take great pride in making something wonderful for their teachers. My 7yr old is pretty adept at following pattern directions and with guidance can use my sewing machine, whilst my 5yr old will enjoy pinning and cutting fabric or sitting on my lap as I sew.

Before I have them help me with their teacher’s pennie pockets, I wanted to make a set of my own following the directions on the Moda website. By far the easiest way to cut squares of fabric is to use a rotary cutter, ruler and cutting mat. I like to start a project like this with a brand new blade in my rotary cutter because it makes the whole cutting out experience so quick and easy.

Next, following the directions, I pinned the fabric and sewed it together. It’s a bit like fabric origami, but it really does work!

I always like to clip my corners because it makes the seams lie so much flatter.

I find the stuffing tool in my sew taxi to be the perfect thing to poke out corners.

The directions on the Moda website suggest making yoyos to embellish the front of the Pennie Pockets. If, like me, you don’t have a yoyo maker, here is a helpful tutorial on making yoyos without one.

Other options for decorating the front of the Pennie Pockets are to use heart shaped buttons, beads or different sized circles, like I did.

We will present the Pennie Pockets filled with a few treats specific to each teacher. I even enjoy the challenge of finding small items I know they will love and that will fit inside the pockets. Gift cards are an easy choice, not only because of their size, but also because what wonderful and inspiring teacher doesn’t deserve a pedicure or coffee shop treat? I also intend to involve my children in choosing what we should put inside the pockets since they know their teachers better than I do! I’m sure there will be some home baked goods or other handmade items squeezed in there!

Consider making a few Pennie Pockets for some special people you want to recognize this Valentine’s Day or start your own tradition of hanging them around your home and filling them up with goodies and treats for visitors to enjoy.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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For further Valentines Projects and crafty inspiration make sure you drop by http://www2.fiskars.com/Activities/Crafting

Fiskars Interchangeable Border Punch + Burst Everywhere Punch

I have had some wonderful HAPPY MAIL this week from both STAMPIN UP and FISKARS so I finally had a play tonight with some of the fabulous goodies to create this fun birthday card for my great niece Kimberley who turns TWO today......

We are attending her party this afternoon......

I must admit I had such fun playing with the NEW FISKARS INTERCHANGEABLE BORDER PUNCH - BANNERS AWAY....and the NEW CARTRIDGE for my FISKARS EVERYWHERE PUNCH- BURST....I thought these two punches complimented each other on this card.

Next I used my NEW STAMPIN UP Four Frames Stamp and Melon Mambo Ink Pad to stamp an image on white cardstock.

 The sentiment is also a STAMPIN UP stamp that was given to me by a friend....thanks Pam!

I used the Tempting Turquoise Ink Pad for this as I thought it looked great against the background cardstock........................also from STAMPIN UP.......thanks guys!

 I then punched out the image with my NEW STAMPIN UP Punch - Decorative Label

I love how STAMPIN UP have these co-ordinating stamps and punches.....just fabulous!!!

Paper is from the Stampin Up - Designer Series Paper

Cardstock is from Stampin Up - A4 Smooth Cardstock

Clown and flower embellishments were in my stash......thought they looked cute and added some more colour......

                                    HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIMBERLEY!

I can't wait to play some more with these fabulous tools.....that arrived yesterday!!

I'll be back in a few days with more fun projects using these fabulous NEW Fiskars Tools................the Interchangeable Border Punches are sooooo user friendly.....great colours...and they stack so that you can easily store them....with the Design on the front......just fabulous!!!!

I'l be doing up a little HOW TO Video to show how easy these new Interchangeable Punches are to use.......

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

and the winners are

 

Christine Cleary (NZ)

Debbie Cornish (Canada)

Tracy Maloney (AUST)

Anna Kluttmans (AUST)

Toni (AUST)

 

Congratulations ladies......you have all won a nice Fiskars Seasonal Limited Edition Punch.......thank you for entering the AUSTRALIA DAY CHALLENGE.....................can you please all email your postal details to

 

                [email protected]

Please put Aust Day Challenge in the subject line.......and I'll have these sent out asap to you all!

Thank you to everyone who entered!!! It's great to see fellow FISKATEERS entering our Challenges!

 

If you didn't enter this challenge then you might like to enter Debbie's Sewing Challenge starting February 1st......so keep an eye on the Blog........we'll have a SEWING TOOL or two to give away during FEBRUARY/MARCH.

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Happy AUSTRALIA DAY

Hi everyone,

We hope you have a wonderful AUSTRALIA DAY today no matter where you are around the world today!

To check out activities near you in Australia you can go to

           http://www.australiaday.org.au/

I'm working all day at the Blue Lotus Watergarden ......but I'll be back tonight to announce the winners of our AUSTRALIA DAY CHALLENGE!!!!    

Self pic taken before I headed off to work today.....LOL!  Gotta' be patriotic!

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

Creating a Pencil Roll.

If you are like me and have a BUNCH of colouring in pencils.......and not the cheap ones........You,like me will hate it when they get banged about in a pencil case and the lead breaks within the pencil, then every time you go to sharpen it it breaks again! 

I have solved this problem with a idea that i saw. A pencil roll.

It is really simple, all you will need is some scrap fabric, wadding, 2 metres elastic and some old ribbon or binding tape.

Firstly, Cut yourself 2 pieces of fabric size 70cm x 35cm with your pinking shears or a rotary cutter. then cut yourself a piece of wadding the same size.

Make a sandwich with fabric- wadding - fabric with the wrong sides of the fabric touching the wadding.

(sorry i should have taken a pic of this...i forgot!!)

Sew around the outside edge of the whole rectangle.

Take your elastic and cut in 1/2 (2 lots of 1 mtr) place across the fabric rectangle approx 1/4 from the bottom and then 1/2 way. pin.

Sew across the fabric and elastic the whole length down every 11/2 - 2 cm (depending on the thickness of your pencils) keep doing this the whole way till the end. You should get approx 45 -50 places depending on your spacing.

Trim off excess elastic.

Hem your whole rectangle of fabric with either binding tape or like me some ribbon. I used grosgrain ribbon as it is a little stronger.

And you are done. You can use a bit of ribbon to roll and tie it together like i did or you can even fold it instead.

Here is mine all filled up with my aqua pencils.

And here are my trusty Fiskars tools that i used THe Pinking shears are Great to stop fraying and the rotary cutter is great to cut those long straight lines!!!

 

Tara:)

Toni enters the Australia Day Challenge

The latest AUSTRLIA DAY CHALLENGE entry has come through from Toni......Fiskateer # 7985.

How cute is this!!!

 

Choosing the right Scissors