Fabric Flowers

Hey there friends!  I hope you got out and voted today.  :-)

I did a little sewing the other day and made a notebook cover with a fun embellishment and thought I'd share it with you.

I used some linen-look fabric that I had left over from a different project and a floral print that I've had in my stash for awhile.  The basic twisting for the flower is based on Vanessa's technique (I took her Craftsy class).

For the notebook cover pattern, I used the Swatch Book cover pattern from Michelle Patterns - skipping the flap part.  I made a little template so I could draw a circle on the cover and use it as a guide for stitching on my flower.  I added the leaves after, but would add them first next time.

I really love it and have some other ideas for embellished notebooks.  What do you think?

Hope you had a wonderful day!

Happy Sewing!  :-)

Twisted Flowers

Hi y'all!  Happy Wednesday!  I am so in denial about tomorrow being the last day of this teacher's summer break.  :-/  "Back to the real world..."

Anyway, since we are challenging you to add texture for our current Stitch & Share Challenge, I thought I'd show you another recent project I made that incorporated texture.

For this pillow, I used Vanessa's technique for these messy flowers. I signed up for the Craftsy class, but I think they are also in her book. There are lots of similar tutorials online, but you're sewing as you go instead of hot gluing them down.

I will be honest and tell you that my original intention was to flower the whole thing ... but I was running out of fabric and more importantly out of time.  (Notice the pins at the bottom of the pillow... I hand stitched it closed on the way to the housewarming party!  Anyone else do that!?)

While taking these photos, I realized red is a pain to photograph well.  But I think you get the idea.  The whole thing was made with Bella Country Red.  I hand stitching some pearl beads to the centers and I think that really ups the ante on this from pretty to even prettier.

A few days after gifting it, my friend shared that it was already being enjoyed. :-)

So, ready to add some texture to something yet?  I have a few more ideas to show you before the end of the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Happy Sewing!  :-)