Sorry I’ve been out of touch for a bit. Now I need a vacation from my vacation.
Here are my pinwheel quilted coasters from last summer. Another re-run! Click here for instructions. I think these would be nice for a summer party or as a hostess gift. Maybe you could make them much larger and turn them into square placemats. You could have a pinwheel party and make these flower pinwheels too.
Vintage Doily Banner, $10 from Foley Designs.
Leafy Trees Japanese Fabric, $9 for 1/2 yard from Matatabi.
Spring Equinox Flats, $48 from Hydra Heart.
Jacks blue on white Japanese fabric, $8.50 for 1/2 yard (plus 20% off all cotton and linen/cotton blends through June 7) from This and That from Japan.
Beginners Kids Dresses and Tunics Japanese sewing book, $24 from PinkNelie.
Set of 3 House Buttons, $1.80 from Stefanie Style.
Measuring Tape Sewing Tape, $3.50 for one meter from myetsyshop.
Kids Casual Wear Japanese Sewing Book, $19 from mu:er.
Linen Country Check in Olive Green, $12.99 for one yard from Gogo Hand Made.
This summer I’ll be doing crafts based on children’s books. This week we read Elmer by David McKee. Elmer is the story of a patchwork elephant who wants to look like everyone else, but soon realizes that it’s boring to blend in with the crowd. At the end of the book the elephants have a parade, so the girls and I decided to make an elephant parade garland.
Click here to download the .pdf template if you’d like to make one too.
Simply print the template and cut out the elephants from card stock. Let the children paint, collage, or color them. Then string them together with twine. A fun and easy project for a summer afternoon. Stay tuned for more children’s book projects all summer long!
Reversible headbands — again. You’ll be getting some re-runs this summer. I just made some more of these yesterday. Interesting that I made headbands at the exact time last year. Maybe I should just get a haircut.
Find my tutorial and template here.
I’m still using bits and pieces of this Liberty print (in a different colorway) that I love so much. It reverses to a plain cotton/linen blend.
