Envelope cushion cover tutorial

I said on my facebook page about a million weeks ago that I would be putting a cushion tutorial on here and FINALLY here it is.


Obviously I meant to keep you waiting to build up your excitement (I made cushion and forgot to take photo's of the stages) but now I think you've waited long enough.


My cover was for a cushion insert that was 18x18 inches but I've tried to explain so you can easily adapt to fit whichever size you need, the measurements include your seam allowance!
Lets go....


You will need:
Fabric (I used different for front and back)
Sewing machine
Thread
Pins
Scissors or rotary cutter and Matt
A cushion insert

I like to use separate fabric for the front because you can get awesome panels or fat quarters and use them.
 The front piece needs to be 1 inch bigger than your cushion all round so for my 18"x 18" cushion my fabric needs to be 19"x 19" (you want the fabric to be snug round the pillow/cushion but not so tight its half bursting out).
For the back piece you want the width to be an inch bigger than the cushion as before but you want to add 5 inches to the length, so for my cushion the back piece will be 19"x 23".

Take your BACK piece, find the middle and cut in half!

OK now we want to hem one long side on each of these, this will be the opening on the back.
Fold about a quarter of an inch over and press, then fold over again, press, pin and sew!

Take your FRONT piece and lie down right side facing UP then line up your BACK pieces on top right sides facing DOWN overlapping your hems.

Pin these all the way around and sew, you don't need to leave an opening because you already have a great big one on the back! (don't forget to trim your corners so they turn out nicely).

Now simply turn the right way out and pop your cushion in! BA DA BING!!

I hope you found that helpful and easy to follow, I'd love your constructive feedback and if you would like one made just ask, Ciao for now x

Mini gift bag tutorial

Well howdy as promised this is a little tutorial for a mini bag which can be used for small gifts, Vouchers or for kids to have.


You will need:
fabric scrap
ribbon
4 small buttons
needle and thread
scissors

OK.........


Cut your fabric piece its just a rectangle about 11" x 5" (27 1/2cm x 12 1/2cm)
this includes your seam allowance.
 Fold a half inch (about 1cm) over so wrong sides are touching at each short end, press and then sew.

Now fold the fabric in half so right sides are touching then sew down each of the longer sides and trim the bottom corners and turn the right way out.

That is the main part of the bag done. For the handles, cut 2 strips of ribbon to the size you want your handles to be, you can have the ends of the ribbon on the inside or outside of your bag (different colours and patterns look better in different ways) in this case I've opted to put the ends on the out side. simply sew each end in place with a button, its strong enough as there won't be anything hugely heavy inside.

Repeat this for all the ribbon ends and VOILA gift bag complete. The great thing about these is you can easily hand sew the whole thing and its just in time for valentines and mothers day!

Don't have time to make one? buy one I'll be putting them on my folksy shop or you can message me on my facebook page. www.folksy.com/shops/rustickitsch

Upcomings!! (is that a word?)

Hey there!
Finally making some progress with some of my projects, got the machining done on the curtain for my daughter's bunk beds (got slightly carried away hemming and its now not quite wide enough but hey ho) just need to add all the appliques and it will finally be done.
I will ad pictures of my progress and my finished projects, but I'd also like to start getting some tutorials on here. I'm going to do a Cushion but to start I am going to pop a quick tute on tonight on how to make a little gift bag which can be used for little presents, vouchers or for small children (don't put your children inside this my cause slight confusion and tantrums but they might like to stick something in it).

and completely unrelated looks like it may snow today and I will finally get to use the sledge which is sulking in the cupboard and my toasty welly socks, but I'm not going to hold my breath.