Golfer Gift Bucket

 

 

Did you know it's National Golf Day tomorrow?

 

Here is a quick gift basket idea for

the golfer in your life!

 

 

Supplies:

• Clear Gallon Pail
• Golf balls
• Golf Sign
• Gift Certificate to golf store or a round of golf.
• Green shredded paper
• Jute Twine



 

 

Kitchen Scrub it

 

Start getting ready for the Holidays early!

 

 These scrubbies are adorable and great gifts...

Bring to the host of a holiday party, a new neighbor as a house warming gift,

or for the person that is hard to buy for!

 These are so colorful scrubbies will brighten up anyone's kitchen!

 

 

 

Travel Block Set

Spell out your love of T-R-A-V-E-L with this fun project. Or change up the letters to spell what speaks to you. We love the beautiful Journey Collection of papers and embellishments, ideal for trendy home decor projects!

Supplies:

• 6pk unfinished wood blocks
• acrylic craft paint in your choice of color (and foam brush to apply it with)
• Journey Collection of Papers and embellishments by Crate Paper
• Large alphabet stickers- we liked these large gold stickers from American Crafts
• foam tape or pop dots for layering and adding dimension
• embellishment glue stick by Pioneer for adhering paper to front of wood blocks

Directions:

1. Paint edges and back side of each wood block
2. cut your choice of patter papers to fit each block and adhere in place with embellishment glue stick- we LOVE this glue stick, it gives such a strong hold but it's easy to use, and really affordable!
3. We used our foam brush to brush a little of the same paint from painting the blocks over the edges of the paper to distress them a little. 
4. Next cut smaller rectangle pieces of paper to layer alpha stickers to - and spell out your message. With 6 spaces- what will you spell? T-R-A-V-E-L or F-A-M-I-L-Y ?
5. Layer your letters to blocks using dimensional foam tape, and add embellishments. 

* 6 Piece Wood Block Set 40% off regular prices (reg. $15.00) and Travel Themed Papers and Embellishments  30% off regular prices until June 22nd, 2015

DIY Luggage Tags

Let us help you explore your ideas, express your style, and discover your creativity! Create a custom luggage tag! You will be able to spot your luggage in no time while also adding to it a little style!

Supplies:

    Fat quarter of your choice
    A package of Quilter’s Vinyl
    1/8 yard Fast2Fuse     Coordinating thread
    1/3 yard coordinating ½” grosgrain ribbon
    Pinking shears or blade for rotary cutter, optional
    Frixion pen

Directions:

1. Cut 2 - 11 ¼” x 4 ¼” pieces from the fat quarter fabric. 

2. Cut 2 - 5 ½” x 4” pieces from the Fast2Fuse.

3. Wrap each piece of 11¼” x 4¼” fabric around each piece of Fast2Fuse.  Following the manufacturer’s directions, fuse the fabric in place.  Trim the edges with pinking shears or blade.

4. Place a business card 1” from 3 edges of a fabric fused piece.  Trace around it and cut the card sized piece out.

5. Cut a piece of vinyl 1” larger than the business card.  Stitch the vinyl in place 1/8” from the opening.  If you are worried about the vinyl moving when you’re stitching, tape it in place on the wrong side. 

6. Place this rectangle with the vinyl side facing up.  On the short side, center a button hole opening ½” from the edge.  Stitch a 5/8” buttonhole.

7. Cut the buttonhole open.  Stack the 2 fused pieces on top of each other.   Using your Frixion pen, make a mark thru the buttonhole opening for the ribbon placement.  Separate the fused pieces.  Fold the ribbon in half and stitch onto the fused piece, matching the mark. 

8. Stack the fused pieces together again.  On the ribbon end, center a 2” opening to insert your card.  Using a walking foot and a ¼” seam allowance, stitch from one side of the card opening around to the other side, backstitching at each end. If you have long sturdy pins, pinning the layers together may make sewing easier. Insert your identification card, pull one end of the ribbon through the buttonhole and secure it to your luggage with a knot.

Roll Up Chalk Cloth Bag and Travel Game Board

Staycation? Sleepover? How about going to a summer day trip? Make travel fun with this travel game board!

Supplies: 

½ yard of chalk cloth
½ yard of 1 sided peltex
 1 fat quarter
 18” of paracord or ribbon
 Thread to match fabric
 Optional: 505 spray


Directions:

1. Cut chalk cloth into 16” square.

2. Cut peltex into 16” square. 

3. Cut fat quarter into 18” square.

4. Knot the ends of the paracord or ribbon.

5. Center the peltex square to the center of the 18” square following the manufacturer’s directions. 

6. Press all edges of the 18” fabric square under ½” inch. 

7. If using the 505 spray, lightly spray the peltex square with 505.  Center the chalk cloth onto your peltex square and press it in place with your hands.  Fold the pressed edges of the fabric over the chalk cloth and pin in place.

8. Stitch close to the folded edge. 

9. Find the center of the paracord or ribbon and pin it 9” from the top right side of your hemmed square.  Stitch it in place.

Grab your chalk and have fun on your travels!

* Chalk Cloth 1/2 Yard Cuts 40% off regular prices (reg $11.99) and 30% off reg prices on Novelty Prints (reg $9.99 to $12.99 per yard) until June 22nd, 2015

Mojito Bags

This new fabric line “Mojito” from Moda, is fresh and contemporary! What a great gift for Mother’s Day or summer birthdays.

The tote bag pattern is from Pink Sands Beach Designs.  With 6 inside pockets and enough stabilizer to stand on its own without being bulky, it’s a fantastic bag! 

The two smaller bags are created using an Atkinson Designs pattern called “Zippy Strippy”.  Included in the pattern are 3 bag sizes.

The largest bag can be made in an hour.  Embellishments are endless and make this project even more fun! 

I Heart Canning Jars

We have projects for every type of crafter in this special blog series. We will show you how we did it, and what you need to do it, all found on the shelves of your local family owned and operated Craft Warehouse stores.

Everyone is loving canning jars these days. Stenciling is so easy! You can finish this look in no time! Chalky Finish Paint is extremely easy to work with and great on virtually any surface. It creates a white washed finish in a variety of vintage colors.

Supplies:

Mason Jar
Cosmetic Sponge (to pounce over the stickers so that the paint doesn't seep through)
Chalky Finish Paint
Sticker or Tape (we used a punch with adhesive backed paper)
Twine 

1. Paint the entire jar. Let dry and apply stickers or tape.

2. Paint the jar again in a different color and let dry.

3. Remove the stickers and you have a stenciled jar!

How easy is that!

* Chalky Paint $6.88 (reg $8.99) and Mason Jars $1 (quart and pint size, regular or wide mouth) on sale until February 23rd, 2015

Valentine's Day Apron by Craft Warehouse Guest Designer Jessi Buehrle

Hey everyone Jessi here from My Life in Arts n’ Crafts, which is where you can usually find me. I have the honor of guesting here on the Craft Warehouse Blog. I am beyond excited to share with you a few simple projects that you can make with just a few items.

You will need:

·      Several tea towels in your choice of colors I used the red and the white
·      Red (Maroon) Apron
·      Your Silhouette Cameo (most of our stores have upgraded to the new touch screen one which has amazing new features)
·      The Heat Transfer Starter Kit
Weeding tool (comes in the kit)
·      (Optional) Silhouette Spatula
·      Possibly some scissors
·      Iron
·      An Ironing board or a towel to protect your work surface

Let’s get started!

To get started open the software on your computer. You will need to find a design you like for your towel.

For my white towel I used the teal HTV (heat transfer vinyl). I wanted my design to be small enough to fit in to the portion of the towel, that when folded, would be visible.

I used “ Love is four-legged word - phrase by Kolette Hall”
Design ID #70554

You can ungroup the image to keep only the Love portion. Of course if you have another love or word you want in your jar then feel free to do that as well. I love having images I can get more use out of.

For the jar I used “3 mason jars by Lori Whitlock”
Design ID #27990

I chose this one because I liked the outline part of the jar. This is what I used for my design

I then layered the love over the jar and welded it together.
I used the hearts from the jar set and sized them smaller and tipped some of them. Remember odd numbers look better to the eye so I used 3.

For the apron I used typewriter by Hero Arts
Design ID #43203

I typed out LOVE in the font “Courier”

Being able to use any font from your own computer is amazing with the Silhouette software.
I sized the typewriter approximately 9 by 9.  I used a heart for the O in love and placed in inside what would be the paper from the typewriter.

***Reminder*** always flip (mirror) your image prior to cutting. With heat transfer you cut the material upside down.

Always do a test cut on the material with the machine to avoid ruining your HTV I found with my machine I needed to adjust the blade to a 3 for regular HTV and to a 4 for the flocked.


Iron your item that you will be applying the HTV to prior to actually applying the design. Follow the direction inside the booklet that comes with the kit for how to iron on the design.

And as simple as that you have a cute valentine apron and towel that is great for anyone!

 

Heart Sachet or Pincusion

Create that one of a kind gift that will for sure make someone's day! Make them in bunches to give out as a friendly random act of kindness during the days that lead up to Valentine's Day!

Supplies:

    10” square of fabric
    10” square of fusible fleece, I like the Pellon brand the best
    Polyester fiber fill
    1½”-2” x 12” piece of ribbon or fabric

Directions:

1. Following the manufacturer’s directions, fuse the fleece to the wrong side of the fabric.

2. Quilt as desired. 

 3. Cut square in half on the diagonal.

 4. With wrong sides together, using a ¼” seam allowance, sew the 2 halves together leaving a 2” opening on the long side of the triangle.

 5. Clip the corners off close to your stitching and turn right side out, poking the points out with a pencil or bamboo skewer.  

  6. Fill with polyester fiber fill and lavender or your favorite potpourri for a sachet. Fill with cedar shavings, walnut shells or rice for a pincushion. Push the filling into the bottom corner but don’t put much filling in the 2 ends that you will be joining on the top. If you want some weight on the bottom, you can begin filling the heart with poly pellets.

7. By hand, stitch the opening closed. Bring the 2 ends up to meet in the middle. I hold mine together with binding clips. Clothespins or safety pins would work fine. Stitch together.

8.  Tie with fabric or ribbon to cover your overlapping ends.

SeaHawks Fleece Hat

This fleece hat is fun, fast and super easy to make!  Because fleece is so wide you will get 2 or 3 hats out of this much fabric, depending on the size of your head.   

 

You will need:

·          

       2/3 yard of fleece 

·         Tape measure to measure the circumference of your head

·         Sewing machine with thread to match your project 

       Scissors

Directions:

1. Cut a piece of fleece the circumference of your head by 24”.  For example, my head measured 22”, so I cut my fabric 22” going across the width of the fabric and 24” high.

2. Pin the 24” sides together creating a tube, with the right sides together of the fabric inside.   

3. Sew the tube together using a zig zag stitch and a ½” seam allowance.  If your fabric has a design, make sure it’s going to be right side up before the next step. 

4. Fold 4” of the tube up creating a cuff, matching the side seam.  Pin in a few places and zig zag stitch the cut or top edge of this cuff in place, stretching it ever so slightly as you sew.  Place the cuff away from you.   

5. Every half inch, cut down 4”- 6” to create the fringed top.  Turn your hat right side out.  Center the seam in back.  Tightly tie the fringe together with a piece of fleece, ribbon, or yarn cut 10” x ½”.  

 GO SEAHAWKS!! To get directions for these 12 Man Mittens and Scarf visit our Learning Center at our website here! 

* SeaHawks printed fleece $15.99 a yard until November 27th, 2014

                   

Chatterbox Hostess Apron by Design Team Member Staci Wendland

 

My thanks to Craft Warehouse for welcoming me back for a second year on their Design Team!  My name is Staci, and I can usually be found over at my blog, but today I'm here to talk about a fun pattern I recently got to take for a spin.

When I received the three prints from the Windham Fabrics Oh Clementine line by Allison Harris for Cluck Cluck Sew, it immediately brightened up my sewing room, even just stacked on my table.  Also included in the box was the Chatterbox Apron Pattern from Mary Mulari Designs.  It had me at "reversible" and "only 2 yards of fabric."  Before I cut into it, I happened to visit Craft Warehouse and saw the apron sewn up and hanging in the fabric section.  I can tell you, the picture on the envelope doesn't quite do it justice.  It's so much cuter in person!

The first thing I noticed when I opened the pattern is that all of the pieces are printed on one heavy sheet of paper.  I had planned to trace the pieces, but after seeing how sturdy the paper was I had no concerns about just cutting them out.  I also didn't need to worry about losing the instructions in the process, because they're printed directly onto one of the big pieces.

Another thing I loved about the pattern was a little prompt to write down when you made the apron and who it was for.  I always intend to do this when I use a pattern, but never remember to.

 

I noticed while cutting this out that the pattern is clearly hand-drawn, rather than rendered digitally.  A designer after my own heart!  I like a simple project, and this one fits right in with its two-yard fabric requirement and six pattern pieces.

To make it even quicker and easier, the designer suggests cutting both sides of the reversible apron at the same time by stacking the two pieces of fabric.  I would have done that, except I was using three fabrics, so both sides wouldn't be exact opposites of each other.  Even so, I had the whole thing cut out in no time.   The only notion required is a piece of Velcro, but I happened to have some who-knows-how-old ric rac in an orangey-red that coordinated with the fabrics perfectly.  

  I stitched it onto the pockets and top of one side before assembling the apron.  You could do the same with ribbon or bias tape.

I didn't notice until it was too late that the daisy print was directional.  This is a pretty common problem for me.  In fact, I have a particularly hilarious pair of pajama shorts.  No worries here though.  My daisies aren't growing, they're cascading.

The instructions are very clear and the pieces all went together smoothly.  This was especially important since the method of assembling this apron was new to me, but very clever.

One bit of advice I can give you, based on mistake number two, is know where all of your straps are when you're top-stitching.  I almost made it through without pulling out the seam ripper.

These three fabrics came together to made this unique pattern even more cheerful.  I actually thought the side with the red trim was going to be my favorite.

But it actually turned out to be the side with the upside-down daisies and the ric rac.  Fun and a little whimsical.

This apron would also make a great hostess gift.  Because it's reversible, I'd love to make it  with a fall or Thanksgiving print on one side and a Christmas print on the other.  Flip it over and you're ready for the next season!