Category: Londa’s Sewing Projects
Rolled Jersey Knit Trims
Trendy Detail: Rolled Knit Trim How To’s for trimming with knit strips was the subject of my column in Sew News April/May 2018. When the editors accepted my proposal, I had no idea how much ADDITIONAL knowledge I would gain as I tested and tested and tested knit strips, grain, and rolling. Which Way DO Knit Strips Roll? I always assumed that cross-grain cut strips would be the best, as the mostRead More
Memory Doily Headboard
I love lace - especially crocheted lace - ones I remember on furniture in my childhood home. When I started dreaming up my 'Memory' Guest Bedroom decor, I knew my collection of precious doilies would have to play a BIG part. Of course, I let my finger do the research on Pinterest, and came up with many ideas. You can see many of my inspiration pins at my "Linen Decor'Read More
Vintage Curtain Heading with Crochet-Edged Hankies
As I designed my vintage hanky curtains, I had the idea of highlighting the beautiful crochet-edged handkerchiefs as the 'headings' above the curtain rods. Since I did one panel, and then the other one later after it 'worked', I took photos and made notes as I worked. Hoping you might be inspired to do something like this, my directions for how I did this can be found below. 1.Read More
Vintage Hanky Curtains
For my 'Memory' guest bedroom, I decided to make use of precious hankies from my childhood. 'Secret Pal' hankies that I'd received each year on my birthday in a card from my 'Secret Pal'...always an exciting envelope to open, are important hankies evoking fond memories on these curtains. Many of the other hankies are ones I played with while sitting at my mom's vanity. I distinctly remember opening her upperRead More
How To Sew Pillows WITHOUT ‘Dog Ears’
I'm not sure where I learned this technique, but I've been making pillows this way for YEARS...and it WORKS! The video says it all. https://youtu.be/gGPPwwvuEWo Give it a try! Do you have any pillow-making hints? I've been busy creating a 'Memory Room' using antique linens like laces, hankies, pictures, memory boxes... even my childhood MUFF! Watch for details and How-To's in upcoming Blog Posts.
Dress Form Collage Door Hanging
A YEAH Day with the completion and hanging of my Dress Form Collage on my Studio door! Here's a picture of my final project, but hop over to my NEW Blog to read the complete post HERE. I even have gathered all of my 'leftovers' plus supplies in a product HERE if you want to try to grab it before anyone else... [caption id="attachment_6788" align="aligncenter" width="2093"] Dress Form Collage Door Hanging[/caption]Read More
Tilton Butterfly Tunic: Vogue 8691
It was a joy to stitch up this lovely rayon/lycra digital print fabric that I ordered from marcytilton.com using her Vogue 8691 pattern. I just cannot seem to sew without snapping pictures because the teacher in me is just created to share my sewing experiences, so here we go.... Below, you'll find pictures of the final front and back of my Butterfly Tunic. I felt the print needed someRead More
Super Simple Circle Cape I've had sew much fun 'knocking off' this circle cape that I invested in while teaching out in Fresno a few weeks ago! I purchased fabric for SIX of them at JoAnn Fabrics for a bit over $100 - of course, with fabric on sale. I've timed myself, and each one takes me about 70' to create, start to finish. Now that equals great gifts inRead More
Standing Playing Card Holder
For young card players (and sometimes old as well!), this Holder may just be the key to hours of old-time card playing fun. It makes a great gift. Even sit down with a child to create this useful Holder. In my Wee Stitchers classes, a 6 year-old did just GREAT! The cool thing is that the plastic canvas makes it easy to achieve evenly placed stitches. STANDING PLAYING CARD HOLDERRead More
Abby Cadabby Wand & Hair Poufs
Grandma Sesame Street Challenge: Create... "Abby Cadabby Magic Wand and Hair Poufs for granddaughter's 2nd birthday celebration." That was my challenge. After some online research, especially at Pinterest, since 2 months ago I had never heard of Abby Cadabby, I found the pin below. In case you haven't heard of Abby Cadabby, Abby is a little fairy on Sesame Street. She has stolen my granddaughter's heart, for sure. Abby AND Elmo,Read More
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