Hold-All Cosmetic Bag Tutorial

How to make a carry-all bag.

Supplies:

Fabric Scraps
Zipper
Sewing Machine
Pins
Thread

How to>♥

First I want to show you all the amazing zippers I got from Zipit on Etsy.

I paid 12.00 (including shipping and handling) for 25 7&8 inch assorted zippers.

Steps
1) Measure your zipper to your fabric. Lay your zipper on top of your fabric. Make sure you leave a little extra for your seam & Trim.


2) Cut your bag how big you want it in proportion to the opening. Cut an outside fabric {Mine is the blue plaid} and an inside {pink plaid} My bag is 10x11



3)Take your lining and place it beside your sewing machine. Get your thread and bobbin and place it inside your machine.



4)Turn your lining fabric inside out, pin all around. Leaving an opening for the zipper.



5)Mark your opening with a dissolvable fabric pen.



6)Start sewing around the outside edges. Remember to backstitch at the beginning and end, so it doesn’t unravel.

7)Cut around the edges of your stiches as close as you can, making sure not to cut the thread.

8)Now repeat for the outside of the bag.

9)Smooth your fabrics. Then flip your inside fabric to where the printed side is on the inside. Then place it inside your outside fabric.

Flip it to where your outside fabric is inside your lining fabric.

10)Pin and sew

11) Now flip it right side out.

12) Roll your opening down, pin, & sew around.

13)Do it again, so that your seam is neat.

14) Place zipper in place and pin on one side. Then sew.


15)Unpin and repin on the other side. Unzip the zipper, Then sew.
16) Your done! YAY

Zipit from Etsy is just so fabulous that she is giving Made.By.Jess readers 15% off any order in her etsy shop. Use the code: sewcraftable.

I want to thank Zipit for giving you guys the discount. You can see the quality and awesomeness of her zippers. If you’re a crafter, you’ll realize that this is a really awesome deal.

Thanks,

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Have fun making something. and remember to share if you do. ♥Jess

Handmade Gift/Snack Containers {Tutorial From Mommy’s Memorandum}

I just wanted to say thanks to Mommy’s Memorandum for letting me feature this on my blog. She already did an awesome job with the Out! Grease Spot Out! Tutorial. And now she is awesome again, teaching us how to make this awesome little gift containers.

Handmade Gift/Snack Containers

We're getting ready for Valentine's Day at our house and for us, nothing says "LOVE" like a hand-made gift.

Part of our Valentine will be one of these Handmade Gift/Snack Containers. They're easy to make and once you have made one, they're quick to assemble and hold uber "WOW!" power!

They are also versatile. You can make these for school "treats", birthday favors, baby showers, bridal showers or just because!

To make one Gift/Snack Container, you will need:

• 8.5"x11" Colored Card Stock
• 2 or 3 Coordinating Scrapbooking Paper
• glue
• scissors
• velcro
• embellishments (ribbon, doo-dads, stickers, anything goes!)

Let's Get Started!

1.) Take your colored cardstock and measure in 2" on each side vertically.

2.) Within the 2" columns, measure 2.5" from the bottom and the top, in all four corners.

3.) From your 2.5" line, measure  up 2" on all four sides

4.) In the 2" squares draw a diaganol line, connecting the bottom outside corner to the top "inside" corner.

5.) Score along the lines you have just drawn. You will want to score all the way across the page from the top of your diaganol lines (4.5" from the edge of the paper) This will be your containers "base".

Tip: You don't need a "fancy" tool to score. Just place your ruler against the line, and open your scissors. Drag your open scissors along the edge of the ruler, applying enough pressure to "score" it, but not cut all the way through.)

6.) Fold, back and forth, along the scored lines. This will make the folding easier.

7.) Fold along the 2" column and glue the 2.5" boxes to the paper.

8.) Fold the diagonal fold, up to the 2.5" square and glue.

9.)  Repeat until you have a "bottom" on your container.

You have just completed the most difficult part of the project! The next part is customizing your container!

10.) On the backside of your coordinating paper, measure two boxes 4.5"x4.25" and cut out. These are your front and back panels for your container.

11.) Glue one panel to the front of your container and one panel to the back of your container.

12.) Using  the same colored cardstock as your "container" measure one 4"x4.5". Cut Out. This is your "lid"

13.) Along the 4.5" edge of your "lid", measure down 1" and score.

14.) Fold "scored" line back and forth.

15.) Using either the same paper as the panels, or another coordinating print, measure 1"x4.5" and glue just beneath the scored edge of your "lid", on the "longer" section.

16.) Place glue along 1", edge and secure to your "container". 

17.) To fasten your container closed you can cut slits in the front of the container, matching to slits in the lid and tie with ribbon OR you can use velcro circles to close the container.

18.) Add embellishments to your container to make it YOURS!

19.) The final step is filling them. You can put snacks or include things like miniature notepads, pencils, crayons, a small book, trial sized items--anything you like!

The possibilities are ENDLESS!

Out Grease Spot Out (Laundry Tutorial from Mommy Memorandum)

Tutorial: Laundry Tip Removing Grease Stains

This is a tutorial from Mommy Memorandum, she was nice enough to let me feature this for you guys.

Out Grease Spot! Out!

It's a good thing I like to do laundry because we generate a lot of it at our house. This morning was wash day and as I was checking the clothes for stains before washing, I came across a shirt worn by my husband. He's a pig--as this shirt reveals.

Those "spots" are grease! Gross I know, but behind every clean shirt is this laundry-lovin' Wife. I make his clothes lend the impression that he is CIVILIZED!

This is a laundry tutorial on how to get grease out of clothes. It can be done.

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First, you'll have the best success if you catch it before you wash it and definitely before it finds its way through a dryer cycle.

This part is optional, but I find it helps me identify the "stain" later on. Using a fabric pencil, trace around the stain. I used white on the dark shirt. It doesn't have to be detailed, just an outline so you know where the grease spot is on the garmet.

Place inside garmet a pan or container of some sort.

With the garmet pulled over the container, pour rubbing alcohol over the stain. You will want to pour the alcohol over each stain two times. Use just enough alcohol to saturate the stain area.

Allow the shirt to sit, with the alcohol on it while you boil water.

Once you have boiling water, pour it over the alcohol saturated grease spot.

From here, wash as usual.

When the wash cycle is complete, remember to check the garmet to see that the stain is out. I typically line dry the garmet to be sure. If there is still grease, you'll want to repeat the process before you put it in the dryer.

Ta-Da! Grease spot is GONE!

how awesome and easy this is. Thanks mommy memorandum for letting me feature this.

So of course- you get a button for your awesomeness

 

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♥Jess