Craft Book of the Day : New sewing books available for sale

Learn to love sewing with a guide to the machine, notions and fabrics. Dont let old-fashioned patterns hem  you in. You will be amazed by what you can sew with no patterns at all. Lay it out, cut it out, sew it up and put it on. Check out these new dressmaking books to guide you with full-sized patterns to match your style and adapt your design to the look you want.

Click on the image above or click here to check them out.

Craft Tools/Supplies of the Day : Interfacing and fast-2-cut templates on sale now

Interfacing materials and transfer papers aimed at making crafting easy as a breeze. Easy to mark, cut and fuse. Will not stretch and tear. Gives flexible, firm support for all your projects - boxes, bowls, home decors, totes and other crafts now available at softtreasures e-shop and at give-away prices. Click on the images below to check them out -

Fast-2-cut templates

Fast-2-fuse craft packs

    

Craft Tools/Supplies of the Day : Candle Jars for Sale

I want to raise money for postage for my Dress A Girl Australia charity work so am selling a few of my candelina candle jars and travel tins at below cost. These items are not only good for candlemaking but they can be used for gift packaging. 

Click on the image above to see more details on these candle jars. If you know of anyone who would like to make a purchase of these items, please spread the word or send them the link. Thank you.

The things I did on the last week of the year 2015

Want to share with you the things I made in the last week of the year 2014 and on the first day of the new year 2015. I was in the mood to make things for my house, my nephew and my two nieces one of whom is getting married in a week. And on new year's day because I was not doing anything I sewed 3 dresses and one pair of shorts.

The first thing I did was these two birds for my niece who is getting married soon. They wanted to decorate their wedding cake with birds and have their names written on it. The birds are made of kraft cardstock.

And because of these two wedding cake birds, I was inspired to make more birds out of felt this time and it is hanging in the entry to the bedrooms of my house.

Then I remembered my four-year-old nephew Ewan who likes wearing superhero costumes so I decided to make him a superhero cape with his name on it. I made sure I finished it in a day (as sometimes I lose my momentum) so I can give it to him during our family new year's eve dinner.

And for my other niece who wanted to have new pjs, I made two pjs for her. Bought the fabric materials from Spotlight who was on sale after Christmas at $2.95 per metre and are 100% cotton. And now am wishing I bought more of these materials to make into dresses in the future.

And here are the 3 dresses and one pair of boys shorts I made on the first day of the new year 2015. The dress with sleeves and the pair of shorts are going to be included in the Dress Sponsorship Program I am currently running to raise money for the Dress A Girl Australia well to provide clean water for the people of Kalagi Uganda. The other two dresses with fabric materials donated by the Millhouse Collections will be allocated for future distribution in 2015. 

If you know of anyone who would like to make a difference in the new year 2015, please mention my Dress for Sponsorship program. They are especially great for people who do not sew. Please help spread the word around. Thank you.

And now for the next item on the agenda is design and print a reunion t-shirt which I am looking forward to attending in Feb in Las Vegas.