Want to practice your free-motion quilting and make a fun holiday project at the same time? Lori Kennedy at WeAllSew shows you how to create a "vase quilt", just a bit bigger than a mug rug, while working on your free-motion quilting. Free motion-quilting what you may ask? Snowmen, of course!
The finishing touch of any Christmas tree is a pretty and colorful garland, and Marie Bostwick's Fabric DIY Christmas Garland is a fun, easy to make project that will add a festive touch to match any holiday décor!
Winter is approaching, the months are getting holder, and everyone wants to stay warm and cozy, whether you're a full grown adult or a tiny tyke. But our littlest humans need a bit more help in that department, and that's where Jaime David at WeAllSew comes in. She has a quick Baby Beanie project for you to make a tiny and warm hat that is perfect for your toddler or to gift to anyone you know who just became new parents.
With the Thanksgiving over, it's time for some to start thinking about how they will decorate for Christmas (if they haven't done so already). With that in mind, Kate Toney at WeAllSew has your next giant project to get you into the holiday spirit with a tutorial on how to make Jumbo Stitch Quilted Christmas Stockings.
When it comes time for Thanksgiving some people have ten, twenty, maybe even thirty family members over for dinner, and when there are that many people there it can be hard to remember everyone's names (even if they are your family members). But Pat Bravo at WeAllSew has a quick and easy project to create Thanksgiving Name Tags so that everyone can have a good time and know each other too!
What is a great gift for someone and takes just a small part of your day to make? A Quilty Holiday Ornament! Art Gallery Fabrics over at WeAllSew has some fun designs for you to make, personalize as your own, and hand out to your friends and family. They would make great party favors for everyone to take home after Thanksgiving dinner next week.
While it may be only November, the Christmas holidays will be here before you know it. For some that might mean getting ahead on their present shopping, for others it probably means getting the jump on their decorating. And what better way to start decorating then by learning How to Free-motion Quilt a Christmas Tree from Lori Kennedy at WeAllSew. This design will add that festive flourish you've been looking for in your quilts, table runners, napkins, or anything else that might need a touch of jolly this holiday season.
People make messes, whether it's cooking, gardening, sewing, there are plenty of ways to get your clothes dirty. How do we prevent this? Easy, with an All-Purpose Apron designed designed by TQS guest and WeAllSew contributor Susan Brubaker Knapp. She says she "designed this apron to cover most of my clothing, but still be comfortable and utilitarian."
How about making a different kind of mask for Halloween just for fun? Here's a quick and easy tutorial from Stacy Schlyer at Stacy Sews and WeAllSew. This project is a great base for all sorts of costumes whether it’s a superhero or villain. (We don't recommend wearing all of your masks at the same time)
Fall is in the air, and that means it's time to bring out those Autumn inspired decorations to celebrate the season and Thanksgiving in the next couple of weeks. To help, Heather Stadelman at WeAllSew has an easy-to-make Autumn Wall Hanging to make any wall in your home more festive (and to get that falling leaves look without having to rake any of them up after).
From Pat Bravo at WeAllSew: "Autumn is in the air! The smell of pumpkin pie, cinnamon and delicious autumn food is here, and what a better way to welcome this lovely season than with a table runner perfect for your gatherings, made with beautiful pink tone colors."
Fall has officially begun, and with it brings all of its favorite treats to snack on. But what are you to do if you want to have a place setting for a nice afternoon snack and don't want to set up an entire place setting? Mary Beck at WeAllSew has the answer for you with her answer to the well known mug rug, the Snack Mat! Now you can enjoy your afternoon snack, leave no mess behind, and have very little clean up afterward.
You've made quilts with bat designs on them for Halloween, but have you ever actually made a bat? Erika Mulvenna at WeAllSew has a fun tutorial for you to make your very own Spooky Halloween Bat that you can use to decorate your house for the ghostly season (and to leave up afterwards if you just want surprise people too!)
Lori Kennedy of WeAllSew has your next holiday obsession all lined up for you, free-motion quilting turkeys for Thanksgiving. Lori says, "Stitch the adorable, Turkey Tom on your next quilt! He looks great in the center of a block, or stitch a flock of gobblers in a row to fill a border."
Learn how to free-motion Jack-O'-Lanterns with Lori Kennedy at WeAllSew. It's just another stop on on Pre-Halloween decorating binge!
This is a fast and easy project to create a set of four new placemats for your holiday, or any, dinner created by Kerby C. Smith for WeAllSew.com.
Do you ever wish that you could turn your tablecloth into clothes? There's nothing that says you can't, and that's just the sort of out-there and creative idea that Zeta of @zetamakesthings at WeAllSew had. Follow along with her easy-to-follow tutorial and transform that tablecloth that's just been lying around into a Circle Skirt.
Perfect for holding your binding clips, or that sweet treat that you need to keep going, these Fast and Fun Fabric Bowls from Julie Bridgeman at WeAllSew are the perfect project to help solve that storage issues in your studio. Just make one, or a dozen, and organize all those little trinkets you have lying about on your sewing table. AND, maybe make an extra to serve out Halloween candy next month too (just a thought).
What's the perfect thing to do in September? Get ready for October! That's right, if you start prepping your Autumn and Halloween decorations now, then you'll have ready in time to have displayed for the whole month. And the American Quilter's Society has a great starting project for you. It's a 12 Pumpkins Wool Table Topper that can transform any table into an amazing Fall table setting.
Fall is just a few short weeks away, and with it brings Fall decorations. The possibilities for Autumnal decorations are only limited by your imagination, and we've got a great opportunity for getting those creative juices flowing. Megann Freese at WeAllSew has a great tutorial for you on How to Make a Chainstitch Garland. How does this tie into Fall? Well, once you know how to make the chain, you can fill it with whatever designs you want, including such Fall staples as leaves, pumpkins, little cups of coffee, or whatever brings out the Autumn spirit in you.