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Fabric Friday – Practice Prairie Points

May 16, 2014June 11, 2020 John - Gentleman Crafter24 Comments

I’ve often seen prairie points in various guises and creations however I’ve never had a go at these.

The notion of mucking about with these little triangles resurfaced when they were briefly demonstrated during a recent show that I worked on at Create and Craft featuring Debbie Johnson and Kim Suleman from Canny Keepsakes/Six Penny Memories.

I mentally noted down the “how to” in my memory bank of makes but it was only in the last day or so that I have managed to get a couple of days to play in the craft room.

So, given that I had the time and the inclination – I thought that I would have a go.

Fabric Friday – Pretty (easy) Pin Pillows

May 9, 2014May 8, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter15 Comments

I’ve been sewing up some pin cushions this week as little testers for christmas (yes, I said it) gifts for some friends and family that like sewing so I thought that I would share the results (so far) with you.

Fabric Friday – Easy To Make Bookmarks

May 2, 2014May 2, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter22 Comments

Just a quickie for Fabric Friday this week that combines my love of fabric with my passion for reading.

Bookmarks are fairly easy to create and involve some very basic skills. In this post I’ll give you a very basic overview as to how I create mine to give you a jumping off point in case you wanted to have a go yourself.

Fabric Friday 2 – Simple Fabric Bowls

April 18, 2014April 16, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter23 Comments

Welcome to the second post in the Fabric Friday series.

Last week I promised that I would be back each Friday to show you some fabric projects, tips and ideas – yay! I managed two in a row!

Since then I have had a number of you contact me to say that you are new to sewing and need simple to make ideas; some of you also asked for details on how to make the fabric bowls that I showed you last week.

So, Fabric Friday 2 ticks both of those boxes with a walk-through on how I make the fabric bowls.

Fabric Friday – An Update And A Prelude

April 11, 2014April 9, 2014 John - Gentleman Crafter71 Comments

It has occurred to me that I often prattle on about how much I love working with fabrics but haven’t really shown much of it on this blog.

To rectify this I will be setting down soon and putting together a series of blog posts that will come out every Friday (assuming that I have the time of course).

They will aptly be named – Fabric Friday :)

This one is a little teaser to show you just a few of the things that I have done in the past and what I will be showing you how to do in these posts (oh, and a little update on the upcycled shirt quilt that I have been working on for what seems like forever!).