DIY Pincushion

Make your own wristlet pincushion. This easy project takes just a few materials to make. It can be added to your gifts galore for the holidays or just to your sewing room! Today I am happy to tell you how to make it. Please follow the photos sequence...  

 

Materials:

-one 6" circle of felt fabric
-one 4.5" circle of felt
-one 7" strap of felt
-one 2.5" lid
-Thread
-Needle
-Scissors
-Hot glue
-Seven cotton balls
-5.5" length elastic
-Two velcro dots
-Sewing machine

Step 1:

With the needle threaded, stitch around edge of the 4.5" felt circle and gather it.

Step 2:

Place it on lid to cover it, and gather it firmly to its shape. Apply hot glue under gathering and lid to glue it. With the help of your fingers press edges around it.

Step 3:

Same thing with the 6" circle of felt, stitch around it to gather to center with cotton balls inserted. Pull thread and tie. Cut tail of thread. Now, there are two parts ready of pincushion to assemble.

Step 4:

With a sewing machine make a zigzag stitch on center length of strap attaching elastic leaving an inch space on tips without sewing. Add one velcro ON one strap tip, and the other one UNDER the other strap tip.

Step 5:

Apply hot glue on center of lid to attach strap, and apply hot glue in lid also to attach the cushion. Keep pressing pieces together for a bit until everything is glued.

Have fun with your pincushion and happy new year!

Blanca

Customized Pin It Hearts Buttons

Hi again. I have been wondering how I could create a beautiful sleek pin it button for my posted photos. After a long time searching finally I founded an article that game an idea to customize a pin it button by myself. Using my bit of knowledge of tech that I have learned along the way creating my sites, I've discovered how fun is to crate things in your own in the way you want they to look.

I designed the gold heart hover pin it button for my photos, as well a rose heart, and a silver one for others to choose too. I though why not to share these three cute hearts with those bloggers who love to add something different but stylish to your posted pics?

As you know when thinking about HTML sounds a bit intimidating. Do not worry in this case, I founded the steps on how to insert a custom button URL to the HTML of your blog in blogger @ Blog Sentral and really it is very helpful with their instructions on how to insert a custom or other pin of your choice so please visit it.

In line three as they say you need to replace with the direct link URL of the image. If you are interested check the links of button heart (shown below).

http://i68.tinypic.com/nal3a.png

http://i65.tinypic.com/wwgln9.png

http://i67.tinypic.com/war6s2.png

Copy the URL link of any desired heart you want, and reposition the button link in that line. The code from blog sentral is updated and work without problems.

I thank you for your time, and please let me know if you have any questions.

Blanca😃

After Vacation

Hello! I have being away after my vacation since a month ago, and now I want to share with you a few images where my destinations were. I had a great time and happy to meet all my dear family :) there even my grandfather was missing this time. He passed away :(

I had many adventures with everything, especially with the nature, and I enjoyed it! 

Going there, I brought with me a crocheted hat, and a knitted shawl as presents for my aunt and grandmother. I had to make them pretty quickly. I found nice resources which were very helpful for these projects at the last minute https://www.facebook.com/Thepatternfamily & http://www.laylock.org/blog/2012/06/fill-in-the-blanks-shawl-design/

Then, after I came back from my trip, I started to work on many miniature dresses to give to the invited people whom are going to attend the sweet fifteen party. This is an image of them

I also dressed up my miniature doll with same material I made them.

This week was wonderful, I finally have to deliver them tomorrow to my friend's daughter party! It was a wonderful experience making those. Now I started to knit again :) which it is a pleasure.

Have a wonderful time and weekend :)

XO, 

Blanca