Step Seven: Next, cut out one crown and two brim pieces. The brim pieces should be interfaced with lightweight fusible or non-fusible interfacing (I like fusible, see Picture 7). Set the brim pieces aside.

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• Smocked bonnet:
• Size chart: infant-45″x7″ small-45″x9″
• 1. Straighten fabric by pulling a thread and cutting along the pulled edge.
• 2. Thread needles on pleater for 4-5 rows of smocking. Leaving threads long enough to flatten the piece after pleating, for adding your lace to the edge.
• 3. Begin pleating about 1″ from edge, this will be your bonnet brim.
• 4. After pleating flatten fabric and sew on your lace. Remove about 1/2″ of threads from short sides and hem using a double 1/4″ hem.
• 6. To form back casing turn bottom edge under 1/4″ press. Turn under again 1/2″ and stitch close to edge. Run 1 yard of 1/4″ ribbon through casing. Draw up to form a circle in back and tie in a bow.
• 7. Finish bonnet by attaching ribbon to each side of bonnet. Now, you can add a ribbon rosette, or small rose.

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Because of a couple of ladies having problems with printing the patterns out the correct size, we researched what could be causing the problem. Depending on what you use to read your PDF files it can make a difference and how up to date the program may be. Please make sure that when you go to print out the patterns these items are checked on your print screen.

Under Print Range have ALL checked.
Under Page Handling – have NONE checked.
Have Auto Rotate and Center checked.

To double check to see if it’s printed out the right size the small pattern that’s enlarged to 150% should measure like this. With your measuring tape measure: width across the top of the pattern – 4 1/8”. Down left side of pattern length wise should measure: 4 5/8”. Across the bottom of the pattern is should measure: 5 2/8” + a tad more. The larger pattern enlarged 175% should measure like this with your measuring tape: width across the top of the pattern –4 6/8” width wise. Down left side of pattern length wise should measure: 5 3/8 + a tad more. Across the bottom of the pattern is should measure: 6” + to almost 6 1/8”.

If it doesn’t measure out right then, go back to the print page and do the 3 steps above and again, and this time check the: Choose Paper Source by PDF page size. Don’t click this the first time as on my Adobe Reader it prints out perfect just doing the first three steps. Depending on what you have to read your PDF files, this last step can make a difference as it did for one lady. Make sure to measure you patterns after printing to know for sure the pattern size is correct. If they print out correct, just cut them out and your ready to use them to make your pillowcase dresses.

Fabric Bulletin Board How To

By Smockette

You will need the following supplies:

2 sheets foam core board, a little over an 1/8 inch thick

Polyester batting

Small sharp pins

A cutting knife

Tiny brads, from the scrapbook aisle of the craft store

An awl or and eyelet cutter

Sobo glue

Glue gun

Your fabric

Ribbon ¼ inch contrasting, 3/8 inch and 5/8 inch matching

1. Cut your two sheets of foam core the desired size of the bulletin board with the cutting knife.

You will need to cut the front, flip it over and cut the back. Cut batting to fit to the edge. Put one sheet aside.

2. With just a little glue from the glue gun place 2 layers of batting on the foam core.

3. Lay your fabric, face down on your work surface. Lay the batting side of the foam core down next on top. Cut your fabric at the corners diagonally appx ¾ of an inch from the edge. Pull this over the corner and hold with a strait pin. Do all corners. Pin the remaining fabric at North, East, South, and West pulling gently.

Flip the board to see that all is smooth.

4. If it is begin hot gluing the fabric to the back, pulling gently and working from the opposite sides. So, first do North, then South, etc. A border of an inch and a half is appropriate.

Miter your corners when you get to them. Flip over to check that all is OK again.

5. On the edge, measure down 2 ½ inches from each corner and put in a pin into the edge at that point.

6. Take your 3/8 inch ribbon and pin at these pins. Do this all the way around.

You will have your ribbons intersecting across the front of the bulletin board. You can add more ribbons if you like, depends on the size of the board.

If all looks OK, flip over and start gluing down the ribbons on the back with the glue gun.

7. Put board face up. Where the ribbons intersect, take your eyelet cutter or awl and holding the ribbons so they don’t move, punch thru them all the way thru the foam core.

Insert your little brads. On the back, open up the brads and flatten.

8. Take a length of the ¼ inch ribbon the width of the board plus about 3 inches. With the board face down, hot glue the ribbon to the back at each side.

This will make a loop that the second board will fit thru. It will become your hanger.

9. Take the Sobo glue and spread all over. Watch out for ribbon loop. Use a piece of cardboard to spread it out kind of thick but even. Now slip you second piece of foam core under the loop and line it up with the bulletin board.

Weight this down with lots of books and let dry overnight.

10. Take your 5/8 inch ribbon and hot glue at the corners and a couple of spots along the edge.

This will look dimply but don’t worry. Go all the way around the edge of the bulletin board getting nice and snug.

11. Now take your quarter inch ribbon and pin it down in the center of the 5/8 ribbon about 2 inches from a corner. Go around the edge again pinning about a half inch from each corner, no more.

At the end, overlap and pin. You need to use tiny pins for this. It hides the dimples.

12. Put in your photos, pattern instructions, sale ads, and inspirations.

ENJOY!

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mary de one

close up of cows

The Mary De is a Childrens Corner pattern, it is a wrap around jumper. I chose to put the Mary De together using an insert, the pattern does not come with an insert, but I found it easy to add an insert. The plate I chose for the insert is a Little Memories plate called Udder Perfection. Both of these patterns are available from kehler klassics.

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I have a pretty little Spode Christmas Tree cup and saucer that had a crack in it, but I still thought it was pretty. I couldn’t throw it away. So here is what I did.

Measure the diameter of the top of your tea cup and triple it. (At least double it but no more than triple). My cup was 2 inches across so I cut a circle 6 inches in diameter out of a Christmas print material. You use a material that will best suit your cup and taste. Any material will do.

If you have the matching saucer, first glue cup to the saucer, this will > make the cup more steady as you use it.

Do a gathering stitch about 1/4 of an inch to 3/8 of an inch from edge. Tear some steel wool from pad and make a flattened circle a little larger than the top of the cup. Lay it in the center of your material circle. As you start to pull up the edge to gather it, fill with fiberfill or quilt batting. Fill firmly. Finish gathering until it is closed and tie off. Glue into cup with gathered side down in the cup and you have a nice rounded top on cup.

Now trim with gathered lace, ribbons, string beads, ribbon roses, etc. I don’t recommend dried flowers because as you use this pin cushion the dried flowers break and shed.

I know a lot of you are going to say polyester and man made fibers in materials dull needles and pin. That is why we put the steel wool in it, to keep them sharp and clean. Pins will go in pincushion and bobbins that we will be using can sit on the saucer in easy reach.

Sewing Forever, Housework Whenever.. Reta Jo

This how to was contributed by Sew What’s New

1. Ear hole to ear hole over top of head _____________
2. Head circumference at forehead level ______________
3. Neck circumference at base of neck ________________
4. Shoulder seam (Measure neck to shoulder on a tee that fits well and use that measurement ________________
5. Throat to waist – center front – edge of tee to waist line. (Easier if child puts string/ribbon around waist) _______
6. Chest circumference (level of breast) _____________
7. Waist ____________________________
8. Hips ______________________
9. Top of shoulder to elbow bend _______________
10. Elbow to wrist _________________
11. Bent arm (top of shoulder, over elbow to bone at wrist) ___________
12. Wrist circumference _______________
13. Upper arm/bicep circumference _______________
14. Waist to knee – front __________________
15. Waist to skirt length ______________________
16. Breast to skirt length at hem _____________________
17. Throat to center of crotch _________________________
18. Ankle circumference __________________
19. Waist to ankle _________________________
20. Inseam (crotch to ankle) ______________________
21. Out seam (waist to outside ankle bone)__________________
22. Over all height _____________________
23. Weight _________________________
24. Back – neck to waist along spine ___________________
25. Child’s favorite color _________________________
26. Any fabric/detergent/softener allergies_______________________________

Attach recent picture of child in something I have made that still fits, if applicable. Give front and rear view.
NOTES: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Child’s Name: _______________________ Date: _____________________

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