Tried With Fire

Finally, here's the tutorial for the notebook cover . This is a great way to use scraps and is a fairly quick project. One caveat: if you open the notebook with the front cover flipped to the back, the fabric cover will fold back on itself and not lay perfectly flat. However, I find that it doesn't hinder my sermon note-taking. (Click pics for larger view.) Materials: Cover: Twelve 5-inch cotton print squares Lining: 18-1/4 x 11-3/4 of cotton & 18-1/4 x 11-3/4 of flannel or batting Inner flaps: Two 11-3/4 x 4-1/2 of cotton Thread, pins, scissors, ruler, etc. Iron One button 1.  Lay out your 5-inch squares in a pleasing pattern, 3 squares in 4 columns.  (You can be as creative as you want with piecing the patchwork cover. I used pre-cut charm squares to save time.) 2. Stitch the 3 squares in each column together using a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Press flat. 3. Take your first column and trim the length at the bottom to 11-3/4 inches to match the linin...

Here's a tutorial for an easy baby blanket: You will need: 1 yard quilting cotton  1 yard velour dot fabric also known as Minkee 1 pkg Wright's satin blanket binding matching thread 1. Pre-wash the fabric.  If using cotton or cotton blend, be sure to dry to pre-shrink the fabric. 2. Iron the cotton fabric. 3. Trim fabrics to 36 x 36 inch square. 4. Place wrong sides together. 5. Pin blanket binding around the edge.  (I used quilt binding clips rather than pins.) One side of the binding is slightly longer than the other. You'll want to have the longer side on the bottom as you sew so that edge is caught by the top stitching. 6. To miter the corners, unfold the binding at the corner and turn the binding 90 degrees downward.  To make the miter, tuck in the excess fabric to make a 45 degree fold in the corner.  Do the same on the reverse side and pin the folds in place.  (click on the pics for a closer look) 7. Once you have pinned the binding to...