Yimi Handwork

Here comes the tutorial for the Fabric Tulips. Hope you'll like it Supplies: fabric: pedel-shaped : 3 leave- shaped 2 wire 20gauge 14" flower tape 13" fiberfill Tools: Glue gun Pliers Note: I drew white lines to show where to sew. Procedures: Step !: make the stem A. Stretch the tape gently, after stretch, it becomes a little sticky, B. Wrap the tape around the wire, starting 1/2" from one end, don't worry about the unwrapped part, it'll be hidden inside the bud. C. Use pliers to make a loop at the unwrap end Step 2: make the bud A. take 2 pieces of the pedal-shaped fabric, right face together, sew one side only, leave 1/4" seam allowance B. Sew the third piece and the piece made in step A together, right face together, it should look like this C. Turn inside out Step 3: Make the leave A. Sew the 2 peice of leave-shaped fabric together, leave the bottom open B.Turn inside out C. Sew along the edge Step 4:Assemle the tulip A. Fold the raw edge of the bu...

Here is the short cut to make tilted windmill, no need to work with triangles. All the measures are good for 5" squares. If you want to see larger pictures, you'll have to click on the picture. 1, make a template like this A. draw a 3 1/4" square on carton (or paper), you can cut it out now or later. B. Find the center of the square by draw 2 diagonal lines, the center is where the two lines cross c. draw a line parallel to borders, passing the center D.use a protractor to draw a line 57 degree cross the line drew in step C, passing the center E, draw a line perpendicular to the line drew in step D. F. clean all lines except the last two lines, and of course the borders if you haven't cut the square off in the first place. (G. Cut off the square if haven't done) 2 sew all the 5" squares you want to use together. I don't have any 5" square left, So I draw the assembling on a paper in order to show how to use the template. 3, use template 4, the bloc...

Christmas is coming, I'm thinking of some fast small holiday crafts. These Christmas napkin ring took maximally 20 minutes each. Do you want to do it together with me? Go through your scrapes bin and get some holiday scrapes, let's begin. :) Materials: 2 rounds with radius =2.5"( 6.3cm), 1 strip 2"X7" , 1 button (fabric covered I prefer) Finished size: 2" square 1. Draw a circle with radius =2" on the back of 1 round piecs, put 2 rounds right face together, sew along the circle, leave 1" opening. 2.Turn it right-side out , close the opening with hidden stitches. 3. Find the center by folding the round twice, and mark 4 points distributed equally on the circle 4.stitch the 4 marked points to the center 5,turn it like turning down your collar 6. Turn all the corners 7. sew a button in the center 8. fold the strip with right side together along the long side, sew it and make a tube. Turn it right side out, close the opening and make a ring. 9, st...

This is something I always want to make, old-time looking walnut pincushion. I'm an embellisher, I guess, I always try to add some small things here and there, this time I added some cotton lace in and out the walnut shell. Tutorial: Make this Walnut Pincushion, you'll need a walnut half shell glue (white glue,etc I used Elmer's school glue) 3.5" fabric square 2 pieces of cotton lace (1/4" wide) a bit fiberfill a pair of scissors a needle and some thread 1, Get yourself a nice walnut shell and clean it. I tried 7 walnuts and got one. I found it was much easier to use a hammer than a cracker to get an intact shell. 2. Stitch a circle in the fabric using running stitch, leave at least 1.5" thread at both ends. 3. put fiberfill within the circle 4.pull thread from both ends, keep all the fiberfill inside. 5. tie a knot tightly to make a ball 6. put some glue at the bottom of the shell, put the fabric ball into the shell. Put some glue around the edge of the side...

Finally, everything goes back to normal. I got a problem with high speed,it almost drove me crazy. The decorative stitches took much longer than I thought, but here it is. I remembered when attending a short quilt class in a quilt show, a lady said every quilter should try at least once crazy quilting either in beginner level or master level. Since I'm a beginner and have accumulated quite amount of scraps, I tried this crazy patchwork with my scrapes. I never throw away any leftover fabrics, no matter how small they are. You see, I found a nice way to use them up. I've never thought crazy quilting could be so fun, playing with colors,fabrics,and those decorative stitches make it a really pleasure. The other side a bit detail, I really like the combination of blanket stitch and lazy daisy stitch. Tutorial Measure the size of PDA When measuring the size of the PDA, you have consider the height as well. I added height+ 0.3cm to width, and 2 height+ 5 cm to the length. For ex...