Zazzle Fabric Review

You've probably heard about Zazzle from me before! Its this awesome site where you can customize all sorts of products! Great for your biz or personal needs. Recently Zazzle added fabric! So now that you have enough yarn, lets talk about the fabric stash. If you are bi-craftual I know you have some. I have a whole bin full. I really should use some of it LOL. 

I got the opportunity to pick out some fabric to try! I was super sad when I went to use it that I totally forgot my sewing machine is broken...ack! So I had these throw pillow projects all lined up and I wasn't able to get those done. I didn't want to sew by hand in a rush. Maybe I'll get to use it soon. 

I picked out two prints that would match my bed set. I love poppies and was immediately drawn to this poppy floral print and then I saw the monogram option with matching print. So I grabbed up both. I love them. The fabric is nice and thick and made well. It doesn't feel cheap. The print is great, not smeary or anything strange.  The combed cotton would be just the right fit for my simple project. I picked out an "s" for our last name. There were other fonts to choose from too. 

What's great again is the fully customizable options, so you get exactly what you need. You can choose from 7 different fabric types : combed cotton, pima cotton, cotton twill, polyester poplin, polyester weave, ivory linen, or natural linen. You can read in full about each type here. 

There are several categories to search through. You can shop by pattern, holiday, theme, color and even featured designers and of course you can even use your own images to design fabric! 

Here is a shop selling a crochet print that you can add your name too! 

Pink Crochet Fabric

So go browse and create to your hearts content! You can even set up your own Zazzle shop, create and sell your fabric designs! I can't wait to see what you make!!

Favecrafts Apron Pattern ebook review

Favecrafts recently put together another free e-book for 8 apron patterns. They asked for people do review and I decided to give it a whirl.

Favecrafts is a fabulous website if you're looking for 1000 of different free ideas in sewing, crochet, knitting and so much more.

The free e-book includes patterns for a lined apron, Sassy Apron, Pillowcase apron, coffee bag apron, reversible scrap fabric apron, quick and easy apron, halloween apron and Cupcake apron.

I only tried 2 of them which included the pillow case apron and the quick & easy apron. I would love to try them all but don't have the time just yet. Maybe later.

The pillowcase apron was so easy. I think I made it up in less than 15 minutes. The instructions were easy to understand for me and I would consider myself a late beginner to sewing. I used to sew all the time growing up but just recently in the past year picked back up on it.

You'll have to forgive me but all my aprons are using John Deere Themed fabric, which is what my kitchen theme is because my hubby just loves John Deer and I like yellow and green so I just went with it.

Lol...i just noticed the pillow case fabric is upside down. That is what I get for sewing late at night . :) 

I like that you didn't have to cut anything out for the pillow case apron. You only have to make a few folds, sew them up and sew on ribbon. This makes a great craft apron and would also make a great gift. I like the two big pockets in the front and you could easily make it three pockets if you needed too. Don't have a spare pillowcase check thrift stores and dollar store for a cheap project.

The Quick and Easy Apron was just that only I added a few twists of my own. So it actually looks nothing like a half apron. Just picture the apron with out the bottom layer I added.  I'm not one to follow sewing patterns often. The instructions were very easy to understand and I had no trouble at all putting this one together.

I added a longer layer to the bottom that I ruffled a little and also added rickrack on the seam. 

Of the eight patterns I really liked the Sassy apron but I didn't understand the measurements. This may just be from me not reading patterns often but I found it confusing so I passed on it.  I read through all the other patterns and had not trouble understanding. I just picked out the quick ones for now.


Aprons are making a comeback this fall so why not try your hand at a few!

I actually am working on a tutorial for a bandana apron. You're going to love them and I can't wait to share!

Sewing Machine Cover

I've been finding all these super neat blogs. I'm trying to spark my interest more into sewing other items and I came across this tutorial to make a sewing machine cover on a blog called Sparkle Power. 

I had some fabric I bought to make some dresses but never got around to yet....I just love all the bright colors and cherries. I just happened to have ribbon that matched perfectly.

Here is what I put together:

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I thought I was done but I also learned to make fabric flowers this week and thought I'd add a few. 

You can find several tutorials for all kinds of flowers including these on Pink Paper Peppermints Blog

Close up!

Finished Product! Isn't it cute!