How-To: Drawstring Jewelry Pouch

 

I made the jewelry pouch pictured here before I found this tutorial, and since I didn’t want to reinvent the wheel, I’ve just noted my own variations below.
1) I cut my circles 16-1/2″ and 12-1/2″ (7″ and 11″ in the tutorial).
2) Before I made the interior pockets, I inserted a 5″ circle of template plastic beneath [...]

How-To: Easy Button Jewelry

I have a collection of interesting buttons, and since I rarely sew clothing, I like to use them as embellishments for handbags. I’ve never tried to make button jewelry, until now. My inspiration for this pin came from Button Jewelry by Sara Withers, which I found at the public library. The book has instructions for button-covered [...]

Fabric Flower Pin - Recycling Your Fabric Scraps

 
I hate to throw stuff away. No, I’m not a packrat, but I do object to tossing out perfectly good scraps of beautiful fabric when I can easily turn them into something useful. OK, I use the term “useful” very loosely here, but fabric trimmings can be used in a variety of ways other than [...]

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