With this fab Fully Licensed Disney Print, you can sew lots of Frozen themed treats for your little ones this Christmas. The print features a bright blue background and pictures of Olaf with the words “Chillin’ in the Sunshine.”
This fabric is perfect for craft projects or even homeware projects such as cushions and blankets.
100% Polyester, 150cm (60″) Wide, Black and White Polkadot print. This fabric is perfect for dressmaking, the drape to it, makes it very versatile and means it can be used for almost any sewing pattern.
This fabric is perfect for dressmaking. The drape means that it will hang perfectly whatever the style of pattern you choose to sew. It is easy to work with and the print is timelessly classic, so you’ll never be out of style wearing it. Karen loves the versatility of this fabric and how you can completely alter the look of it to suit your style.
This week’s Crafty Friday tutorial is a nice and easy project for Crochet Pro’s or even Beginners and the end result is so pretty. This tutorial has been requested by our customers too, so we really hope you all like it.
You can use these really sweet flowers for anything, they are perfect for any number of craft projects, you could string lots together to make pretty bunting or even stitch them in to a blanket. They take a matter of minutes to make and can be made in a variety of sizes simply by changing the crochet hook size or the weight of yarn.
Begin your flower by making a slip stitch and then a chain of 4 stitches.
Push your hook through the first chain you made and slip stitch it with the chain on the hook to create a circle.
Make one chain stitch.
Work 4 Double Treble stitches in to the centre circle.
After the fourth Double Treble, make 1 Double Crochet stitch.
This completes your first petal, your finished flower will have 5 petals in total.
Repeat the previous step a further 4 times.
You now have 5 petals.
Slip stitch the last stitch on the hook with the one chain you made at the very beginning.
Chain 1. Cut the yarn, leaving a small tail.
Remove your hook and pull the yarn tail to create a knot which will hold your flower together.
Using a darning or knitters needle, weave the tail in to your flower, so it is hidden.
You should now have a finished simple crochet flower!
Remember you can play around with the hook sizing or even the weight of your yarn to create bigger or smaller flowers, depending on what you want to do with them at the end.
As always, all of the supplies to make these flowers can be found in our shop.
Here’s what we used to create our flowers:
For the Grey Flecked Flower: Jarol Heritage Tweed DK, 50% Wool, 25% Nylon, 20% Acrylic, 5% Viscose.
Baby Blue Plain Flower: Babycare DK, 100% Acrylic.
Dusky Pink Flower: Rooster Almerino Aran, 50% Baby Alpaca, 50% Merino Wool.
We’re really looking forward to getting involved and being a part of Sew Magazine’s Sew Saturday event this year. Since signing up, we’ve been busy planning activities and goodies to share with you all on Saturday 15th October!
Sew Saturday offers a chance of recognition to all bricks and mortar haberdashers; it helps bring sewing enthusiasts and stockists of good quality supplies together. It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate stores just like Karen Delahunty Sewing & Knitting Centre, up and down the country. Sew Saturday is about acknowledging your local sewing shop and thanking them for the friendly, helpful and inspiring shopping experience that they provide.
Throughout the day Karen will be teaching you how to make your very own Pattern Weights as seen on The Great British Sewing Bee.
Duration: 1 Hour
Entry Fee: £5.00
Times: 10:00-11:00 or 11:15-12:15 or 13:00-14:00 or 14:15-15:15 or 15:30-16:30
Booking in advance either online, in store or by calling is recommended.
Your materials packed will be supplied by Karen Delahunty Sewing & Knitting Centre and Karen will be on hand to guide and help you throughout the workshop.
Free Juice and Homemade Cake will be available on the day too!
Spend over £30 in store during Sew Saturday and you’ll receive a special sewing gift bag including lots of goodies for your sewing stash. Including free sewing patterns, a fat 1/4 and more!
Gift bags only available while stocks last. Paper sewing patterns will vary in brand, style, and size. Fat 1/4/Thread and Buttons will vary.
Look out for our Sew Saturday offers, with savings on some of our fabrics and yarns!
If you’re thinking of getting involved in Sew Saturday – or even if you’re not – then why not give this free skirt pattern by Sew Magazine a go! Wear it to an event near you, or purchase the fabric from your favourite store.
For this week only, you can get this really cute, super soft flannelette in baby pink with beautiful pastel coloured elephants over it.
This fabric is perfect for making clothing or textiles for small children or babies. You could turn it in to a decorative piece in a nursery or bedroom, or sew a pretty little dress that your child will love! We loved how easy this material was to sew with. Check out our Crafty Friday from last week, where you’ll see that we turned this beautiful fabric in to a really sweet minky blanket.
You could also use this fabric for craft projects, the elephants featured on this material would make beautiful appliques on cushions or bags or even canvases.
