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Category_Free Patterns, Category_Home Decor, Category_Tips and Tricks, cutie, diy, drawstring bag, Easy, free, gifts for a friend, gifts for mom, handmade, Modern, plant, Quick, Random Acts of Kindness, what to make - March 2, 2017

Random Acts of Sewing Kindness

One of my resolutions this year was to spread a little more kindness through gift giving. I'll admit - the first few months of the year got away from me! How is it March already? Regardless, I'm ready now! A good friend of mine is having a birthday this week and I wanted to make her a little something. Side note...Do you find it challenging to sew gifts for people that also love to sew? I find myself doubting my simpler ideas just because I know that she could so easily make that herself. But that's not the point is...

Hexi Quilt

I am so excited to share this quilt with all of you! Do you love hexies as much as I do? Have you always been terrified of all those Y-seams? Fear no more, I have found the best tutorial for sewing hexagons! I put the tutorial to the test on this quilt, and I have to tell you - I loved every minute of working on it. Here's how I did it: Supplies: 14 Fat Quarters (or 14 quarter yards) 1-1/2 yards Backing 1/2 yard Binding Crib size batting Here's the best part...this entire quilt was cut on the Accuquilt...

Wall Organizer - Free Tutorial

We love a good reason to bring a little leather into a project, and this wall organizer seemed like a fun new way to use it! Believe it or not, not a ton of men come through the doors of Modern Textiles, but the ones that do have noticed our organizer! We think it's the perfect mix of fabric and leather that will make it appealing to just about anyone. Here's how we did it: SUPPLIES: 1-1/3 yard Solid Canvas in Black 1/2 yard Graphite linen from Euclid Leather (roughly one square foot) or check out the leather scrap bags...

Quilting doesn't have to be hard

I had so much fun making this quilt from our Strip Quilt instructions. I loved that I was able to start and finish it in just one evening. What I did to make it go quickly: I stacked 3 fat quarters at a time when I cut the strips. Don't waste time thinking about the color layout. It truly works best if you put all of the strips in a pile and randomly put them together. I started by matching up pairs and chain piecing the pairs together. I repeated this process until I had all of the strips sewn...

Free Tutorial - Bed Pocket

A new year and bitter cold temps inspire me to get organized! Today we wanted to share with you a free tutorial for a bed pocket. Is your nightstand piled high with books and magazines? Is your kid constantly searching under the bed for their favorite book or stuffed animal? This is the solution! A bed pocket is a runner that fits under the mattress of a bed with two pockets that hang down from the box spring to hold books, magazines, stuffed animals, remote controls, whatever you need to keep close at hand and can't bare to jump out...

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Random Acts of Sewing Kindness

Hexi Quilt

Wall Organizer - Free Tutorial

Quilting doesn't have to be hard

Free Tutorial - Bed Pocket

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