Straight-Line Quilted Christmas PostcardsNovember 29, 2023Send a hug through the post with these straight-line quilted Christmas postcards. This straight-line quilting technique is super satisfying. And it doesn’t need special equipment. Anybody can stitch these Christmas postcards on their regular sewing machine. What you need festive fabrics fleece or wadding pretty thread + 100/16 Topstitch needle ribbons or rickrack printed postcards a sewing machine that does a straight stitch and a zigzag Rifle Paper Company Classic Christmas fabrics from […]
Santa Sack filler ideasNovember 27, 2023Once you’ve made the Santa Sacks, what do you put in the bag? We asked the elf! This follow-up post to our Sew Sustainable Santa Sacks is full of Santa Sack filler ideas. So you’ll have lots of little things to put in the bag. Because we had lots of kids in our family, 6 actually, we needed to find ways to have a magical Christmas without costing the earth. Many of these Santa Sack fillers are more like props for fun family activities. Once they come out of the bag, they’ll […]
Sew Sustainable Santa SacksNovember 24, 2023One of my favourite things about holidays is that they come around every year! So things that I didn’t get to do one year, I can find time for the next. And things that I did make last year, I can enjoy this year all over again. Last year we posted this Sew Sustainable Santa Sack post for St Nicholas Day. In real life Saint Nicholas was a 4th century bishop in what we now call Turkey. Legends grew up around him about his kindness to maidens, children and sailors. By the Renaissance he had […]
Monster Knees MendingOctober 23, 2023Monster Knees mending is one of my favourite forms of visible mending. Knees often seem to be the first part of a pair of trousers that need mending. My kids could get rips in the knees the very first time they put them on! Monster Knees mending transforms the hole into a monster mouth, that opens and closes as the child walks. It’s cute and quirky and the kids love it. My very first time making monster knees I discovered this idea on Pinterest. Visit our Just Jeans Pinterest board and […]
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