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Free Leg Warmer Sewing Pattern – Made With Cuddle Fabric

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 Sew up these fun leg warmers with Cuddle fabric! Get the free leg warmer sewing pattern at Whimsy Couture!

Free Leg Warmer Sewing Pattern


These legwarmers are just the right thing to wear in fall/winter to stay warm! These Cuddle Fabric legwarmers come in all sizes up to adult!

You can download this free sewing pattern from HERE!

You might like this easy pom pom fleece leg warmer pattern too!!<==== click this link!

Free Sewing Pattern – Cuddle Legwarmers

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These legwarmers are just the right thing to wear in fall/winter to stay warm! These Cuddle Fabric legwarmers come in all sizes up to adult! 

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This free tutorial written by Whimsy Couture ™  introduces the CUDDLE STRIP KIT ‘Cuddle Throw Kit Izzy Melon’ from Shannon Fabrics  https://www.shannonfabrics.com/

The kit comes with 11 strips, approximately 5” long strips that measure 58” wide.

You can download it for free HERE!

Full Apron Ebook

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SEWING PATTERN for making boys and girls FULL APRONS:
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You will receive: ONE (1) sewing pattern with pictured tutorial to make easy full aprons sizes 12 months through 12 girls
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Now your little helper can get his/her hands dirty and prevent the mess to end up on the clothes:) No matter if it’s cooking, baking, crafting, coloring……..
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The neckband is elasticized and the back strap is closed with velcro. This is a great apron that any small child can easily put on themselves.
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The adorable bow is perfect for girls and for  girls and boys you could put a monogram or initial applique on!

PATTERN CONTAINS:
-pictured tutorial with easy to follow steps
-full sized apron templates for s,m,l,xl (about 12m – 12 girls or bigger)
-any decoration of this apron other than the bow is not included!
-pattern comes on PDF files – please make sure you can open those!
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You will need: fabric, a sewing machine, notions,  scissors, lip edge ruler or measuring tape, iron, velcro, band elastic and basic to advanced sewing skills
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Check out my other patterns & DIY kits!
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SEWING PATTERNS/TUTORIALS CANNOT BE RETURNED OR REFUNDED!

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Free Tutorial How To Add Ruffles To Sleeves

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This is an easy and fun way to add length to outgrown sleeves or to add a special touch to an outfit and make it match. 
I chose to make a matching tee to go with my STRAPPY DRESS
(pattern available here).

Here is my tee:

 

This is what I did:

I measured the sleeve width……..

….then cut a piece of fabric 3″ long (measured from top to bottom) and twice the width of my sleeve (front and back), serged the bottom edge and folded it 0.5″ up, press it and sewed it down:

I ruffled this strip with my machine…..

Folded it in half with right sides together, then pinned and sewed it along pink dashes:

This is now my sewn together sleeve ruffle with the edges serged/hemmed:

I trimmed off my sleeve’s bottom hem…..

 
 

I positioned the ruffle underneath the sleeve like this:

and pinned the ruffle to the sleeve with right sides together, then sewed it on:

 

This is now my sewn on ruffle with the edges serged/.hemmed:

The finishing touch is to tuck in all threads and top stitch to make it look nice and neat…..

…..like this:

Repeat with second ruffle and other sleeve.

Ta-Da! Done!

 
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Circle Skirt w.ruffles Ebook

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SEWING PATTERN for making a RUFFLED CIRCLE SKIRT:
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This tutorial requires basic to intermediate sewing skills!
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You will receive: ONE (1) sewing pattern with tutorial and patterns for all sizes ranging 3m-8 girls!
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Here is what you will find in the tutorial:

-nested digitally traced PDF templates for cutting out circles for sizes from 3 months through 8 girls
-colored pictures with detailed instructions from the very beginning!
-pattern comes on PDF files!
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Talking about twirl factor!! Circle skirts allow for maximum twirl which is just what every girl wants! This skirt is made from one continues piece of fabric plus extra for ruffles. Use elastic band to make the waist. Tips for finding cute polkadot elastic is included!
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You will need: fabric, band elastic, a sewing machine, serger-optional, scissors, straight pins and basic to intermediate sewing skills!
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SEWING PATTERNS/TUTORIALS CANNOT BE RETURNED OR REFUNDED!

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Jump Around Pants Ebook

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basic version without leg elastic:

SEWING TUTORIAL FOR STRAIGHT CUT PANTS:
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You will receive: ONE (1) sewing tutorial to make pants sizes newborn through 10 years
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These whimsical and fun pants can be made in no time flat! Easy to place full sized pants templates with lower front and higher back rise will ensure a great fit. Only one leg piece per leg to sew. The sash and leg elastic are optional. Fits boys too!

Perfect for lounge wear, day wear, costumes, it’s an easy and great fitting pair of pants!

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The pants shown in the pictures are only an examples of what you can make with your own fabric and my sewing pattern! Pants are NOT included! Nor is the fabric.
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TUTORIAL CONTAINS:
-full sized pants templates in nested sizing
-pictured instructions with easy to follow steps
-optional “invisible” belt loops, sash and leg elastic
-pattern comes on PDF files!
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You will need: fabric, a sewing machine, a serger/overlock machine ( optional), 3/4″ and 1/4″ elastics, scissors, iron and basic sewing skills
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SEWING PATTERNS/TUTORIALS CANNOT BE RETURNED OR REFUNDED!

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How To Reuse Old Clothes To Make Knit Pants

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How To Reuse Old Clothes To Make Knit Pants



Do you have old knit t-shirts with holes, stains etc.? Don’t throw them away! There is always something that can be made with them! I especially love re-using them for making my daughter new clothes.

Here is a old t-shirt from me. Still in great condition so I used the bottom portion of it:


I used my KNIT LEGGINGS PATTERN for this and already have the template ready so I placed it onto the material and got about half the length of my template:
Here are my two top portions of my new knit pants:


I did the same thing with another t-shirt and selvaged the middle part of my color block knit pants. I sew this part onto the upper portion:
Then, for the bottom part, the ruffle I selvaged another t-shirt’s bottom:
Here is my last portion, the ruffle, to be sewn on:
This is now one of my “finished” knit pants leg which is ready to be sewn together according instructions:
And here is my finished COLOR BLOCK knit pants from old t-shirts:
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Harem Pants Ebook

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without flap:

 

 

 

with flap:

with flap and pulled up legs:

 

 

 

You will receive: ONE (1) sewing pattern with pictured tutorial to make adorable harem pants for girls!
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I included two style, one with side flap and the other with an option to straighten the sides! There are only 2 pieces of fabric you have to cut! Suitable fabrics are cotton, knits, chambray, any other light to medium weight fabrics. These pants have a voluminous crotch and are perfect for cloth diapered babies and any girl that loves to feel comfy while playing. The leg length is full length but can be pulled up a bit to make them look capri.
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PATTERN CONTAINS:
-sizes: 3m – 5t
-pictured tutorial with easy to follow steps
-option for slimming the sides
-PDF file with nested sizing for the pants
-pattern comes on PDF files – please make sure you can open those!
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You will need: fabric, a sewing machine, notions, fabric marker, scissors, lip edge ruler or measuring tape, 3/4″ and 1/4″ elastic, 2 buttons are optional, iron,  and basic to advanced sewing skills
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SEWING PATTERNS/TUTORIALS CANNOT BE RETURNED OR REFUNDED!

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Free Tutorial – Extending Length By Adding Lace

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extending length by adding lace

Wish you could let your girls wear some of the wardrobe pieces from last year?

Most of them might be too short.

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to extend the lengths of sleeves, top hems and pants! Adding lace is not only a great way to extend garment lengths but also it is in style!

Here’s my daughter’s outgrewn turtle neck from last year. Still in great shape!

 

I am also adding lace to the jeans:

I chose to use wide band lace for this project:

1st step is to measure the sleeve, top and pants hem

 

2nd step is to take this measurement times 4 so it will yield around the entire hems AND allow for ample width to be ruffled!

3rd step is to ruffle the lace with your machine. Set your machine to the highest tension and longest stitch length. Then sew along the edge with a 3/4 seam allowance:

 

Reset your machine after you are all done with all pieces of lace!

4th step is to sew the lace together as shown. Sew with a straight stitch along dashed line and backstitching beginning and end:

5th step is to pin the “tube” of lace to the sleeve hem (and top bottom hem & jeans), then sew in place. If you are sewing this onto knit or other stretchy garments you want to use a KNIT or STRETCH STITCH or slight zigzag stitch to retain the strechability of the garment!

 

 

 

 

 

Do the same with the shirt bottom hem and jeans legs.

All done and ready for a new season! (I also added a cute black bow silhouette applique to the shirt)

extending length by adding lace

 

Tip For Tracing And Drafting Patterns

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When working with sewing patterns, may it be that you make things from them or you may even make your own patterns, you know the importance of tracing a pattern!

Paper patterns from the fabric store or home printed PDF patterns come most likely with “nested” sizing which means that there are tons of lines and shapes in the same area, all on one sheet of paper. No problem to cut just one size out and throw the rest away but what if you are making ALL of the sizes? That’s right, you want to trace them onto other paper so you can actually save them for future uses.

There are several different types of paper to trace them on such as wax paper, specific pattern tracing paper (which can end up being way more expensive than buying the same pattern over and over from the store, or printing the PDF over and over again but that’s also time consuming. So, not a good option).

Here’s what I use! I happend to come across this awesome (and cheap) paper roll while shopping at our local Office Depot. If ound it at the section “poster & drawing” (who would have thought! lol)
a> It’s called “poster roll” and boy does it have a lot of paper on it for only $10.49!!

It measures 24 inches wide which is perfect for most kid sized sewing patterns (if you need it wider just tape two sheets together) and the total length is a whopping 25 yards!!!

Office Depot website picture:

Here is a small example of how I work with it: Since it’s on a roll it will curl like crazy but no worries, you know you’ll have all kinds of utensils to hold the corners down, right? 🙂

Here’s a snap shot of my work table and a pattern I am grading. YES! I grad manually with measuring, comparing, making errors, that’s why you’ll see a pencil and an eraser, ha!

Bottomline, it’s perfect for really anything pattern related such as tracing patterns since it’s just transparent enough to see the original pattern lines through, drawing/drafting patterns or for our kiddos to doodle on!

Let me hear what YOU use for this kind of project! Maybe there’s something I don’t know yet;)

Happy sewing and creating, everyone!
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