Sew easy Throw Blankets

These really are so easy to sew.

The ideal fabric I would recommend is Minky, Fleece or Celosia Velevt

1 yard in Minky will give you a generous blanket 36 inches by 54 inches

Minky has a soft napped finish

1 Yard of Fleece will give you a blanket size 36 inches by 56 inches, 

you will need to line the blanket, as fleece is thinner than Minky and velvet and has a slight stretch, But this give you an opportunity to make a two sided blanket. perhaps you could use a coordinating pattern for the back.  see bellow my collection of coordinating prints and patterns.

Coordinating patterns 

1 Yard of Celosia velvet will give you a blanket 36 inches by 54 inches.

Celosia is a velvet fabric with a short pile (hair) and a subtle shimmer.  A blanket in this fabric, is definitely luxurious.

to sew the edges, simply hand roll the edge and put a hem stitch round it. 

Alternatively if sewing and hemming is not your thing, then Roostery sew it for you:

cut and sew dress patterns

This textile design is inspired by the styles of the 1950's

Fashion in transition, patterns within lines and stripes.

My design elements move in graceful diagonal lines across the fabric, giving fluidity and movement to the dress.

The dress pattern is a classic vintage type.  

Click on the image to shop the cut and sew project

Good for all body shapes.

The pattern has waist and bust darts, which is quite classic of the 1950's style. 

The gathered skirt is a full A Line giving a beautiful drape.

There is an in seam pocket on the side.  

I just love dresses with a handy pocket 

You can sew a full sleeve or short sleeve.

The cut and sew pattern is printed with all cutting lines and seam allowances.  All you need to do is cut and sew.

Detailed instructions in Pdf are provided.

Have fun, and don't forget to share you creation.  I would so love to see it.

For the Cat Lovers...

Create a quick, simple duvet or quilt with this design.

to sew a baby quilt or blanket, 

The ideal fabrics are

Minky: soft with a napped finish - means it is slightly hairy, but not as hairy as fur.  It's really luxurious and plush.  One yard of Mink would give you a blanket 35 inches by 53 inches.

The other ideal fabric for a baby blanket, I would recommend is Fleece: it has a slight stretch, soft and a cuddly feel. One yard of Fleece fabric would give you a blanket 35 inches by 55 inches, I have allowed for half an inch seam all round

Fleece would also make a really good swaddle cloth.

You could also co-ordinate with a contrast pattern design for the backing of the blanket, thus giving you two sides to the blanket.

In order to do this most economically, you could make a slightly smaller blanket in 1 yard of fabric and two designs in one yard

Click on the image bellow to browse the collection.

The collection has a few designs that go well together. Over time I keep adding designs, so do pop round and check. 

click on the start designing button 

This is spoonflower's, "Fill-a-Yard" 

A cool and economical way of adding more than one design to a yard or two of any fabric. 

When you click the start designing button, you will land on a page that asks you to select a template 

For the baby blanket,

I would recommend the vertical split yard

Like shown in the image above

You can then decide how you would like to layout your designs across the yard.

Sewing the baby blanket is super easy

Fold the fabric with the two designs facing each other

(meaning the backs of the fabric is facing outwards.  Run a seam along the top and on side edge.

turn the fabric out, so that the two designs are now facing outward,

fold the bottom edges inside and run a top stitch.

You have a beautiful baby blanket.

your finished blanket in fleece would measure 35 inches by 28 inches, allowing half inch for seam allowance 

Baby Blanket

Browse my collection of designs here

Get in touch if you would like the design re sized, or a colour variation.

or if you need further guidance on sewing.

Happy Sewing !!!

And don't forget to share your creations .... 

One of the biggest and best rewards of being a designer is when I see my designs being used by clients to create things.

It is a "Pat on the back" for me.  So please do share

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Nursery decor ideas. Hand painted woodland animals

Woodland animals, hand painted in watercolour, pen and India inks

Wallpaper available at Spoonflower and Roostery

"Strictly come dancing" wallpaper

The artwork in the picture frames is cut out from spare wallpaper and stuck in the frames.

"Confetti hearts" for baby blanket and quilted pouf

Use linen cotton canvas for a hard wearing pouf

Cushion and flanged pillow

Indie design table cloth

Just wanted to share my design now available on table cloth

for round and rectangular table cloth

Get creative and sew a dress

This is a cut and sew pattern.

The design is printed as per your size, with full instructions on how to cut and sew.

Front

Side

Back

The dress pattern has two co-ordinating patterns.

The Front uses my design "Life at Sea"

The back panels use my Design "Nucleus"

coordinating the back and front with two different patterns creates and exciting combination of scale and texture. 

The two designs are also available as yardage at Spoonflower

Living Room Makeover

Cushions and Throw Pillows

inject colour and pattern

If you fancy sewing your own cushions and throw pillows, this fabric is available at Spoonflower

Cushions available at Roostery

Upcycle an Accent Cabinet

Giving it a new lease of life.

Wallpaper Hack.

Use the peel and stick wallpaper From Spoonflower 

First give the old piece of furniture a good scrub, you want to remove as much dirt and grease, especially. You can use sugar soap available from any DIY store to give the cabinet a through cleaning. 

If applying the decor to doors, then take it off its hinge and remove and handles etc.

Follow instructions on the peel and stick wall paper and apply to the door leaf, drawers etc. give it an hour to seal and adhere, then fix the handle and hang the door back on the cabinet. viola !!! a totally new look.

To give the cabinet an aged look, I rubbed emulsion by dabbing with an old rag.  Just dabs of it.  really really little dabs.

Wallpaper I used

How to incorporate Pantone's colour of the year

Ultraviolet

A vibrant living space with a gorgeous wallpaper with butterflies using +pantone colour of the year
an easy interesting Hack -
cut pieces of the peel n stick wallpaper to the your shelves and gift it an instant makeover. 
This is a really great way of adding colour and texture to your room, for a fraction of the a total renovation.

Wallpaper Hack- Revive a bedside table

A really cool, neat trick to revive your bedsie table.

use My design in wallpaper at +spoonflower peel n stick to cover the door fronts of the bedside table like in the image bellow to give your tired bedside table a face lift. 

Measure the face of the door on your bedside table. 

cut pieces from the wallpaper to match your door face.

with a fine sand paper or wire wool go over the face of the door.  this is remove any grease, dirt, debris and provide a good key for the wallpaper to adhere to. 

wipe door surface with damp cloth.  

Allow door face to dry thoroughly, then peel n stick the wallpaper.

Hey presto, you have a bedside table that looks as good as new. 

Use the same method above to line the inside of drawers etc.

here are a few sets to get your creativity going

The cushions made in a fabric to match the bedside tables gives cohesion to the decor of the room

Or use square pillows

the art work on the wall is a wall hanging tapestry

layering a room design with lots of textures gives a sense of warmth, luxuriousness.  If you add or vary the textures of the textiles, it add further glamour and sense of drama. 

Confetti hearts is one of my popular designs for home decor products, 

It is also available as sheets and bed linen. 

I would advise caution with too many items in the room with the same pattern.  It detracts for kitting the interior together in a pleasing way to possibly erring on the side of cold, uniform, type setting.

So if you like the sheets and bed linen, then perhaps the bedside table could be in the hedgerow square pattern

Simple Bedroom make over

Give your bedroom a simple make over 

Introducing a water colour mandala design print for sheets, duvet covers, pillow and pillow shams

A sense of calm and spiritualism.

A close of sample of the Design - Watercolour hand drawn Mandala 

This design is also available as yardage from +spoonflower in a range of fabrics to sew your own

LANGSHAN SHEET SET

100% cotton Sateen

A real feel of luxury

Or go with plain white cotton sheets and make the duvet a statement piece with

WYANDOTTE DUVET

100% cotton Sateen

Bedroom of your dreams

a stunning large scale design
"Shards"

Interior design ideas

For a bright fun contemporary look.

A Japanese Boro stitch style wallpaper.

Totally unique.

Japanese Boro is actually recycled scraps of fabric with a running stitch, this design plays on the idea in a fun and cheerful way.

also available at +spoonflower