Note from Alanda Craft: Stephany's drawstring gift bag is much larger than the original. The pattern in our draw string gift bag tutorial allows you to make whatever size you need for your gift. I love the sheen in the material Stephany has used for her gift bags. You can the first gift bag she made, here. Stephany Says: I am still making your lovely bags. This was a large … [Read more...] about Readers Project: Stephany’s Drawstring Gift Bag
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Brother Dream Machine Tutorial: Changing the Speed Control Setting for the Zig Zag Stitch
The Brother Dream Machine is such an awesome sewing machine with so many options and features...I never get tired of playing with it. With 9 pages of settings you can customize this machine in all sorts of ways to suit exactly how you work. One of the settings that you can change is the speed controller. That's the slide button at the top of your machine that allows you to … [Read more...] about Brother Dream Machine Tutorial: Changing the Speed Control Setting for the Zig Zag Stitch
Brother Canvas Workspace Tutorial: Folding Gift Tag
Those of you who have been watching our ScanNCut videos for a while now, will know that we have already recorded a video for this Folding Gift Tag. However, Brother have since introduced the new PC based software version of Canvas Workspace, so we felt another video was needed for all of you who are using the new software. This is a really neat folding tag and once you have … [Read more...] about Brother Canvas Workspace Tutorial: Folding Gift Tag
Quick & Easy Pot Holder Tutorial – Using Layer Cake Squares
A pot holder is a super quick sewing project. You can make them in any colour and size, and they make lovely gifts. We made ours using left over 10″ layer cake squares, but you can cut squares from your fabric stash to suit. SCROLL TO THE END FOR THE FULL STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO What You Need 2 pcs fabric measuring 10″x10″ or you can use layer cake squares 1 pc quilting … [Read more...] about Quick & Easy Pot Holder Tutorial – Using Layer Cake Squares
Brother ScanNCut Tutorial – Creating Scoring Lines Using ScanNCut Canvas
Yes, you can create scoring lines with the Brother ScanNCut...yay! However, you can't do it on the machine itself. It has to be done in ScanNCut Canvas which is the free online software that Brother provides for all ScanNCut users. You can access ScanNCut Canvas here. In this tutorial, we show you how to create a greeting card template and include a scoring line so that … [Read more...] about Brother ScanNCut Tutorial – Creating Scoring Lines Using ScanNCut Canvas