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Christmas in July Sewing Round Up

All month long we are doing a short series on Christmas in July and today I put together some of my personal favorite sewing patterns to make! Here's to hoping we have some time to start and sew a few of them before the holidays and July is the best time to start... These Christmas Stockings are a favorite pattern to make! And if you use quilted cotton they go together super fast and simple. Find the Christmas Stocking Pattern HERE. The Flurry Quilt by Kate Spain is perfect for ... View the Post

Christmas· Halloween· Seasonal· sewing· Tutorials

Christmas in July 2019 Week #2: The Nightmare Before Christmas Gift Eating Snake

Today I am so excited to share how I made this giant Nightmare Before Christmas Gift Eating Snake! I love this snake...but I can't take all the credit for making it. Infact, the idea to even make him came from my 14 year old son. I was saying how it's lame that we don't even have a tree skirt...just a blanket that we use to wrap around the tree stand. And then he said the blanket was better than a skirt...but it would be way cooler if we had the snake from The Nightmare ... View the Post

$5 Friday· Christmas· Fabric· Let Them Be Little· Riley Blake· Seasonal· Tutorials· Uncategorized

Christmas in July 2019 Week #1: Using Fabric Scraps to Make Gift Wrap Ribbons

Welcome to Christmas in July! I have wanted to do a Christmas in July series FOREVER but I kept thinking can we do a Christmas in July series during Skirting the Issue? And last month, as I was thinking about this I thought...WHY NOT?!? (After all both are about giving.) So here we are and I couldn't be happier! Today we are starting with something I did last year for Christmas and am planning to do again this year...and that is.... Using my fabric scraps to create all the ... View the Post

Christmas

Elizabeth’s Favorite Things 2018

In past years we have done some gift guides for sew-ers and quilters but this year we decided to do something a little bit different. We thought it might be fun to each do a gift guide that includes our favorite things that we use (and we PROMISE we use) and love in case you are looking for some gift ideas for a girlfriend, sister or maybe even just for yourself. So....here we go! ... View the Post