Magnetic Bookmark Tutorial

Remember Charlotte’s big bag of goodies from the Quilt Festival? One of the items that caught my eye was the magnetic bookmark. While pondering what to post on the blog, I saw a post on someone else’s blog about this magnetic bookmark tutorial. Perfect! So without further ado, here is the tutorial as well as two related links:

• Magnetic bookmarks by Louise (page takes a long time to load)
• Louise’s bookmarks by Keyka Lou (she makes two minor changes)
• How to make sew-in magnets (probably cheaper than buying them!)

24 Beautiful Purse Patterns

Not sure what to make for the brown bag gift exchange? Here’s a list of projects from Tip Junkie: 24 Beautiful Purse Patterns. What’s great about Tip Junkie is that she includes photos and brief descriptions of the purses — sooo useful! Plus all of the patterns are free. 🙂 Enjoy!

Flutter Sleeves Tutorial & Sleeve Types

I saw this tutorial for adding flutter sleeves to a sleeveless dress or top, and I thought the end result was really pretty!

Constructing: Flutter Sleeve

I also found a useful little summary of sleeve types and other sleeve info in this blog post:

Just a Sleeve’s Length Away

Sleeves, sleeves, the bane or highlight of your existence.  They’re funnily shaped and difficult to align, but as the fabulous lady in the below ‘how-to’ videos by Threads says, “no other garment part works as hard as a sleeve does!”