Cme Ebook 12
Cme Ebook 12
Cme Ebook 12
budget-friendly
projects
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budget-friendly
projects
Create fabulous fashions, accessories and home-décor items that only look like
they cost a lot to make!
This e-book includes three articles from our regular series “Budget Friendly.” If
you’re having overnight guests in the near future, look to “Embroidered Soap” to
make a lovely bathroom accessory for less than $10! Or get instructions to make
a designer-inspired crop jacket for only $40 in “Flower Crop.” Or look to “Stabilizer
Organizer” for instructions to make a handy holder for all of your stabilizer rolls for
only $10.
We hope you find these projects not only easy on the wallet, but inspirational as
well. Happy stitching!
Colleen Exline
Associate Editor, CME
TABLE OF CONTENTS
“Budget Friendly: Flower Crop”
Ellen March............................................. PAGE 3
Flower
Crop by Ellen March
Kwik Sew
3459
Instructions
• Cut out the pattern pieces that correspond to your D Float topper
over fleece.
measurements. Flip over the front piece and cut a
second front from scrap paper, resulting in a right and
left front. Pin-fit the front pieces to check the fit on
your body and locate the desired embroidery place-
ment along the jacket collar. The featured garment EC
lip jump threads.
has a turned-back collar, so the design is positioned
on the fabric wrong side.
• Print a template of the embroidery design. Experiment
with software to resize, rotate or change thread colors,
if desired. The featured design was resized to 51⁄4"x 6 3⁄8",
flipped, and then rotated. Pin the template to the pat-
tern piece along the collar where desired. Mark the
design center.
• Outline the pattern on the fleece using tailor’s chalk • Check the stitched design alignment against the
(A). If placing the design on a turned-back collar, out- marked pattern paper. If the design is slightly askew,
line the pattern on the fabric wrong side. Transfer all remove the chalk marks and redraw the pattern out-
pattern marks and the design center cross mark to line on the fleece until the exact design placement
the fabric (B). is achieved.
• Hoop the fabric with a layer of tear-away stabilizer, • Construct the jacket following the pattern
centering the design cross mark in the hoop (C). Make guidesheet.
sure the fabric isn’t stretched in the hoop. Attach the
hoop to the machine. Float a topper rectangle over DESIGN
Flower: Cactus Punch, Make It You Volume 2, #MIY02, Design-MIY0205; (800) 933-8081,
the fabric (D). cactuspunch.com Note: MIY0205 is sold only in a collection. The single design price
was estimated at $2.49 based on a collection of 20 designs with an MSRP of $49.95.
• Embroider the design, clipping jump threads with
each thread change (E). Remove the hoop from the SOURCES
Husqvarna Viking provided the embroidery design: husqvarnaviking.com.
machine and the fabric from the hoop. Tear away the Janome provided the Janome Memory Craft 11000 Special Edition used to create
remaining stabilizer and topper. Remove hard-to-reach this project: janome.com.
Kwik Sew provided the pattern: (888) 594-5739, kwiksew.com.
areas of stabilizer using tweezers; remove excess RNK Distributing provided the Floriani stabilizer and topper: (877) 331-0034,
topper using a wet cotton swab. rnkdistributing.com.
total: $9.85 for the initial cost; $2.35 for each bar
Embroider
• Carefully measure the length and width of the soap
mold; record. Choose a built-in design that fits within the
soap mold dimensions. Print a template of the design
to make sure it fits within the soap mold, if necessary.
Construct
• Melt one ounce of clear soap base in the microwave,
Select dense designs following the manufacturer’s instructions.
when embroidering soap.
• Carefully pour the clear soap base into the mold until
Thin designs with lots of
empty space are difficult the soap is 1⁄4" deep. Lightly spray the hot soap with
to work with because rubbing alcohol to make any bubbles disappear. Allow
the stitches can sink the soap base to harden.
into the soap.
Designs
Dreidel: Sew Timeless, Hanukkah; (877) 870-6961, sewtimeless.com
Holly: Sew Timeless, Christmas II; (877) 870-6961, sewtimeless.com
Holly Wreath: Sew Timeless, Christmas II; (877) 870-6961, sewtimeless.com
Santa Claus: Sew Timeless, Christmas II; (877) 870-6961, sewtimeless.com
Source
Nature’s Garden carries clear and white glycerin soap, fragrance oil and
soap molds: (866) 647-2368, naturesgardencandles.com
Stabilizer
by Katrina Walker
Organizer
Organize your stabilizer rolls by making
a stabilizer organizer using fabric from
your stash. Use a hanger to hang the
organizer in a closet or over the back
of your sewing room door.
SHOPPING LIST
o fat quarter each of two cotton fabrics (A & B)....$2
o 4 fat quarters of print cotton fabric (C).................$4
o 1⁄2 yard each of two cotton fabrics (D & E)...........$2
o cut-away stabilizer.....................................................$.50
o 1⁄2 yard of lightweight fusible interfacing................$.50
o fusible web strips........................................................$.25
o thread: bobbin & embroidery.................................$.75
o removable fabric marker (from stash)
o built-in letter embroidery designs...........................FREE
total: $10
Cut
• From fabric A, cut four squares large enough to fit
within the hoop.
• From fabric B, cut one 9"x36" rectangle.
• From fabric C, cut eight 10"x18" rectangles.
• From each D and E fabric, cut one rectangle that
measures 18"x the fabric width.
• Center a second pocket rect- • Draw a 5"-diameter semi- • With right sides together, align
angle lower edge along the circle at the mark; cut out the the fabric D and fabric E rectan-
second mark; pin, and then semi-circle. Stitch the long gles; pin, and then stitch the
stitch as for the first pocket raw edge, including along sides and upper edge, using 1⁄4"
rectangle. Position the pocket the semi-circle curve. Clip seam allowances along the
rectangle upper edge 41⁄2" the curve, and then turn the sides and a 1⁄2" seam allowance
below the first pocket lower holder to the right side. along the upper edge. Turn the
edge; pin, and then topstitch. • Position the fabric E rectangle organizer right side out; press.
Repeat to stitch the remaining right side up on a flat work sur- Fold the lower raw edges 1⁄2" to-
pockets. Set aside. face. Designate one short edge ward the wrong side; pin, and
• Fold the fabric B rectangle in half as the upper edge. Align the then topstitch, enclosing
widthwise with right sides to- holder upper edge with the fab- the raw edge.
gether to create a 9"x18" hanger ric E rectangle upper edge; pin,
holder. Designate the long raw and then baste the holder short
Design
edge as the upper edge. Using a edges and upper edge, leaving Letters from CME Fashion Alphabet collection;
download the featured letters for free at
removable fabric marker, mark the semi-circle free.
cmemag.com/articles/stabilizer_organizer
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