NEW THIS WEEK - March 14th, 2007:
Hop to it!
Free Project Instructions!
Make an embroidered, Fabric Easter Basket! For instructions, click here. And, click here to learn how to make eggs-cellent lace egg holders!
In just a few weeks the Easter bunny will be hopping down the bunny trail, and excited children will be searching for brightly colored eggs and sweet treats. It's time to "hop to it" and add to the fun at sewing time.
This week is all about festive surprises! Hunt for treasures in the form of Easter baskets, the story of animal Easter Bunny-wannabes, and Dollar Delight Trapunto designs.
Surprise brunch or dinner guests with charming, lacy egg holders. So easy to make to beautify your Easter table.
Intrigue the youngsters and young at heart with colorful drawstring bags, and hide Easter treats inside. Make a whole basketful of cute, cuddly Easter critters for kids' play or lighthearted decorations for wreaths and trees.
Check out the designs in Requests of the Week, where you'll find kids' cell phones, and designs for Passover, too.
Spring is on its way. Here's "hopping" you'll enjoy every minute of sewing for the vernal holidays.
Special Requests of the Week Embroidery Library is always inspired by your design suggestions, and we thank you for sending us tons of terrific ideas, which we regularly incorporate into the weekly design themes. As a way to expand on designs for specific quests, this space is dedicated to the "Request of the Week." Here are this week's requests:
Boy's and Girl's Cell Phones With "two adventurous kids (3 and 5)," Bernice is ready for the possibility that they might wander off during one of their family outings. When visiting an attraction park nearby their home, she goes prepared. "I always put little notes in their clothing (with their names and my mobile phone number)," she said.
Her request: "I thought it might be fun to make them a 'special park shirt' with a colourful mobile phone [one for a boy and one for a girl] with my mobile number on it.... So if they run off and get lost, they can explain that mummy can be reached on that specific number."
Whatever your project, we agreed it was time for all children to have their own little cell phone designs, so here they are...and we threw in one more for the "little stars," who sometimes get lost, too.
"The Matzah could be used in a variety of ways," she said. "It can be put onto dish towels, so that people know they are for Passover if they are observant; on a bag for the afikoman, which is hidden [and last piece to be eaten], or on a matzah cover.... It can also be sewn on napkins for the Passover table, or used in a wall hanging with other symbols of Passover or Jewish holidays." Thank you, Susan for the wonderful ideas and suggestions. We hope you enjoy the designs.
Want to see more? Click here to see designs released in previous weeks!