Practice your free motion quilting with this pdf pattern to create quilted nesting household storage buckets from A Few Scraps. A PDF pattern by Christina Cameli of A Few Scraps designed for some free-motion quilting classes that she teaches in Portland, Oregon. Practice your free motion quilting with these quilted nesting household storage buckets. This PDF pattern provides a couple of hours of free-motion quilting practice. Once finished, you can cut your quilting up and cr

Sew your own tablet tote for carrying your iPad Mini, Nook, Kindle, Nexus 7 or other seven inch tablet. Quilting gives it some padded protection. Pockets on the side flaps give you room to store a stylus or pen, a small notepad, as well as business cards, credit cards, or bit of cash. Holds a lot, but not too big and bulky. These totes are the perfect sewing project to practice your free-motion quilting skills. With three different styles to choose from, an optional outer f

Alfie the Elf and Rudy’s Red Nose join Simply Santa for a fun set of mug rugs. They would also make great keepsake/ornament gift tags if you add a ribbon tie to the upper edge as shown on the cover photo. And here’s one more idea: Use muslin for the backing to turn the mug rugs into keepsake Christmas Cards. Write your holiday message on the back with indelible ink, and add stamped Christmas designs, doodling, or other embellishments as desired. Tuck into envelopes and mail t