Teal, pool blue, and sunny lime colours inspired by swaying palm trees and warm ocean breezes create a refreshing look for bright, summer days.
We’ve got dots … we’ve got stripes! And they come in 2 sizes and lots of colours. Look for them in stores now.
Item #0650318000D 100% cotton 112cm
Item# 0644305000D
Do you have a last minute summer project? How about an comfy bean bag chair for your little one? Pick something fun and a little flighty with this print ‘ Sitting Pretty’ Item #0951002***R
Bean Bag Chair Instructions
What you need:
1. Two 115cm x 80cm (45″ x 32″) pieces of plain white broadcloth for the bean bag liner and two 115cm x 80cm (45″ x 32″) pieces of more durable upholstery type fabric for the outer shell. We’re using Fabricland’s “Sitting Pretty” fabric (Item#0951002***R) from our Spring/Summer 2015 Indoor Collection and paired it with a Sky Blue Porter Solid (Item#0943202***R) to give the bean bag a two-toned look.
2. A 56cm (22″) zipper
3. 100 litres of bean bag filling.
Seam allowance = 1.5cm (5/8″)
What you do:
1. Cut two pieces of 115cm x 80cm (45″ x 32″) white broadcloth or muslin for the lining
2. Sew the broadcloth together, leaving an opening big enough to fill the liner with the bean bag filler. Turn the liner inside out and fill. Once filled, pin the opening closed and machine stitch or sew by hand.
3. Cut one each of the outer fabrics 115cm x 80cm (45″ x 32″). (Total two pieces)
4. Layer RIGHT side together and pin.
5. On the long edges use a reinforced stitch such as a zigzag to prevent fraying, then straight stitch the same edges once more. Use a small stitch length to help strengthen these edges.
6. Fold the fabric in half as shown:
7. Starting from the folded edge at the bottom as shown in the photo, round one edge removing approximately 15cm (6″) of fabric at the sewn end.
8. Zigzag the curved edge and once again reinforce with a straight stitch.
9. Open the unsewn edge and keeping right sides together as in image A, match the seams as shown in image B, to place zipper properly.
10. Sew the zipper into this edge.
11. Turn RIGHT side out, stuff with liner and you’re done!
Keep your mane under control while looking cool this summer with these colourful headbands.
Hand Dyed Batik fabrics used in stores now.
Item #0643018000D
What you need:
1m cotton fabric
15cm (6″) of 2cm (3/4″) elastic
Scissors, pins, thread, safety pin, chalk pencil and a measuring tape
What you do:
- First, measure your head where you would like the headband to sit. See left image below.
- Next, measure from the bottom of one ear to the bottom of the other as shown on the right.
Example measurements: Head = 56cm (22″) Ear to Ear = 33cm (13″)
- For the top strip, add an extra 10cm (4″) to the ear to ear measurement.
- Cut two strips 13cm (5″) wide (adjust this measurement if you’d like a thicker or thinner style) by the final ear to ear measurement (example size: 13cm x 23cm)
- For the back elastic, add 5cm (2″) to the elastic length to allow for the fabric to gather, and cut one strip 20cm (8″) long x 5cm (2″) wide.
- Fold each of your strips (the 2 large main ones and the one small elastic covering one) in half, lengthwise, with right sides touching. Pin all the way across, forming a tube for each
- Fold each strip in half lengthwise, with right sides together and press.
- To shape the main strip to the size needed to attach back band, taper the edges to the size of the back band strip and curve to center along edges as shown.
- Use the newly cut tapered piece as a pattern guide for the second piece. Trace and cut.
- Now you should have two main tapered strips of fabric, and one back band strip for the elastic.
- Using matching thread, sew across the pinned tops making sure to back-stitch.
- Using a safety pin, pencil, and your fingers, turn each section inside out and iron.
- Iron the main sections with the seams in the middle, as shown.
- Make an “X” with the two large tubes, seam sides facing up.
- Fold the bottom right section across and over to the top left.
- Then fold bottom left section across and over to the top right making sure that center overlapped portion lies flat.
- Match the 2 left and 2 right ends together to create top headband.
- Sew elastic securely to one end of the top headband.
- Attach a safety pin to the free end of the elastic. Slide the back band strip over the elastic and gather it onto elastic covering the end attached to top headband.
- Fold raw edges of back band covering joined area and either hand or machine stitch in place.
- Repeat for 2nd side.
- And you’re done!
Summer is here and it is HOT!!!
Put a smile on your face with sunshine yellow and vibrant reds.
Be bold, be daring and add some colour with the Sunshine Coast collection.
Flowers are everywhere …
Bright and cherry daisies coordinate with an allover floral and a pretty flower dot for a colourful and fun cotton group.
Item #0649079000D
Never out of style and always needed … if you haven’t seen the new Back to Basics collection of ever-popular chevrons, dots and stripes in your local store, you should make a trip now! Fun colours to use on their own or with a coordinating print for all your craft projects.
Outdoor decor ideas are only limited by your imagination. Check out these possibilities using the new Lagoon colour story in stores now.
