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Outshine Everyones Christmas Decor This Year!

Outshine Everyones Christmas Decor This Year!

by | Jul 11, 2021 | My Makes

What does your Christmas household decor look like?

Are you the type of person to just dash a few christmas lights around the house and call it a day? Or do you go ALL out.. and I mean full house decorated top to bottom inside AND outside all out?

Whatever floats your boat, go with it! But you can’t possibly decorate without some pretty christmas cushions… right?

Well we’ve got just that!

There’s a Christmas bow cushion project available! We’ve made up two using Makower’s Yappy! & Santa Express collection.

Get yourself some Yappy! Or Santa Express fabric from our Christmas shop and you’ll get this Christmas cushion project plus 2 more for FREE!

And if you prefer a more traditional cushion, Makower have their own cushion project using the Classic Foliage collection, find it here.

Makower has not only given us some fabulous collections this year… they’ve also made up some great Christmas projects for seam-stars of all levels! And they just so happen to fit with our household decor theme 😉

First off we couldn’t do household decor without one of the best multi-purpose inventions of all time… a quillow!

It’s a quilt and pillow combined into one, super handy for all sorts, especially when you have friends or family over during the Christmas period!

Plus you can choose between a Santa Express or Yappy quillow!

Next up is the Classic Foliage wall hanging designed by the insanely talented Lynne Goldsworthy!

This wall hanging is sure to make head’s turn this Christmas, will you be giving it a try?

You can find the full free project here and Classic Foliage collection here.

And last but not least on our “Christmas household decor you absolutely NEED this year” list is the gorgeous Scandi quilt.

A mahoosive 68” x 68” inch quilt designed by none other than Lynne Goldsworthy using the Scandi 2021 collection. It’s sure to keep you warm as you sit by the fireplace, roasting marshmallows with a cuppa!

Even if your usual Christmas afternoon isn’t as idyllic as that (because we all know it’s usually more frantic than idyllic…) it’ll keep you cosy during the Christmas period either way! Check it out here.

So which project is your favourite? Which one will you be trying first?

Let us know in the comments!

Want to get 3 FREE Christmas projects?

Go shopping in our Christmas shop and save 10% until 18th July 2021!

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Christmas Bow Cushion – Beginner Friendly Project

Christmas Bow Cushion – Beginner Friendly Project

by | Jul 9, 2021 | My Makes, Tutorials

Learn how to sew a Christmas bow cushion with this beginner friendly tutorial. It’s that time of year again… yup… we’re doing Christmas In July!

What part of decorating is your favourite? Is it the lights or the table or the front porch with a real life Santa Klaus? Whatever floats your boat, go with it! But you can’t possibly decorate without some pretty Christmas cushions… right?

That’s exactly why we’re bringing you our latest tutorial! Learn how to sew a Christmas bow cushion featuring Makower’s Santa Express & Yappy! collections.

An easy to follow and beginner friendly tutorial, you can brush up on skills such as using woven interfacing to give fabric more structure and sewing a bow from scratch.

We’ve also got a Christmas In July offer going, get 3 FREE projects and 10% OFF with any purchase from the Christmas shop!

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A sewing project for:  Beginner Seam Star

Finished dimensions – 16” square

Estimated sewing time – 2-3 hours

Important Notes:

  • ½” (1cm) seam allowance throughout, unless otherwise directed.
  • For steps using machine sewing, straight stitch, backstitching at the start & end using stitch length 2.5 unless otherwise stated.
  • Prepare your fabrics as per manufacturer’s care advice

Materials Will Need:

ItemAmountWe used
Fabric A:Quilting Cotton for Main Cushion0.5mMakower – Santa Express – Geometric Green Metallic
Fabric B:Quilting Cotton for Ribbon & Bow detail0.25mMakower – Santa Express – Geometric Red Metallic
Lightweight Low Loft  Fusible Fleece0.5mVlieseline Iron-on fusible Low Loft Fleece H630
Woven Interfacing
(Grab a cheeky 10% discount off your next Fusible Woven Interfacing purchase with WOVEN10 One time use per customer.)		0.5mVlieseline Cotton Woven Interlining – Medium G700 – White – 1m x 90cm
16” Cushion PadOneDuck Feather Square Cushion Pad 16″ / 40.5cm

Sewing Kit You Will Need:

Make it easier with: Needle Grippers – these are a great help turning a long fabric tube

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Reusable Fabric Gift Tags

Reusable Fabric Gift Tags

by | Jul 7, 2021 | Fabric, My Makes, Project Ideas, Sustainable Sewing, Tutorials

This year you have plenty of time to make up these reusable fabric gift tags you can bring out year after year, not only saving you time & money BUT also lots of waste that just ends up in landfill. Because here at Plush Addict, we are always looking for ways to be kinder to the planet. Christmas will be here before you know it!

Just scribble the name in chalk or chalk pen and then wipe it off and reuse them year after year!

If you prefer to follow along with written instructions, these are included with the reusable fabric gift tags pattern which you can download here

To make these fabulous tags, you will need…

The sewing kit you will need for this reusable fabric gift tag projects:

 

Please leave us a comment if you made this! We’d love to hear how you got on…

Have the best dressed table this Christmas!

Have the best dressed table this Christmas!

by | Jul 6, 2021 | My Makes

Say cheers at a table filled with gorgeous luxury table place settings this year and have the best dressed table this season! Because we have lots of ideas and inspiration for your Christmas 2021 table decor.

 

Our fab new table linen kits are available to purchase in both RED & GREY colourways featuring Makower’s Scandi 2021 collection.

 

In addition, if you purchase one before 18th July 2021 you’ll save 10% AND gain access to our 3 FREE Christmas projects!

The kit has been designed with the busy Seam-Star in mind.

 

Moreover, not only is this a simple project, each element comes together FAST as well! For this reason, we reckon you can sew the whole kit and make a luxury table place settings in around 4 hours!

The comprehensive kit comes with all the fabrics & instructions. As a result, you will be able to make 3 easy & speedy projects.

 

✂️ 4 x placemats

 

✂️ 1 x table runner

 

✂️ 4 x drinks coasters

 

Got more time to sew your festive table? Then check out Makower’s free project – a table runner & placemat project you can download here!

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DON’T FORGET – our Christmas in July offer means. Therefore, you’ll SAVE 10% on Christmas Fabric until 18th July 2021. Furthermore, gain access to our three FREE Christmas projects with any purchase from our Christmas Shop!

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We hope you found this tutorial useful!

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How to make reusable Christmas bags: Sewing Tutorial

How to make reusable Christmas bags: Sewing Tutorial

by | Jul 5, 2021 | Fabric, My Makes, Project Ideas, Sustainable Sewing, Tutorials

How will you be wrapping your Christmas gifts this year? Will you be on ‘bin bag duty’ again collecting all of the used wrapping paper & throwing a glitter & foil mountain out to landfill? Or will you be getting your Christmas All Wrapped Up with Reusable reusable Christmas bags tutorial?

Making beautiful reusable fabric gift bags and tags means you can to keep them years to come!

All the effort you put in making these will come back to you – we promise! Make these and be your future friend next year when your gift wrapping will be complete in a fraction of the time – whoop!

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We are super excited to share with you this fabulous eco-conscious way of gifting your loved ones this year. Our reusable Christmas bags gift bags have three different sized bags you can create, here’s what you’ll need for each one…

Small – Finished Dimensions (Approx):

H20cm x W23cm x D6cm // H8” x W9” x D2½ ”

AmountWe used
Main Fabric A1FQ Cotton FabricSanta Express: Presents by Makower
Fabric B For Drawstring Channel10cm x 50cm4” x 20”Santa Express: Snowball Spot Green Metallic by Makower
Ribbon or Cord60cm4mm Braided Cord White

 

Medium – Finished Dimensions (Approx):

H31cm x W33cm x D11cm // H12” x W13” x D4 ½  ”

AmountWe used
Main Fabric A1FQ Cotton Fabric
Fabric B For Drawstring Channel10cm x 50cm4” x 20”
Ribbon or Cord4mm Braided Cord

Large – Finished Dimensions (Approx):

H44cm x W38cm x D15cm // H17” x W15” x D6”

AmountWe used
Main Fabric A50cm  Cotton Fabric
Fabric B For Drawstring Channel10cm x 50cm4” x 20”
Ribbon or Cord4mm Braided Cord

To match, we have put together a gorgeous gift tag which you can personalise every year as it features chalk cloth! Check out our blog for this here.

The sewing kit you will need for both projects:

To get the free patterns and tutorials, just purchase anything from our Christmas Shop (which is currently 10% off until 18th July 2021!) and they’ll be pinged straight to your inbox!

All we ask is that you tick the little ‘newsletter’ box at the checkout stage so we have permission to email you. Not only will you get the tutorial to make the gift bag and tag, you’ll get a full tutorial on how to make a bow cushion and a personalised santa sack!