I have endured failure after failure this week. A very simple nightgown I sewed turned out huge. A new sourdough bread recipe resulted in a delicious frisbee. And a speciality 36 hour fermented dairy which I’ve made many times had copious mold over the entire surface. I badly need a WIN! I think your adorable Christmas gift ideas are just what I need for a bit of success. Thankyou!
I got a little excited when I saw 1983 on your sweatshirt, until I realized the year you were born was the year I graduated from high school. I suddenly feel old😂. Just recently found your channel, really enjoying it. Thank you!
Thanks for all the ideas. So good to see you back in the sewing room. I noticed your pile of trimmed threads next to your machine. Place a folded micro fiber towel there. It will grab and hold all those threads.
As a large-skulled woman, I too share your frustration with hat shopping (I wear men's straw fedoras because they fit, not because they are my favorite). I like the sweatshirt! It kind of inspired me, our library has all of these tools like cricut and a heat press, etc and I am so analog minded I struggle to think how to utilize them. But the sweatshirt is such a great combination of tech and analog skills! And so cute!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I just discovered your channel-so well done and such great ideas to share. Love the links and PDFs too. I normally don’t listen all the way through a video, but your music was so relaxing and your voice so pleasant and cheerful. I even loved the shot of you relaxing on the sofa finishing the backstitch on the sweatshirt numbers. Made me want to get started on one right away. That is such a clever idea! II’m a newbie subscriber and will look forward to future (and past) posts. 🥰
I use a manual sit/stand desk from Ikea as my cutting table. Very solid and zero wobble plus it only takes a few seconds to adjust the height by hand. The benefit of the hand crank is that you don't need to be near an electric socket and no trailing cables - plus the price - only cost me about £180
I love making bowl coozies for gifts. One thing is it has to be 100% cotton everything. If not, it will melt in the microwave (dont ask me how I know😂). I cant wait to try the sweatshirt idea and the dog coat. Do you think the sweatshirt cutout idea would work on the dog coat?
OMG! that sweater is SO cute. I gotta make one. Also-- I bought one of those fabric pots! I've been following you for years but never knew that! Small world :) Love it!
I have the Cricut Maker 3. It is great. Besides making shirts, towels and wall hangings, I have used it to cut fabric letters for the grandkids, made birthday buntings out of cloth mod-podged on chipboard. I pay the monthly fee to have access to all the fonts and images. Endless ideas. And if you pay for a year up front, they only charge you for 10 months.
Yayyyyyyy. So good to see you again after all your hard work. I enjoyed your renovations so much. Your research was brillant and workmanship was great.
Thanks for sharing your gift ideas. I wondered if the cotton behind the cutwork would fray? A circle bowl cozy is brilliant! Just a reminder to use cotton thread and cotton fabric.
I've had several cricut machines, but i honestly love the Silhouette machines so much better! I've had 2 cricuts and have gotten rid of both, i've never once thought of getting rid of my silhouette portrait.
This video hits the mark for me. As a beginner-ish sew-er, your tutorials make it all make sense. As a lefty who sees everything in reverse, patterns are tough to handle, but I actually think I can do these. I fully intend to make gifts this year. Thanks for such a great channel. 😊
Some very handy ideas here! I have only done a few reverse appliqué projects, but one was a wall quilt with several windmill type blocks. Quite the project, but it turned out well. Thanks for the assist with my gift making by including links to tutorials and pdfs. 👏
I’ve just been playing around with a satin stitch on my machine to mimic embroidery work! I’ve been seeing a viral video repeatedly in IG of a side bow appliqué and all makers are using an embroidery machine. I don’t have one so instead I bought the SVG file, used my Brother Scan n Cut to draw it out on embroidery stabilizer, then am using either glitter fabric or glitter heat transfer vinyl (I’ve practice with both and they’re great), and am following the drawn stitching outline on my machine with a satin stitch to mimic the embroidered look. My two practice runs have turned out so well! I’m currently prepping materials for working on the actual sweatshirts. All of this to say, definitely get yourself a craft cutting machine! I have the brother scan n cut because I also do card making and it’s extremely helpful to scan my images and cut them out for paper crafting. I think you’d find the Cricut or Silhouette very useful in the sewing room.
Thank you for the ideas. I have a Cricut Air 2 and a Maker and can’t imagine life without them. I’d recommend the Maker (or Maker 3) because they are compatible with their newest technology.
Thanks Casey, these are great. Definitely going to have a go at the fabric baskets. I love the bowl cosy but was thinking of ways of reducing the bulk for the final topstitching. I wondered about making the batting circle smaller so it’s not folded back at the top? You could even cut the dart sections out of the batting instead of sewing those I suppose. Just some ideas I hope are helpful. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving. 😊 x
I made rope bowls (from your tutorial) for Christmas gifts last year. I used scrap fabric from microwave cozy bowls from the previous year’s Christmas so everyone had matching bowls and cozies. Both were very useful and huge hits 😉
I don't suggest circuit because of the monthly software cost and how limiting it actually is. I suggest watching some videos first this because the cricuit unfeasable for a lot of creators. I suggest the silhouette. Software is a one time cost of like 25-50, but the free one will probably take care of everything you need. Honestly, I think that you think of the software should be one of the biggest deciding factors.
Oh my goodness! Thank you for the shout out, Casey! 🥹 And I loved every one of these gift ideas. That sweatshirt turned out SO GOOD! The ticking is perfect with the burgundy. And I don't know if you were mind reading, but I just got a new plant and was thinking of either a fabric or rope bucket on my list to cover the pot, so I'm taking this as a sign to bump that project up the list. Enjoy your holiday weekend!
Of course! I thought it was such a great idea and was perfect timing! Honestly, I've been living in that sweatshirt...it makes me so happy! Hope you have a lovely holiday!
I've made several bowl cosies in different sizes to match my various bowl sizes. Your pattern is the easiest to follow and prob hack for larger bowls. Thanks for the freebie Also... Bowl cosies are a great solution to all those random extra squares Quilters accumulate. ... I've appliqued hearts, initials etc onto the middle of the cosies.
Such a delightful video and so glad you are able to get behind the hand wheel of your sewing machine again. Huxley looks so cute in his little custom made jacket❤️! I can’t wait to try all of these projects!
Hi Casey😊 I just love that room. What a fun place to chill and get crafty. I’m hoping to have my sewing room done by the end of next summer and I really want one of those fancy tables. 👏🏻 They are brilliant. Your projects are perfect, and yeah, I could watch you sew all day long. Have a great weekend ❤❤
I think the sweatshirt will be great for my daughters. I might include 2 important years on each of their shirts. Enjoying your videos. I think the bucket hats will be nice gifts for my sisters. Lol. Thank you and enjoy Thanksgiving.
Great idea but I have a question for you! Would you mind telling me the pattern of your top that you ate wearing on top of the camisole. I have been looking for something like that for the past month. Hopefully you get to see my question, Thank you👏🏻👏🏻
Absolutely! It's actually an easy pattern hack of my Comfi tee pattern and I did a video on it here (I love this top and wear it a lot!): th-cam.com/video/O_gKik4VIoE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=E97AWGPizI9eM19l
Such a cute sweatshirt. I could be wrong, but isn’t there a sewing hack out there where you can cut the appliqué pattern out of freezer paper? You then lightly iron the waxy side of the freezer paper to the fabric and trace. Pattern just lifts off and is reusable. That hack may be on YT. Happy Thanksgiving (hopefully first one in your new home, but IF hosting-it’s a potluck 😂). Great yearly meal but so much work!
Please be careful with the batting you choose for the bowl cozy. So battings have polyester or other fibers that will catch on fire in the microwave. Just use the Heat N Zap to be safe.
I'm always curious about what podcasts others are listening to. Here's mine that give about an hour of listening Hidden a true crime podcast The Prosecutors The prosecutors legal briefs Dateline NBC podcast A date with Dateline Murder sheet The rabbit hole detectives (the English accents are great) History extra podcast
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I have endured failure after failure this week. A very simple nightgown I sewed turned out huge. A new sourdough bread recipe resulted in a delicious frisbee. And a speciality 36 hour fermented dairy which I’ve made many times had copious mold over the entire surface. I badly need a WIN! I think your adorable Christmas gift ideas are just what I need for a bit of success. Thankyou!
I got a little excited when I saw 1983 on your sweatshirt, until I realized the year you were born was the year I graduated from high school. I suddenly feel old😂. Just recently found your channel, really enjoying it. Thank you!
Me too! We are old.
Same! 🎉❤
Thanks for all the ideas. So good to see you back in the sewing room. I noticed your pile of trimmed threads next to your machine. Place a folded micro fiber towel there. It will grab and hold all those threads.
I love my Cricut machine. I have the first cricut maker and I love it. It’s worth the buy. It also cuts fabric
As a large-skulled woman, I too share your frustration with hat shopping (I wear men's straw fedoras because they fit, not because they are my favorite). I like the sweatshirt! It kind of inspired me, our library has all of these tools like cricut and a heat press, etc and I am so analog minded I struggle to think how to utilize them. But the sweatshirt is such a great combination of tech and analog skills! And so cute!
Great ideas. One suggestion - if the cozy is going to be used in microwave, the batting should be 100% cotton.
Wrap and zap is 100% cotton and made specially for microwave projects.
Cotton thread as well. The polyester thread could melt.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I just discovered your channel-so well done and such great ideas to share. Love the links and PDFs too. I normally don’t listen all the way through a video, but your music was so relaxing and your voice so pleasant and cheerful. I even loved the shot of you relaxing on the sofa finishing the backstitch on the sweatshirt numbers. Made me want to get started on one right away. That is such a clever idea! II’m a newbie subscriber and will look forward to future (and past) posts. 🥰
I use a manual sit/stand desk from Ikea as my cutting table. Very solid and zero wobble plus it only takes a few seconds to adjust the height by hand. The benefit of the hand crank is that you don't need to be near an electric socket and no trailing cables - plus the price - only cost me about £180
I love making bowl coozies for gifts. One thing is it has to be 100% cotton everything. If not, it will melt in the microwave (dont ask me how I know😂). I cant wait to try the sweatshirt idea and the dog coat. Do you think the sweatshirt cutout idea would work on the dog coat?
This video was soooo relaxing & enjoyable to watch. I will definitely be making a few of these as Xmas gifts..Thank you!
OMG! that sweater is SO cute. I gotta make one. Also-- I bought one of those fabric pots! I've been following you for years but never knew that! Small world :) Love it!
I have the Cricut Maker 3. It is great. Besides making shirts, towels and wall hangings, I have used it to cut fabric letters for the grandkids, made birthday buntings out of cloth mod-podged on chipboard. I pay the monthly fee to have access to all the fonts and images. Endless ideas. And if you pay for a year up front, they only charge you for 10 months.
I love my cricut. I have the Cricut Maker 3
Ahh perfect you’ve always given me great ideas! I’ve been wanting to do the reverse appliqué but was kind of stuck how to execute it. Thank you!
Cozy bowl need cotton thread if using in the microwave. Loved all the ideas. TYFS
Yayyyyyyy. So good to see you again after all your hard work.
I enjoyed your renovations so much. Your research was brillant and workmanship was great.
Thanks for sharing your gift ideas. I wondered if the cotton behind the cutwork would fray? A circle bowl cozy is brilliant! Just a reminder to use cotton thread and cotton fabric.
Cute reverse applique shirt.
Bowl cozies are great. Have made many. Thank you ♥️🤍💙
I've had several cricut machines, but i honestly love the Silhouette machines so much better! I've had 2 cricuts and have gotten rid of both, i've never once thought of getting rid of my silhouette portrait.
This video hits the mark for me. As a beginner-ish sew-er, your tutorials make it all make sense. As a lefty who sees everything in reverse, patterns are tough to handle, but I actually think I can do these. I fully intend to make gifts this year. Thanks for such a great channel. 😊
Some very handy ideas here! I have only done a few reverse appliqué projects, but one was a wall quilt with several windmill type blocks. Quite the project, but it turned out well. Thanks for the assist with my gift making by including links to tutorials and pdfs. 👏
I have the Maker, Love it!! I also just acquired the Joy, love it too for those "smaller" projects.
Really like how the sweatshirt turned out. Good gift ideas too. Thanks.
I also recommend the Silhouette Cameo! Thanks for these ideas-I am in the process of making the sweatshirt like yours with the year I graduated.
Your directions and photography are so clear. And the music is nice too. Thank you.
I’ve just been playing around with a satin stitch on my machine to mimic embroidery work!
I’ve been seeing a viral video repeatedly in IG of a side bow appliqué and all makers are using an embroidery machine. I don’t have one so instead I bought the SVG file, used my Brother Scan n Cut to draw it out on embroidery stabilizer, then am using either glitter fabric or glitter heat transfer vinyl (I’ve practice with both and they’re great), and am following the drawn stitching outline on my machine with a satin stitch to mimic the embroidered look. My two practice runs have turned out so well! I’m currently prepping materials for working on the actual sweatshirts.
All of this to say, definitely get yourself a craft cutting machine! I have the brother scan n cut because I also do card making and it’s extremely helpful to scan my images and cut them out for paper crafting. I think you’d find the Cricut or Silhouette very useful in the sewing room.
Thank you for the ideas. I have a Cricut Air 2 and a Maker and can’t imagine life without them. I’d recommend the Maker (or Maker 3) because they are compatible with their newest technology.
Oh good to know! Thank you! I feel like if I had one, I'd come up with plenty of projects to use them for 🤣 They just seem so handy!
I had no idea how appliques were done so that was fascinating to watch!
Love those buckets! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Casey, these are great. Definitely going to have a go at the fabric baskets. I love the bowl cosy but was thinking of ways of reducing the bulk for the final topstitching. I wondered about making the batting circle smaller so it’s not folded back at the top? You could even cut the dart sections out of the batting instead of sewing those I suppose. Just some ideas I hope are helpful. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving. 😊 x
I made rope bowls (from your tutorial) for Christmas gifts last year. I used scrap fabric from microwave cozy bowls from the previous year’s Christmas so everyone had matching bowls and cozies. Both were very useful and huge hits 😉
I don't suggest circuit because of the monthly software cost and how limiting it actually is. I suggest watching some videos first this because the cricuit unfeasable for a lot of creators.
I suggest the silhouette. Software is a one time cost of like 25-50, but the free one will probably take care of everything you need.
Honestly, I think that you think of the software should be one of the biggest deciding factors.
Wow all your projects are so cute! Doggie needs some kind of bootie for snowy days.
DYING over that sweatshirt 😍😍😍
I've been wearing it NON STOP! It's my fave :)
Oh my goodness! Thank you for the shout out, Casey! 🥹 And I loved every one of these gift ideas. That sweatshirt turned out SO GOOD! The ticking is perfect with the burgundy. And I don't know if you were mind reading, but I just got a new plant and was thinking of either a fabric or rope bucket on my list to cover the pot, so I'm taking this as a sign to bump that project up the list. Enjoy your holiday weekend!
Of course! I thought it was such a great idea and was perfect timing! Honestly, I've been living in that sweatshirt...it makes me so happy! Hope you have a lovely holiday!
I've made several bowl cosies in different sizes to match my various bowl sizes. Your pattern is the easiest to follow and prob hack for larger bowls. Thanks for the freebie
Also... Bowl cosies are a great solution to all those random extra squares Quilters accumulate. ... I've appliqued hearts, initials etc onto the middle of the cosies.
So good to have you back!!! Thank you for this video , great gift ideas. Love love the jazzy music! Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm obsessed with that sweatshirt. It turned out so good. Your technique was seriously creative! 🙌
Don’t put bowl cozy in the microwave unless everything is 100% Cotten! Material, batting and thread or it will catch fire…
I have the Silhouette and I love mine
Great ideas I love them all!
Such great ideas, thank you. I’m going to make those fabric buckets but even bigger for toys. Love the Joonmade channel too!
Such a delightful video and so glad you are able to get behind the hand wheel of your sewing machine again. Huxley looks so cute in his little custom made jacket❤️! I can’t wait to try all of these projects!
Hi Casey😊 I just love that room. What a fun place to chill and get crafty. I’m hoping to have my sewing room done by the end of next summer and I really want one of those fancy tables. 👏🏻 They are brilliant. Your projects are perfect, and yeah, I could watch you sew all day long. Have a great weekend ❤❤
Fantastic ideas! Thank you so much. I'm all over those sweatshirts!
Definitely adding some of these to my list of projects.
The sweatshirt is ny favorite. Definitely you have inspired me to do one for each of my kiddos. 38, 37, 33 . ❤
Happy Holidays ❤🙂❤
I think the sweatshirt will be great for my daughters. I might include 2 important years on each of their shirts. Enjoying your videos. I think the bucket hats will be nice gifts for my sisters. Lol. Thank you and enjoy Thanksgiving.
Great ideas for gift giving. Thank you. I love your new sewing space!
Love them all. Nice to see you back in your (new) sewing room:)
Love the sweatshirt ! and you looked so good in it ! I'm going to make one for my niece .
Thank you for the happy project ideas and tutorial.
Great idea but I have a question for you! Would you mind telling me the pattern of your top that you ate wearing on top of the camisole. I have been looking for something like that for the past month. Hopefully you get to see my question, Thank you👏🏻👏🏻
Absolutely! It's actually an easy pattern hack of my Comfi tee pattern and I did a video on it here (I love this top and wear it a lot!): th-cam.com/video/O_gKik4VIoE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=E97AWGPizI9eM19l
@@PatternScout -OMG..I have your pattern, now I can make this beautiful shirt....Thank you so much!👏👏❣❣
Great video love all your ideas
I have a Cricut Air 2 and I love it. You can do so much with the design program.
Ah thank you! I will check that one out!
I have the Joy, Joy extra and Maker Cricut machines. I use the joy machines a lot more than the Maker.
Great ideas. Thanks.
Such a cute sweatshirt. I could be wrong, but isn’t there a sewing hack out there where you can cut the appliqué pattern out of freezer paper? You then lightly iron the waxy side of the freezer paper to the fabric and trace. Pattern just lifts off and is reusable. That hack may be on YT. Happy Thanksgiving (hopefully first one in your new home, but IF hosting-it’s a potluck 😂). Great yearly meal but so much work!
Great video. I love the sweatshirt idea. Thanks😊
Awesome ideas- love your bucket- what type of interface do you ?
Loved this!
Thank you!
On the appliqué sweatshirt should I add interfacing if the fabric is thick?
Please be careful with the batting you choose for the bowl cozy. So battings have polyester or other fibers that will catch on fire in the microwave. Just use the Heat N Zap to be safe.
Funny, I graduated high school in 1983 😬🥳
I'm always curious about what podcasts others are listening to.
Here's mine that give about an hour of listening
Hidden a true crime podcast
The Prosecutors
The prosecutors legal briefs
Dateline NBC podcast
A date with Dateline
Murder sheet
The rabbit hole detectives (the English accents are great)
History extra podcast
I am looking for the other site you mentioned, but I can not find the link.
Whats the huge board behind you at the beginning of your vid?
Thanks Casey. Love all the crafty things you made. The sweatshirt is great.
If using in microwave it has to be 100% everything so it wouldn't catch on fire.100% batting with no scrim
I would rather go with a Siser Juliet cutter insted of a Cricut machine
I wonder why you didn't use the IDT on your machine when sewing thick fabric...
I make my own hats due to my big head and thick hair!
I want to make the bowl cozies. But how do I get it to be the right size of my bowls? What do I measure? lol 😂
Lots of tutorials and patterns on TH-cam. Most bowls (soup/cereal) will fit the basic pattern size.
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Why don’t you use regular pins
I don't see the paula jean link ?
It's the link for the embroidered card in the description :)
You mean a box pleat, not a gusset.
It’s definitely a gusset when done in a tote bag or in this case.