My Eclectic Mess » kits http://myeclecticmess.com/blog Diverse Crafts for a Diverse World Fri, 11 May 2012 22:58:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Mess Kits! http://myeclecticmess.com/blog/2008/11/mess-kits/ http://myeclecticmess.com/blog/2008/11/mess-kits/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:27:30 +0000 beth http://myeclecticmess.com/blog/?p=519 Since I first started thinking about this business I’ve wanted to put together my own kits. But I had no idea (still don’t really!) where to begin. But I just went ahead anyway. Based on some suggestions from friends I started with one of my free patterns and one project that was suggested to me.

I put together kits of my eco-tote shopping bag a while ago. I’ve had them here in the store and I have sold a few. But I finally got my act together and photographed them and listed them in my etsy store.
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A couple weeks ago one of my online friends sent me a link to a rag quilt with the suggestion that these would make great holiday projects. Of course I ran right out to the front room, grabbed some bolts and started cutting and sewing!
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This is my first one made with squares of all the different holiday flannels I have. It is so soft and cuddly! But then I looked at all the coordinating smooth cottons I have and had to make another.
Bell Bottom Rag Quilt 

This one is made with the Jennifer Paganelli “Bell Bottoms” line. I added batting to this one too but I don’t like it so I won’t suggest that to anyone else. Maybe a layer of plain flannel sandwiched between the regular cotton would be nice. Flannel would add a little body and warmth without making it stiff like the Thermolam did on this one.
Today I added my first kit for these to my etsy shop: Rag Quilt Kit
Tomorrow I hope to have time to put together a kit out of the Bell Bottom fabric and get that listed too. Of course if you are local and would like a kit you can always stop in the store and pick out your own fabric combination.

Happy Sewing!

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Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE HALLOWEEN?
Artgirlz has such cool stuff anyway but I just fell in love with their special Halloween items. Friday after school Emma and I played with the mixed bag of black and orange felt balls in various sizes. They call them their pumpkin and spider collection. So of course I made a few of each of those! I used the teeny-tiny balls with seed beads to make eyes on the big spiders. Strong thread and a short piece of brown pipe cleaner makes a really cute pumpkin.

The Witch Kits are my favorite. (I also have two similar kits for Christmas, an elf and a tree.)

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A second friendly fox from a WooPets kit. This one will become a thank you gift to the mayor for attending my ribbon cutting last week.

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This week’s Product of the Week is Sublime Stitching!

Jenny Hart turned traditional embroidery on its head with the introduction of her Sublime Stitching patterns and book.

I carry a large selection of her iron-on transfers in addition to her book that has 100s of unique and reusable designs and complete instructions for the first time stitcher. I also carry her transfer paper that can transfer designs onto dark fabrics and her very special T-shirt stabilizer. If you’ve ever tried to embroider on stretchy knits before you’ll appreciate this nifty new product.

For this week only (May 13 – 17) you can take 20% off the price of any Sublime Stitching product in the store. Simply mention that you saw them featured on the blog.

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