Holiday Projects Can Be ‘Sew’ Much Fun
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Fanning Staff
READING (Series Co.) Need
inexpensive gifts for the holidays?
Sewing expert Julie Wegelin
bas plenty to share. At a holiday
workshop in Berks County, Julie
showed an array of gifts to make
from fabric remnants.
Some of her ideas are included
below. If you would like mote no-
Qt gifts to sew, order a copy of
Julie Wegelin’s book “No Fit Gifts
oo a Shoestring” with more than 40
ideas for quick inexpensive gifts
for all occasions.
Each gift idea includes detailed
material and tool lists, instructions
with illustrations, and full size pat
terns.
Julie operates the Sewing Cel
lar, conducts sewing classes, has a
television sewing program,
designs patterns for wearable art
clothing using novel fabric tech
niques and patchwork, and hand
crafts collectable Wooden Nickel
Teddy Bears. For more infoma
tion, write to The Sewing Cellar,
945 N. Fourth St., Reading, PA
1960 1. Web Site is
www.sewingcellar.com.
Call (610) 376-3490 to order the
book or send $12.50 plus $2 for
shipping to Julie Wegclin’s Sew
ing Cellar, 945 North Fourth SL,
Reading, PA 19601.
Here are some of her ideas.
Bathtowcl For Children
Select bathtowel in desired size
and fold'into quartets. Cut neck
opening to fit child’s head. Take
ribbing from bottom of old sweat
shirt or use new ribbing. Fold rib-
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bing ends together to make a ring.
Fold with wrong sides together.
Sew raw edge of ring to neck open
ing. For border, stitch strips of
fabric to bottom edge.
Chill-Chasing Robe
One size Gts all.
Materials:
2 yards polar fleece
2 cones thread
2 cones wooly nylon
12 jumbo snaps
Serge all four edges of fleece
Along short ends fold l'/i -inch
towards the outside and topstitch
along serging with regular
machine stitch.
To form sleeve, install half of
the snap 2'/i -inches from upper
fabric edge and the other half
28-inch from upper edge.
For lower front closure —install
5 snaps (below the second half of
the first snap). Install first snap
1-inch below sleeve snaps. Install
second snap 2-inches from bottom
edge. Install third snap half way
between first two. Fourth and fifth
snaps should be centered between
end snaps and middle snap.
Neck edge and upper closure,
fold I'/i -inches along upper edge
towards right side, sew close to
serging. Install the remaining three
snaps, seven inches apart, measur
ing from the sleeve edge.
Table Napkins
'A yard fabric - 2 napkins
2 cones tegular thread
1 cone either wooly nylon for a
more tailored look or Designer 6
rayon'thread for a skinny edge.
Cut fabric into 18-inch square.
It is a little tricky serging rolled
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comers. To make the job easier,
round off the comers of the napk
ins (use a quarter as a template).
Set the serger for a rolled edge.
Serge around the napkin. Use a
double eye needle to hide the chain
tail.
Press and fold.
If you do not have a serger,
fringe the edges of the napkins by
unraveling the edges of the fabric
for about 'A -inch on each side.
Any Size
Gift Bags
Scraps of fabric
Cord or ribbon to tie
4 cones thread
1 cone decorative thread
Rotary equipment
Determine the size of bag by
measuring the size of the item the
bag will be used for.
Measure the height and the
width.
To make a bag 8-inch around
10-inches high, cut a rectangle
8x 10-inches.
Tie: Cut a piece of ribbon 18-in
ches long or longer if desired.
Fold fabric in half with right
sides together. Fold ribbon in half.
Insert ribbon into side seam 3-in
ches' from top of bag.
Sew down side and across bot
tom of bag.
Serge a rolled edge along the top
of the bag.
Neck Warmer
14x24-inch scrap Polar fleece
1 cone thread
2 cones wooly nylon
2-inchcs velcro
Fold fabric in half, cut accord
ing to diagram.
Round lower comers. Fold under 1-inch of upper tab.
Serge all edges with a balanced Sew half of Velcro to each tab
3-thread stitch. Use wooly nylon in using regular machine,
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- Christmas at Landis Valley
Museum will beheld 6 p.m.-8:30
p.m., Friday, Dec. 18. Admission
is free.
Everyone is invited to join in
caroling around the traditional
giant bonfire, led by the mora
vian Trombone Choir. Cider and
copies will follow.
Three buildings are open to
tour. Also, the museum's
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located 2.5 miles north of
Lancaster on Route 272/Oregon
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