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Holiday Cheer

Goodness this year has flown by! Hard to believe there is only 1 month left to the year and we will soon to welcoming 2019. Flosstyle has some great things in store for the upcoming year! If you haven’t signed up for the newsletter and would like to, be sure to do so on the homepage. The newsletter will keep you up to date with all the fresh happenings with Flosstyle. You can also join the Facebook group, to keep up.

We recently celebrated 7,000 members in the Facebook group and gave out prizes to 7 individuals. Congrats on your win and please contact the Flosstyle page to claim your prize if you have yet to do so.

Jeny Harmon -2 free patterns
Hayley Webb -$20 certificate
Mel Stevens -10 credit
Michelle Mills -1 free pattern
Nicky Pritchard 1 free pattern
Linda Chretein-$15 certificate
Johanna Davidson-$5 credit

We will be having a bigger giveaway once we reach 8k members and I hear there are several fabric designers and other pattern designers involved!!!

To start off the Holiday season I have 3 vinyl files for you! They’re completely free and a gift from Flosstyle to you! But be sure to stay tuned for another freebie I have in the works. Any guesses what it may be? Hint: soft and cuddly

You can find the free svg files here.

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Spray Dying Fabric with the Kids

I have been eyeing of this white cotton lycra in Lincraft for months now, I always walk away without buying it because my boys and white don’t go well together. Today it was half price and I couldn’t leave it in the store any longer. I had originally thought that I would buy some liquid dye and dye the whole piece but when looking for the liquid dye I found this really cool spray on fabric dye. (bonus it was cheaper too!)

I asked the boys if they wanted to spray dye some fabric and they were both keen. I laid the fabric out on the lawn and let them go to town.

Apart from the blue can getting a blocked nozzle early in, the cans were pretty kids friendly to use and the boys had a blast. The finished fabric is now hanging up drying before I can turn it into clothes for the boys, I’m thinking it will be perfect for some Ventura Shirts for summer with all the bright colours.

Xx Happy Sewing

Gail

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52 Week Challenge – Week 42

This weeks Challenge: Something Orange or Black (Accepted)

This week is also week 3 of the Flosstyle Upcycle Challenge – The Zoo Collection.

This week I decided to use a t-shirt that someone bought for my other half but was too small for him, it’s been sitting in my pile of things to upcycle (or things I don’t need but don’t want to throw because one day I might need them).

I wanted to make a lined Giraffe/Elephant, using the shirt gave me enough fabric for the outer front and back and the snap panels, I used some black cotton lycra from my stash for the lining layer. My little monster loves it and even wore it to bed lastnight so that must mean it’s good.

Happy Sewing

xx Gail

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52 Week Sewing Challenge – Week 41

This weeks Challenge: Socks or Tights (Rejected)

I’ve had this shirt sitting in my stash for an upcycle project for at least a year now, so when deciding the challenges for the upcycle challenge I wanted to make sure to choose a challenge that would allow me to use it.

I decided it would be perfect to turn into a Paradise Dress. I struggled a little with the placement of the pattern pieces until I decided to take the pocket off, which gave me a little bit more room to move the pieces around, I managed to save the existing hem. Once I had my pieces cut I used the left over parts to cut strips to turn into binding for the straps. Once the dress was finished I relocated the pocket to the bottom of the skirt.