SJ’s DT projects

Today I am showing you two projects.  The first is a series of Clutter Buckets that I have been working on. I didn’t use a pattern for these, as I am more of a “try it and see” kinda girl!  I love sewing, even though my skills are seriously questionable!  But I am learning a lot as I go, reading hints and tips here, learning how to box corners etc!  But the reason I am showing you is to recommend two products to you.

1: The Rotary Cutter.   AMAZING.   It’s very new to me, and as a quilter I would be lost without it now.  You can cut so easily that your ever growing pile of quilting squares appears in no time!  I used mine to create the sides of my clutter buckets.

The second tool I didn’t know I would love so much is the ShapeCutter system.   I have both the Circle Template and the ShapeCutter – and have only ever used it for paper. Well.. I was on the Fiskars UK website – looking at other templates, and found a “how to use” section of the site – being nosey I opened the file and had a read… nothing I didn’t know.. TILL I came to the end, and read “Can be used on fabric” WOOO!

If you have slippy fabric I recommend pinning some paper to the fabric first – but if you have stiff upholstery fabric – I found mine cut straight through! So.. I cut the circle bases for my clutter buckets with them.  Perfect!  Fiskars has done me proud again and I am very happy indeed!!

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The second project is a quick Easter cupcake topper and a card.
The cupcake topper was made using the Circle Template to cut a medium circle out – then cut that with scissors into a spiral shape, and roll up and glue.   I then cut some leaves and added some flower centres before attaching it to a cocktail stick and popping it into a cupcake (so handy that I had some made lol!)
These toppers are oversized and for fancy tea parties only LOL – Plus, the recipient gets to take home the topper!

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Onto the Easter card…
I used the Border Punch – Apron Lace on the card to create the background border strip.. and also I used the Fiskars Trimmer to cut all my paper and cardstock. I love how portable the trimmer is.  My previous trimmer is big and heavy and a nightmare to take to crops, but the Fiskars one is lightweight and fits in my tote! I am converted

The little girl on the card is a vintage clip art that I printed twice, cut out (recommend Fiskars detail scissors) and layered up.

Thanks for looking, and for your comments – they are so lovely to read! Happy Easter! xxx
Sj