"Let's Get Sewing" with Eileen Hull Sizzix Dies

The theme for this month is “Let's Get Sewing” and I am totally on board for that! I love incorporating sewing and embroidering in my Eileen projects. For this month, I made two decorative pillows that Eileen will be able to use in her new vintage trailer.

These are covers made for 12 and 8 inch pillow forms. For the larger pillow, I made a pieced quilt block strip to applique onto the base fabric.

On the 8 inch pillow, I was inspired by Madeline Arendt to make a woven heart applique using two cuts from the Tunnel Arches Die Set. I first ironed light interfacing on to the fabric pieces to give them more support and to keep the edges from fraying. Then I cut the arches shapes with the die set. After marking the lines with an erasable fabric pen, I cut the "weave" strips carefully with scissors and then interwove them together before sewing it onto my pillow cover base.

The tongues on the side were cut from felt using the Tunnel Arches Die Set. I used several of Eileen's retired flower dies to cut shapes from felt with I embroidered and stitched onto the pillow cover.

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check out what my fellow designers have making for the month.

Supplies Used:

Eileen Hull Tunnel Arches Die Set
Eileen Hull Stitchy Flowers Die Set
Eileen Hull Flower, Layers w/ Heart Petals Die
Eileen Hull Flower, Heart & Soul Die
Eileen Hull Flower, Romance Die
Eileen Hull Spring Leaves Die

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Eileen Hull & Kunin Felt Journal

It's the perfect combo! Eileen's dies cut felt beautifully and those flowers and butterflies are fabulous in felt! I used the Mini Album die to make a cute little journal full of happiness:

AND I'm trying to get on the band wagon and figure out the best way to do a video flip through of a journal. I have some room for improvement I think but you get the idea. ;-)

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AND here are a few still photos in case the video is a little too zippy. ;-)

BUT WAIT, there's more! I also have a little tutorial to share. All the patterned papers I have used come from Eileen's new Heartfelt Collection Paper Pad.

Step 1 – I adhered the patterned paper to the Sizzix matboard before cutting out the cover. I wanted to use elastic to bind the signatures in, so I punched my own holes into the spine with my Crop-o-dile tool.

Step 2 – I cut the pages out of the Heartfelt paper and made them 4.5 x 9 inches. I scored them down the middle with my scoring board which made it really easy. Some of the pages I embossed. When I was done I mixed and matched them into three piles to form my signatures.

Easy Peasy scoring!

I stitched the signatures together using a pamphlet stitch. Check out this video to see how.

Step 3 – Gather up the parts to assemble the journal. I used dry adhesive sheets to attach the felt cover square to the matboard. TIP! When you are cutting acrylic felt, it helps to use the Precision Base Plate and put a sheet of scrap copy paper underneath the felt. You will get a cleaner cut that way.

I had to double up my elastic in the center to get the ends of the elastic to end up inside the journal.

It's easy to slip the signatures underneath the elastic straps.

Step 4 – Have fun pulling out piles of ephemera and sticking it into your junk journal!

Glorious mess!

Be sure to check out all the Heartfelt projects that the Inspiration Team has been sharing over on Eileen's blog this month. Our collaboration with Kunin Felt has been very fruitful!

The supplies I used for this project can be found at Sizzix or Simon Says Stamp. Follow the links below and a shopping you may go. ;-) Some links are affiliate links and there will be no additional cost to you but they help support my art endeavor. Thanks!
 

Sizzix Paper - 6" x 12" Cardstock Pad, Heartfelt	Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Album, Mini	Chevron Stitchlits	Thinlits Die Set 11PK - Word Stitchlits	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 6PK - Birds & Butterflies	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 13PK - Stitchy Flowers & Leaf
Sizzix Bigz Die w/Texture Fades - Layered Butterfly	Tim Holtz Sizzix LAYERED BUTTERFLY Bigz Die With Texture Fades 659578	Embossing Folder - Lace Medallions	Embossing Folders 2PK - Sunburst & Waffle Set	Embossing Folders 3PK - Stitched with Love Set	Embossing Folder - Eyelet Lace
Sizzix PRECISION BASE PLATE For Wafer Thin Dies 660320	Precision Base Plate	Sizzix Little Sizzles - 6" x 13" Mat Board Pack, 6 White Sheets	Clearsnap ColorBox� Blends inks- Coastal Assortment

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