'Sew Easy' Kits have everything you need to make different projects based around a theme. Perfect for beginners starting out with sewing or for those wanting to get everything in one place. They also make great gifts! Kits come with all the fabrics and haberdashery that you need plus written instructions and patterns. You can find the kits here
You will also find more detailed photo tutorials for all the projects in the kit on the Sew Scrumptious blog to help it all make sense! We have even added little 'how to' overview videos to really make it easy. Find them on our You Tube channel here
Our first Sew Easy Kit is a 'Beauty Kit' which includes 5 easy beauty projects and enough fabric to make at least 2 sets of all the items shown. Make one set for yourself and one as a gift for a friend!
Projects Include:
1) An Eye Mask
2) Reusable Face Wipes
3) Drawstring Bag (to keep face wipes in)
4) Hair Scrunchie
5) Head Band.
Beauty Kit Contents
- Printed pattern pieces
- Instruction sheets
- 4 x FQ's of cotton quilting fabric
- 1 x piece of Cream Towelling Fabric
- 1.5m x 20mm wide elastic for headband and eye mask
- 1m x 10mm Ribbon for drawstring bag
- 1m x 6mm wide elastic for scrunchie
- Safety pin
- 2 Toggles
- Gutermann Thread
Before you start sewing………
- Cut around all paper pattern pieces carefully
- Press all fabric to remove creases
- We suggest leaving the scrunchie and face wipes till last as they can be made from the smaller bits of fabric after you have made the other things
- Seams are 1cm
- Do a few reverse stitches at the start and finish of each sewing step to secure your stitching (except zig zag neatening where its not really needed)
- Please note that we have used thread which shows up on the photos but you may want to use a thread that matches and blends into the fabric.
Drawstring bag Instructions
Pattern pieces:
Drawstring Bag
Drawstring Cover
Use 2 different fabrics
Cut a 50cm piece of ribbon
Cutting out:
- Fold both fabrics in half
- Pin drawstring bag pattern to fabric and cut out – you will have two identical pieces
- Pin drawstring cover pattern to second fabric placing end with arrows to fold of fabric so that when cut out you have one piece twice the length of the pattern piece
- Remove pattern pieces from fabric
Sewing Instructions:
Place the two bag pieces right sides together
Sew together with a 1cm seam along one long edge
Neaten raw edges of the seam together with a zig zag stitch
Lay the bag out flat and press the seam to one side
Take the drawstring cover piece and fold 1.2cm on both short ends to wrong side of fabric and press
Stitch in place close to the raw edge
Press 1cm to wrong side along both long edges
Lay the bag flat with right side of fabric facing up
Place the prepared drawstring channel 6cm down from the top of the bag and 1.2cm in from each edge
Pin in place
Sew in place close to the folded long edges of the drawstring channel
Do not sew across short edges
Press 1cm to wrong side along the top edge of the bag (this is the edge closest to the drawstring channel)
Fold again by another 1cm and press in place
Fold bag right sides facing, matching long and short sides
Open out the hem you pressed and pin along long side and bottom short side
Sew together with a 1cm seam (Make sure your drawstring channel is not caught in seam allowance)
Neaten the seam with a zig zag and cut across the seam at the bottom corners of the bag
Refold the hem at the top of the bag
Sew hem in place close to the folded edge
Turn out and press
Using the safety pin, thread ribbon through the channel, remove safety pin and thread both ribbon ends through a toggle, knot ribbon ends together so that the toggle is positioned just slightly to side of bag.
Eye Mask
Pattern pieces:
Eye Mask
Eye Mask Cover For Elastic
Use 2 Cotton Fabrics and Towelling Fabric
Cutting out:
- Cut out one Eye mask in fabric and one in towelling - cut out each pattern piece from a single layer of fabric
- Cut out cover for elastic in 2nd fabric - Pin elastic cover pattern to second fabric placing end with arrows to fold of fabric so that when cut out you have one piece twice the length of the pattern piece
- Cut a piece of 20mm elastic 37cm long
Sewing Instructions:
Right sides facing fold cover for elastic in half along the long length
Pin and sew 1cm seam along length
Turn right side out – to do this pin the large safety pin through a single thickness at one end of tube with the pin facing up, turn pin and thread back through tube, gradually push through the fabric tube, push fabric along as you go until safety pin emerges at other end of the tube and it is turned right side out
Remove pin and press flat with the seam at one edge
Attach safety pin to end of elastic and start to thread through fabric tube, when one end is level with end of fabric sew across end to hold elastic in place
Continue to thread elastic through until elastic emerges at other end of fabric tube, sew in place as before
Take fabric eye mask piece right side facing up and pin one end of covered elastic at position shown on eye mask pattern piece, pin and then sew across end of elastic to hold in place
Pin other end of covered elastic at same position at opposite side of eye mask
At this point try eye mask and adjust elastic if required
Sew in place as before
Fold the covered elastic into the middle of the eye mask – so that it is away from the edges and won’t get caught when you sew the fabric and towelling eye mask pieces together
Place the towelling eye mask piece right sides together over the fabric eye mask, pin together around the edges sandwiching the elastic in the middle
Sew together around the edges leaving a 6cm gap open along the straight top edge for turning eye mask out
Take care and sew slowly where the elastic is as there are more layers here
Trim seams (except along opening), Turn right side out
Use closed scissors to push out seams carefully and press
Tuck raw edges of opening inwards and close with small stitches
Optional – topstitch around edge of mask
Headband
Pattern pieces:
Headband
Headband cover for elastic
Use 2 cotton fabrics
Cutting Out:
- Cut out Headband - placing end with arrows to fold of fabric so that when cut out you have one piece twice the length of the pattern piece
- Cut out Headband cover for elastic from a single layer of 2nd fabric
- Cut a piece of 20mm elastic 15cm long
Sewing Instructions:
Right sides facing fold cover for elastic in half along the long length
Pin and sew 1cm seam along length
Turn right side out – to do this pin the large safety pin through a single thickness at one end of tube with the pin facing up, turn pin and thread back through tube, gradually push through the fabric tube, push fabric along as you go until safety pin emerges at other end of the tube and it is turned right side out
Remove pin and press flat with the seam at one edge
Attach safety pin to end of elastic and start to thread through fabric tube, when one end is level with end of fabric sew across end to hold elastic in place
Continue to thread elastic through until elastic emerges at other end of fabric tube, sew in place as before
Fold 5mm to wrong side along both long edges of headband piece, press
Fold over again by another 5mm and press
Sew in place along each side close to folded edge
Fold in half along the length, right sides together
Mark 3cm in from one short edge with a pin at right angles to the folded edge
Sew a line of stitching from the short end to the pin parallel to the folded edge and 2.5 mm away from it
Lay headband right sides down
Press pleat flat so that there is an even amount of fabric either side of stitched line
Repeat at other end of headband
With the right side of headband facing you, place one end of covered elastic over the pleat made in the headband. The ends should be level, with about 3cm of the headband either side of the covered elastic. Stitch through all thicknesses.
Bring the edges of the headband over the covered elastic so that they meet in the middle of the elastic. Pin and sew 1cm from the end.
Trim the corners and turn right side out.
Repeat at the other end of the headband and covered elastic.
Scrunchie
Pattern pieces:
Scrunchie
Cutting Out:
- Cut one piece from chosen fabric placing end of pattern with arrows to fold of fabric so that when cut out you have one piece twice the length of the pattern piece
- Cut a piece of 6mm elastic 21cm long
Sewing Instructions:
Fold 1cm along one short end of scrunchie to wrong side of fabric and press
Fold scrunchie in half right sides together along the length
Sew together along length
Turn right side out – to do this pin the large safety pin through a single thickness at one end of tube with the pin facing up, turn pin and thread back through tube, gradually push through the fabric tube, push fabric along as you go until safety pin emerges at other end of the tube and it is turned right side out. (See previous photos for headband and eye mask elastic cover)
Press
Thread elastic through tube, knot or sew ends of elastic together*
*Tip – Hold elastic in place at one end with a pin to prevent it pulling all the way through before you knot or sew ends together
Tuck the raw end of the fabric tube inside the end that you folded earlier. Stitch through all thicknesses and elastic by machine
Face Wipes
Pattern Pieces:
Face wipe
Use Cotton Fabrics and Towelling Fabric
Cutting Out:
- For each face wipe you need to cut one pattern piece in fabric and one in towelling
Sewing Instructions:
Pin one fabric piece and one towelling piece right sides together
Sew all around the edges leaving a 5cm opening on one side for turning out
Trim corners
Turn out, pushing corners out with the point of scissors
Press – make sure edges of opening are tucked in
Top stitch around the edges catching opening shut or sew opening shut by hand
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Happy Sewing!