One Yard Wonders by Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Hoskins

I ABSOLUTELY love this book. It has so many great projects. I got it from Borders.

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Sleeveless Collared Cardigan Vest

Five-Step Sleeveless Collared Cardigan Vest
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Supplies

• shirt that fits you or a little too big
• Sewing machine
• fabric shears
• tailor's chalk
• pins

• Try on shirt inside out. Looking in a mirror, draw a strait chalk line down the center of the shirt.
• Take the shirt off and cut on the chalk line on the top layer of the shirt. Cut the sleeves to desired length.

• With the shirt still inside out, fold, pin, and sew a double fold hem on the sleeves and turn right side out.

• With the shirt right side out, fold the split neckline outward, exposing the wrong side. Sew this "collar" down with a strait stitch. (See pic # 1)



Pic #1

• OPT- With shirt right side out, sew a strait line down the sides to prevent fraying.

ENJOY YOUR "NEW" VEST!





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Wrist Pincushion

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Supplies Needed:

• 6-7 inch piece of elastic (any width)
• 6x6 piece of cotton fabric
• 1 1/2- 2 inch (diameter) plastic bottle cap
• needle & thread
• handful of fiberfill
• OPT. hot glue gun

• Prepare supplies listed above
• On piece of fabric, cut a small triangle off the corners to make an octagon.
• Thread your needle and sew a running (regular) stitch around the perimeter of the octagon as if making a fabric yo-yo.

• "Squish' and place fiberfill inside bottle cap and hold. (Hot glue it to the bottle cap if wanted)
• Holding the fiberfill in place, place it and the bottle cap face down inside the yo-yo. Gently pull the needle and thread to close around the top of the bottle cap. Stitch and knot closed.

• Using a running stitch, sew short ends of elastic together, forming the wristband.
• Hot glue or hand-sew the band to the cushion. Finally, try it on!

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