Fun Fabric Caddy Sewing Tutorial and NEW! Boutique Wildflower Fabrics

Fun Fabric Caddy Sewing Tutorial and NEW! Boutique Wildflower Fabrics

Serve iced tea in style, or organize your sewing area in style, with Team NZP’s Fun Fabric Caddy! Sew our Fun Fabric Caddy in four hours – and tidy your sewing space — or use in any room of your home. Deanna made our Fun Fabric Caddy with two coordinating NEW! Wildflower Boutique Fabrics and Pellon ShirTailor Interfacing. The sewing is easy with just a few fabric rectangles and squares. Plus, pattern includes instructions for our Fabric Bin made from four 10″ fabric squares! In a couple evenings of sewing, you’ll have a unique fabric caddy and fabric bin – that are also ideal for gift giving!

Watch Stitch it! Sisters Program 110: Fun Fabric Caddy

Watch Stitch it! Sisters Program 110: Fun Fabric Caddy Video with hosts Deanna Springer and Dana Casey. In this video, the Stitch it! Sisters share step-by-step fabric cutting and sewing techniques for making Team NZP’s NEW! Fun Fabric Caddy from our NEW! Fun Fabric Caddy Pattern.

Then, head over to ShopNZP.com and choose from two exclusive NEW! Fun Fabric Caddy Bundle Boxes designed by the Stitch it! Sisters! Our NEW! Fun Fabric Caddy Bundle Boxes feature, NEW! Wildflower Boutique Fabrics! by Riley Blake Designs. The NEW! Fun Fabric Caddy Bundle Boxes include ALL SUPPLIES needed to make one Fun Fabric Caddy and Fun Farbic Bin! You’ll supply the thread.

Fun Fabric Caddy Sewing Tutorial

Approximate finished size: 7″ W x 8″ D x 12″ H

Fun Fabric Caddy Tools & Supplies

• NEW! Fun Fabric Caddy & Fun Fabric Bin Bundle Box
• Clover’s Rotary Cutter & Mat, and ruler
• Clover’s Bordeaux Scissors
• June Tailor’s Eze-View Pressing Cloth
• Pattern Making Paper
• Clover’s Chaco Liner
• Flower Head Pins
• Schmetz Universal Size 80 Needle
• 45mm rotary cutter with pinking blade
• Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner
• Clover’s Supersize 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge
• Clover’s Hot Ruler
• Seam Stick
• Clover’s Rainbow Wonder Clips
• I Sew For Fun Hand-Sewing Needles with Heart-Shaped Case
• The Big Jig
• June Tailor’s® Starch Savvy

Pre-shrink coordinating fabrics by steaming and pressing, and steaming and pressing a second time, and then spray press and starch fabric with June Tailor’s Quilter’s Starch Savvy — press and starch, press and starch.

Fun Fabric Caddy FREE! Sewing Tutorial

 Prepare Fabrics from NEW! Fun Fabric Caddy Bundle Box. We’re featuring the NEW! Wildflower Boutique Green Floral and Teal Vine Bundle Box.

Sew our Fun Fabric Caddy with our easiest ever sewing techniques, and Classic Timesaving Tips by Nancy Zieman, and see how using the right tools makes the sewing process enjoyable – even for beginners!

Make Fun Fabric Caddy Patterns:

• Using our Pattern Making Paper, trace and create, and cut out the Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle Pattern pattern piece from our NEW! Fun Fabric Caddy Pattern. Label pattern piece accordingly and transfer markings and dots to paper pattern.

Streamline the pattern making process and opt to cut simple rectangles from fabric and interfacing, and skip making the rectangle Caddy Front/Back and Caddy Divider paper pattern pieces below!

• Using Pattern Making Paper, create and cut out one 7-1/2″ x 20″ rectangle for Fun Fabric Caddy Front/Back Pattern, and one 8-1/2″ x 9-1/2″ rectangle for Caddy Dividers Pattern. Or opt to cut simple rectangles from fabric and interfacing, and skip making these two rectangle paper pattern pieces.

• Cut one 8-1/2″ x 28″ rectangle from outer Caddy fabric for Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle.

• Cut one 7-1/2″ x 20″ rectangle from outer Caddy fabric for Fun Fabric Caddy Front/Back.

• Cut one 8-1/2″ x 28″ rectangle from inner Caddy contrast fabric for Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle.

• Cut one 7-1/2″ x 20″ rectangle from inner Caddy contrast fabric for Fun Fabric Caddy Front/Back.

• Cut two 8-1/2″ x 9-1/2″ rectangles from inner Caddy contrast fabric for Cy addDividers.

• Cut two 8-1/2″ x 28″ rectangles from Pellon ShirTailor for Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle.

• Cut two 7-1/2″ x 20″ rectangles from Pellon ShirTailor for Fun Fabric Caddy Front/Back.

• Cut two 8-1/2″ x 9-1/2″ rectangles from Pellon ShirTailor for Caddy Dividers Pattern.

• Using Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle Pattern and Clover’s Chaco Liner, trace and cut out fabric Caddy Side/Handle from two 8-1/2″ x 28″ interfaced fabrics, and transfer lower dots to right side of fabric pieces.

Be sure to position the paper pattern on fabric top folds, for Caddy Side/Handle pieces.

• Using a Schmetz Universal Size 80 Needle, stitch curved handle seams. Press seams flat.

• Grade/notch inner curved seams using a scissors or a 45mm rotary cutter with pinking blade.

Use a rotary cutter with pinking blade to grade and notch inner curved seams quickly and easily.

• Using Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner, turn Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle right side out. Press. Baste around sides and lower edges with scant 1/4″ seams. Set aside. Optional: Edgestitch Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle curved edges.

• Baste around sides and lower edges with scant 1/4″ seams. Set aside. Optional: Edgestitch Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle curved edges.

A scant 1/4″ seam is slightly smaller than a 1/4″ seam. Use scant 1/4″ seams for basting the layers together. When the Fun Fabric Caddy is later seamed together, use actual 1/4″ seams — and basting stitches will be hidden within seam allowances. OPTIONAL: Topstitch around all edges for a decorative accent!

• With Clover’s Supersize 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge, position and center 6-1/2″ x 6-1/2″ Pellon Peltex square to center wrong side of inner Fun Fabric Caddy Front/Back. Using June Tailor’s® Eze-View Pressing Cloth, press and fuse Peltex into place following manufacturer’s instructions.

• Place outer and inner Fun Fabric Caddy Front/Back right sides together. Wonder Clip/pin.

• Using Clover’s Chaco Liner and Clover’s Supersize 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge, place a mark within each seam allowance, 5-1/2″ down from Fun Fabric Caddy Front/Back narrow edge. With scissors, clip at mark to basting line, as shown. Repeat making a total of four clips within seam allowances. Set aside.

• Using Clover’s Hot Ruler, press under 1/2″ at both 8-1/2″ short ends of one Fun Fabric Caddy Center Divider.
  

• Fold Fun Fabric Caddy Center Divider, right sides together, meeting 9-1/2″ long edges.

• Stitch seam, joining 9-1/2″ long edges, leaving short ends open.

• Press seam open over a Seam Stick. Turn right side out. Press.

• Baste short ends closed with scant 1/4″ seams. OPTIONAL: Topstitch around all edges for a decorative accent!

Easily press Caddy Center Divider seams open using a Seam Stick placed on top a sleeve board.

• Using Clover’s Chaco Liner and Clover’s Supersize 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge, mark center vertical line on both front and back of Fun Fabric Caddy Center Divider.

• Repeat steps above for remaining Fun Fabric Caddy Center Divider. Set aside.

You’re the designer! There is no right or wrong side to the Caddy Front/Back. Choose to have the contrast fabric facing outward or choose to have the outer fabric showing on the outside for a unified look.

• Using Clover’s Chaco Liner and Clover’s Supersize 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge, place a 4″ long marked line at center Inner Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle, at 1″ below upper side edge, as shown.

• Repeat marking a 4″ long center line on opposite end of Inner Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle.

• Using Clover’s Chaco Liner and Clover’s Supersize 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge, starting at 1″ below upper side edge, mark a 4″ long center line on Inner (dark fabric side) Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle, as shown below.

• Repeat marking a 4″ long center line on opposite end of Inner (dark fabric side) Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle. Set aside.

• Position and pin the folded narrow end of one Fun Fabric Caddy Center Divider to one of the marked lines on Inner Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle, as shown.

• Topstitch inner Fun Fabric Caddy Center Divider to Inner Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle along basting stitches.

• Repeat steps above and attach remaining Fun Fabric Caddy Center Divider to opposite end of Inner Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle, as shown.

If you’re using both dark and light fabrics, opt to use clear monofilament thread in the top and bobbin — when stitching Caddy Center Dividers in place.

• Position and pin one folded narrow end of one Fun Fabric Caddy Center Divider to marked line on Inner Fun Fabric Caddy Front/Back, as shown.

• Topstitch Inner Fun Fabric Caddy Center Divider to Inner Fun Fabric Caddy Front/Back along basting stitches.

• Fold opposite end of Inner fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle over Fun Fabric Caddy Front/Back, aligning unsewn seams, as shown. Pin.

• Repeat steps above and stitch/attach opposite Fun Fabric Caddy Center Divider to opposite end of Inner fun Fabric Caddy Center Divider, as shown.

• Fold one Fun Fabric Caddy Center Divider in half, meeting Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle to Fun Fabric Caddy Center Divider, right sides together, as shown. Wonder Clip.

Move Center Dividers up out of the way before stitching Caddy seams, as shown.

• With Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle facing up/toward you, stitch Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle to Fun Fabric Caddy Front/Back, stopping with needle down and pivoting at dots on lower Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle.

Stitch Center Dividers in place with the help of The Big Jig, and keep your presser fool level when stitching through multiple fabric layers.

 

• Repeat steps placing and stitching remaining Fun Fabric Caddy Side/Handle to remaining Caddy Front/Back.

• Using a 45mm rotary cutter with pinking blade, trim seam allowances to prevent fabric edges from raveling.

• Using Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner, turn Fun Fabric Caddy right sides out. Press.

• Align Fun Fabric Caddy Center Dividers at center line markings, forming four equal sections. Pin.

• With Hand Sewing Needle and thread, stitch Fun Fabric Caddy Center Dividers together at center markings.

Also make our Fun Fabric Bin with instructions included in our Fun Fabric Caddy& Fun Fabric Bin Pattern

Yellow Wildflower Boutique Fun Fabric Caddy & Fun Fabric Bin Bundle Box

Green Wildflower Boutique Fun Fabric Caddy & Fun Fabric Bin Bundle Box

Shop NEW! Exclusive Bundle Boxes and Wildflower Boutique Fabrics at ShopNZP.com

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Shop Clover Tools & Sewing Supplies at shopnzp.com!

Shop Pellon Interfacing & Supplies at shopnzp.com!

Shop Schmetz Sewing Machine Needles at shopnzp.com!

For a chance to be the random winner of an I Sew For Fun Hand-Sewing Needles with Heart-Shaped Case, from Clover, please leave a comment below sharing where you’d use your Fun Fabric Caddy!

Clover will give away one I Sew For Fun Hand-Sewing Needles with Heart-Shaped Case, to one US resident in the 48 contiguous states. Winner must reply within 30 days to the official giveaway announcement email message sent from Nancy Zieman Productions.

Happy Stitching!

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