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 This article is brought to you by  Lizzsews . These bowl cozies are a super fun project and make amazing reusable gifts!  They are perfect to hold all different size bowls and have a good grip.  Once you make these, you'll never have to burn your hands on soup bowls ever again! And it’s done in a fashionable way.  What you will need: Cotton fabric Iron and ironing board  Rotary cutter and  self-healing cutting mat  (or scissors) Seam gauge or measuring tape   Sewing machine Sewing machine thread and needle Batting Something to mark the fabric with Hand sewing needle and thread Optional: pins The steps:    1. Iron  the fabric and cut it to 10” x 10”. Cut the batting to 10” x 10” (cut two of each).     2. Match up one piece of fabric with one piece of batting x2.      3. Sew an X on both squares of fabric and batting.    4. Fold the squares in half and make a mark 2.8 centimetres ...

 This article is brought to you by  Lizzsews . "Every day may not be good, but any day spent sewing is a good day"  "You can't buy happiness, but you can buy fabric" for "any day spent sewing is a good day"  "If you see me with a seam ripper, now is not the time"  "One who makes no mistakes never makes anything"   A compliment that only my fellow sewers will understand, "may your bobbin always be full"  "When feeling low, it's time to sew" ah yes, "sewing is my therapy"  "My soul is fed with a needle and thread"  "Finished is better than perfect" to be honest, who cares!  "Sew much fabric, but sew little time" oh how many projects there are that I want to dig my hands into but can't because of the reality of time. Leave a comment below and let me know you're favourite quote. And don't forget to subscribe to stay up to date with all of Lizzsews new articles...

 This article is brought to you by  Lizzsews . These wine bottle bags and a quick and easy sewing project. They're the perfect way to wrap your wine bottle to gift. They do not have handles,  they are not a wine bottle carrier, they are used as ‘gift wrap’ You could try and sew some handles on the wine bottle wrap if you wanted to. If you do sew handles on this wine bottle bag, I would love to see how it turns out in Lizzsews facebook group , or by emailing the result to me at lizzsews@gmail.com ! What you will need: Cotton fabric Iron and ironing board  Rotary cutter and self-healing cutting mat  (or scissors) Seam gauge or measuring tape   Sewing machine Sewing machine thread and needle Twine, ribbon or something of the sort Optional: pins The steps:      1. Iron fabric and cut 4 strips of 17 1/8” x 7”. If you’d like they can be all the same fabric or different. I chose to use a patterned fabric for two strips and a solid fabric f...

 This article is brought to you by  Lizzsews . Here’s how you can create these cute little bags to carry your make up removing pads in! This is a super fun project and makes an amazing reusable gift bag. Recommended:  How to sew a reusable Makeup removing set What you will need: Flannel fabric Iron and ironing board  Rotary cutter and cutting mat (or scissors) Seam gauge or measuring tape   Sewing machine Sewing machine thread and needle Twine, ribbon or something of the sort Optional: pins The steps: Iron fabric and cut two strips of 5.5” x 19” Just remember to account for a seam allowance in the width, and the length will be at least half the size plus account for the cuff. Place the strips right sides together. Sew down the right side, pivot, sew along the bottom, pivot again and sew up the left side all the way to the end and cut the stitches.  Flip the makeup bag inside out and poke the corners of the bottom out.  On the top (the side that h...