PILLOW CASES FOR SHEETS

These great little pillow cases are actually storage cases for sheet sets. The beauty of them is you don't have to fold those pesky bottom sheets perfectly to have a beautiful looking linen closet! Make as many as you have sheet sets for - all in the same size. Then fold your sheets to fits the case and stack them with the size facing you. Perfect!!

Use fabrics you already have or order a SassyPack -- our kit comes with enough fabric to make 3 cases (including the dotted fabric and a piece of steam-a-seam for the letters) at an organizational-friendly price!

 Here's what you need to make one:               

   - 16 X 34 piece of white fabric (body)
   - 8 X 34 piece of white fabric (cuff)               
   - 2 X 34 piece of contrasting fabric (band)
   - enough contrasting fabric to cut letters for king, queen, full, or twin
   - piece of steam-a-seam (or other fusible) for letters



For letters, use the free download from our website or make your own by enlarging the letters on your word processor and printing them in outline form.

Get Ready - New Stuff Coming!!

We have a lot of fun stuff coming to SassyPacks this year and we'd like to take a minute to tell you about some of it. Besides an array of new sassypacks (kits), we're going to share a ton of freebies! We'll be bringing you fantastic tutorials, free pattern downloads, Facebook giveaways, quilting hints, time-saving ideas, and motivational "clubs" like UFOs (unfinished objects....who doesn't have those??) and Stash Busters! We'll even link to other tutorials when we come across something we know you'll like.

We are going to make 2011 the year of modern quilting....and we want your input!! So be sure you've signed up for our email alerts, follow this blog, and find us on Facebook. You won't want to miss anything - like the really cool linen closet organizational tutorial coming in this week! Even Martha Stewart would envy this one!

Most importantly, we want to hear from you! Are there trends you're loving? Projects you want to try? Need a little motivation or inspiration? Share your quilting needs and news with us! And share SassyPacks . . . be a friend and tell your friends about us! They'll love you for it, and so will we! ;)

Class Is In!

Happy New Year, everyone! 

Is your New Year's resolution to quilt more?? Hey, me too!

So let's start the year off right with a super-easy tutorial. Our friend April over at PolkadotSparrow (read her - she's very funny) put together this fabulous Nine-Patch tutorial, using the oh-so-popular Riley Blake Rainy Days and Monday's fabric line.

Isn't this adorable?

The tutorial a great way to learn the basics, with step-by-step instructions and photos...and even if you've nine-patched yourself silly, you may pick up a trick or two here!

Get the full tutorial here: Nine-Patch Tutorial

Let us know what you think, in the comments. Did you like this project? Want to see more tutorials? Have an idea yourself? Share away!

Another Last Minute Gift

Mug Rugs! 

I see these all over Flickr and they're so cute! They're sort of a little snack mat for a cup of coffee or tea and a few cookies or a little sandwich. They can be as simple or as complicated as your time and creativity allow! They could be pieced with a small version of a quilt block or appliqued or just scrappy pieced.  If you need a little inspiration, go to Flickr and search "mug rugs".

We're going to do a super fast one. For this tutorial, I picked this cute mug that came with a flower arrangement. Then I found some fabric to match.

Last Minute Gift Idea

CHRISTMAS POTHOLDERS!

Supplies needed:

Simple (preferably symmetrical) drawing, e.g., tree,

      snowflake, ornament,

      snowman, wreath, etc.

Two contrasting fabrics
Fabric for backing and binding
Steam-a-seam lite for applique
Batting
Thermal batting
General sewing supplies

I'm going to make the tree, so I'll be referring to the "tree" and green and white fabric in this tutorial - you may be using a snowflake or something else and other colors.