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  • Back to School Sewing Series – Drawstring Backpack

    September 4, 2018 /

    Back to School Sewing Series: How to Make a Drawstring Backpack Hello, happy sewing people! Michelle from Serafina1973 here again with another fun project for you.  Today we’re going to be making a drawstring backpack with an embroidered outside panel.  Listed below are the supplies I used and the end result is a fabulously beautiful and sturdy backpack.  If you’d like yours to be more soft-sided, you can substitute a lighter interfacing on the liner like Sulky® Soft ‘n Sheer Extra™ instead of the Sulky Fuse ‘n Stitch™, or forgo interfacing the liner altogether.  I used Sulky 30 wt. Cotton Thread with a denim needle throughout for the assembly of…

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  • Back to School Sewing Series – How to Make a Pencil Pouch

    August 27, 2018 /

    Hi, I’m Michelle from Serafina1973 and I’m joining up with Sulky® today to show you how to embellish and sew up a pencil pouch.  I am using my own Prism Pouch pattern, but any of the techniques and products demonstrated here can be used the same way on your own favorite pattern.  I’m so excited so let’s get to it, shall we? Supplies I used for this project: Cotton Fabric – a fat eighth of 2 fabrics required – I got mine from Desiree’s Designs! Sulky Poly Deco™ 40 Wt. 100% polyester thread in Neon Sulky 30 Wt. Blendables® in color #4052 Lime Batik Sulky Stick ‘n Stitch™ Stabilizer Sulky…

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