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13 Tips For Sewing With Bamboo Towelling Fabric

13 Tips For Sewing With Bamboo Towelling Fabric

Bamboo is one of the most sustainable sources on the planet, but did you know that it can be used to produce a soft, strong and eco-friendly textile that is perfect for keeping cosy, mopping up spills and a variety of re-usable projects?!

Non? Well!  In this guide we’ll be talking aaalllll about bamboo towelling fabric, sharing how this super-fabric is made and giving you 13 sewing tips for handling this fluffy little fella of a fabric…

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Get Set for Back To School and Sew a Fabric Notebook Cover in 30 minutes!

Get Set for Back To School and Sew a Fabric Notebook Cover in 30 minutes!

Are you ready to get the kids back to school? Sew a fabric notebook cover in no time. With the first school run of the year just around the corner, we thought this tutorial would be handy to get you and the kids prepared for the lessons to come.

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sew fabric notebook cover

You may have seen our Father’s Day notebook covers earlier in the year, but this time we have super sized them into A4 ready for all those school books. How impressed will the kids be with a cool fabric notebook to show off in September? Not only will they protect the covers, but they’ll also look super stylish and make a perfect gift, personalised to their taste.

 

A4 notebook cover

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Why not use a fabric that relates to the subject the notebook is for? We have some fabulous music themed fabrics from Nutex and the Venom Black fabric from the Beguiled collection would be perfect for an art journal!

 

A4 notebook cover venom black fabric

For this project you will need…

1 FQ Cotton Fabric

1 FQ Decovil Light

1m Fold Over Elastic (We used Black Fold Over Elastic)

Thread (We used Gutermann 38)

To access the tutorial just check out our blog! All you have to change is the size when drafting the pattern.

We can’t wait to see your finished notebooks!