Good morning hivers and sewing lovers, today I came with 2 flash tutorials, these are one of those things that come out at the moment when you are involved in more than one project.
Recently my nephew had an event at his school in which he had to represent Venezuela, at that time his mommy and I realized that none of them had any of the tricolor of our country.
But I remembered that I had bought fabric in those colors because I wanted to make a doll from my country, so that's how we solved the problem. I made a tricolor braid which my nephew used as a belt, however it is great to decorate headbands, cushions and everything you can imagine. The first thing I did was to cut 3 pieces of each color with the following measures 8 cm wide by 120 cm long.
Then, I folded them in half and sewed the whole length of the 3 ends with a straight stitch, closing one of the sides and then I turned them over with a brush. Then I joined the 3 ends together and sewed them with the same stitch, there I wove the braid as my girlfriends used to do for school, the same technique. And finally, with a few hand stitches I closed the final end, making sure that the seams were not visible on any side, and that's how the decorative braid was left.
Now let's go to the tutorial for covering the button, this time, I was making a shirt for a doll and to close it I didn't have something that matched, so I decided to cover the button, it's very simple. The first thing is to cut a circle of fabric 2 times the size of the button, sew by hand or baste around the edge and then I put the button in the middle and closed the circle of fabric puckering the seam, so the button is lined, the rest was to secure the seam and clean the excess and ready hivers, what did you think of the double tutorial?
The photos are personal record with a redmi note edited in canva. Always grateful for your support hivers and stitch lovers.