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2015 Kitty Tea Towel Calendar

The medieval embroidered pouch that I wrote about here needed a little something extra to make it complete. Even before I started on this project, a row of little coordinated tassels was up on the agenda, but the thought of making them was intimidating. After cruising around on Pinterest several times looking for tutorials, I thought I had the general idea down, and set about making a few simple tassels. The tops of my tassels were frankly, a bit of a mess. Fortunately I planned to cover up that sad poof with this DIY .  Even more fortunately, I started trying to make my fancy buttonhole stitched top on a throwaway tassel (above). It took a lot of sewing and unsewing, stitch tutorial videos and frustration, a process that did some damage to that poor gray thing. Finally I figured it out, and got down to the real business of making my delicate looking black tops. Here you can see the unfinished top of one of my green tassels along with the embellished ones. The one

This is a swatch sized version of my  Rainbow Tabby Pillow  printed on Spoonflower's faux suede. The one that's up for sale is much bigger. A swatch of  Rainbow Garden Carpet Chevron  was used for the back. This is a rice sock made by cutting out the heart from a swatch of  The Heart as a Shining Geode  fabric. The Golden Arrows  fabric was used on the reverse side.

A step by step guide to make the clutch that comes in my  Cats Out of the Bag Kit  on Spoonflower. It also applies to these kits: Terrarium Bag Kit Carpet Flowers Bag Kit Alice in Wonderland Bags Reversible Reef Tote Kit Zombie Hearts Bags Gold Unicorns & Rainbows You will need a 14" zipper to complete this bag. Start by cutting out the two fabric pieces along the black lines and  leaving the white border all the way around. Pin the zipper to one of the long edges of the lining with both the fabric and the zipper facing up. Keep the heads of your pins on the inmost side so they don't get in the way when sewing. Sew along the outmost side of the zipper.  I like to go over it twice just to make it a little more durable. If you're just going over it once you'll want to sew your seam a bit closer to the center like this. Flip the newly sewn piece upside down. Iron the fabric away from the zipper, and sew this in place.