eCraft Sewing Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the SEWING BLOG HOP!

All of the fabulous designers on this hop are showing you a Sewing project in celebration to National Sewing Month using the Fabulous and versatile eCraft.

If you just arrived here from Erika's Blog then you are in the right place. If you just happened upon my blog please start at the beginning over at Raven’s Blog. That way you will be able to see all of the amazing projects and you will have more ways to win.  After me, you will go to Faith's Blog :)

I'm "sew" excited to show you my sewing project!  Ta Daaa!!!

Don't you love those colors?!  And I want this shirt in my size stat!
Alright, let's get down to it and show you how to make this bad boy ;)

Grab your supplies:
shirt
starch
fabrics of choice
heat n' bond
eCraft :)

So I picked out my fabrics from this Charm Pack.  What a lovely group of prints!  It was so hard to decide what 4 to use but I finally narrowed it down.

 Start with spraying your fabric with starch to stiffen it up.

 Once it's been absorbed in the fabrics, iron them dry.

Next cut out heat n' bond to cover the wrong sides of the fabric.  Make sure the bumpy glue side is touching the wrong side of the fabric.

Iron those on and let cool.

Once the fabric is ready to go, prepare the eCraft :)  Load up the fabric, putting on 0 tab settings and choose your design.  Here's a video to show you how it went :)

Once I cut out all my letters, I arranged them on my shirt.  I took off the paper backing as well. Take your iron and iron those letters on!  Press firmly and hold, covering the whole shape to make sure it bonds on! 

Here are the "negatives" from cutting.  Look how great the eCraft did!

Next I secured the letters by sewing them on the shirt.

All sewed up!

And here's the happy model, excited to wear this to school next week!!

Seriously can't wait to make more creations with this machine!!!

Ok so back to business...

Here is a list of all the designers on the hop in case you get lost along the way: **(there are 2 bloggers who are sick and have been deleted from the list.  When they are better and post up their creations, I will add them back to the list!)**

Raven Baca http://love4stamps.blogspot.com/
Debi Tullier http://fabric-ecraft.blogspot.com/
Denise O'Connor http://purplepaperparadise.blogspot.com/
Erika Valdez http://www.craftysprouts.com/
Lyssa Zimmerman http://bornagaincrafter.blogspot.com/
Faith Freeman http://faithfulecreations.com/
KimberlyRae Forde http://kreationsbykimberlyrae.com/blog/
Rosa Ahrens http://www.for-micaela.blogspot.com/
Zeni Pradel http://www.scrappyzeni.blogspot.com/
Craftwell USA http://ecraftbycraftwell.blogspot.com/

Okay so you probably want to know what you can win, right? As some of you may have heard from this hop, the amazing eCraft machine that we are all using is created by CraftwellUSA.com. This company is really amazing, their customer service is fabulous and the products are top notch.

Well when they heard about our hop they decided to giveaway (1) One eCraft to (1) One lucky winner!!

So what do you need to do right?!

1.)     Head on over to eCraft's NEW BLOG and follow it :)  Come back here and leave a comment telling me you did so (Only one comment will be
qualify per person additional comments will not count.)
2.)     Like eCraft’s facebook page  so you can see more awesome projects and tutorials.  And you will know who wins the machine!
3.)     Follow my little ol' blog ;).  You can also follow me via twitter, Facebook & pinterest...but not required ;)

***PLEASE READ***

Due to blogger difficulties going on, the Giveaway will end Sept 10th 9AM EST .  Each blog on the Blog Hop will pick a winner.  Since there are 10 of us participating in the Blog Hop, there will be 10 winners that will go into the pool to win the eCraft machine.  The first bunch of winners from the "Back to School" Blog Hop will add another 10 winners.   So at the end, there will be 20 chosen winners that have a chance to win an eCraft!!  Which means you better hit every blog on this Blog Hop and enter for more chances!!

(1) One lucky winner will win an eCraft Machine & be announced on the eCraft's blog on the evening of September 10th. The winner will also be listed on the eCraft Facebook page 

All are welcome to hop, however the eCraft giveaway is only open to U.S. entries. Thank you so much for your understanding.

eCraft Demo

Let me first begin by saying a big fat THANKS to all you guys.  I can't believe i'm at almost 400 followers.  I really appreciate it!  A giveaway is in the works, trust me.

Second, voting is open for the SNAP contest right now and i need your help!

I'm #6.  
It takes a second to go HERE and just click vote under my entry.  Voting goes until May 25th so it's not for very long!  

If you need to see me plead my case, go HERE.

Alrighty, so I am loving my eCraft and today I get to show you why and how it works.

just. so. simple.
ignore my nasally voice as I have a slight cold....

So ya, details are coming for what I am making with those numbers!
i'm excited and you will be too ;)

a few things friday...

I think that's my new name for Fridays because I am always writing posts about a few things on this day because they are things I want to share with you!

Well first off, Happy Friday the 13th!

Today, i'm over at A Diamond in the Stuff to show you how to make my Triple Ruffle Pillowcase Dress

Next...

I'm done my side table!  here's a sneaky peeky!

I'm going for a blue/yellow/grey color theme...i have no idea what i'm doing.

Next, I have a new pair of earrings ready for the shop!  

These are made with only the best vintage sheets around ;)

You can find them over at my shop...once I put them in, which should be sometime today!

I busted out my eCraft machine this weekend and made another LO!

I am hoping this sticks.  I have SO many pictures that need scrapping.

Seriousy, you guys need to look into this machine.  It's amazing.  When you don't depend or deal with mats, things go so quickly!  {don't you love the purpleberry?}

And last but not least,

I received an award from Whitney & Brooke Anne!

Thank you so much ladies!

 I was awarded this before and I wish I had the time to do it again!

And for the life of me, I can't find the post with it in it!  If and when I find that, i'll post it up.

Hope you guys have a great weekend!  Any fun plans?  I will be hitting up the big flea market going on at Apple Annie's tomorrow morning!  Kind of excited.  We'll see how it goes.

  

eCraft Q & A

Just from the Silhouette VS. eCraft post, there's been a few questions from readers and i want to set it all straight and pass that along:)

So first question:

Does the eCraft cut fabric?

YES.  It does!  The following is cut and pasted from the official eCraft site:

What can it cut?
"Paper (standard, flocked, glitter, magnet, adhesive backed), card stock, vellum, vinyl, felt, organza, grunge paper, grunge board, wood veneers, chipboard, Fun Foam, and many other materials under 1mm thick. Want to decorate cake or cookies?...no need to buy a separate machine. Use the eCraft to cut Lucks Edible Image Food Decoration Sheets and easily add edible designs to cupcakes, cookies and much more!"

So from that, YES, it cuts all sorts of materials, specifically anything under 1 mm.  I watched a few demos around the web and found that it also cuts cotton too!  

And not only does it cut fabrics, it cuts decoration sheets for cakes and cupcakes too!?  That's something new!  Well, no need for the Cricut Cake machine now ;)

During my research, I found another blog that tested the machine with fabric and did a marvelous job!

So I feel good about that.  My creative well-being will not be hindered by this machine.  It will only blossom and grow!...wow, that was a bit cheesy...sorry about that.

Next question that I was asked:

Can you download your own designs to the eCraft? 

Yes you can!  Here's a snip from the website:

"Bring your creativity to life with the eCraftshop Design Software. Connect your eCraft to your PC to access even more features than the eCraft offers as a standalone machine. Create banners 12" by any length, personalize images from your SD Card, customize and import your own SVG designs, and more! You can weld, flip, stretch, rotate, size, shadow, and control your own virtual cutting grid for perfect image placement and an economical use of space and material."

Can I use my own designs? 
Yes, using our eCraftshop Design software. The software will allow users to import SVG files and access True Type and Open Type Fonts, then establish draw and cut lines, or create your own images within the software using our design tools.

And just in recent months, the softwares SCAL (sure cuts a lot) & MTC (make the cut) have made it compatible with the eCraft!  If you do not know those programs, they work with electronic cutting systems in helping the user design and then cut them.  It's really user friendly and it's really used widely.  

So that's a plus too!

So for  now, my research continues...

What's your favorite thing about the eCraft that you've found?

What other questions do you have?