fall press kit
Fall 2010 - Make it Gorgeous
Lavish textures. Sumptuous colors. Innovative style. This year, fall is a celebration of ideas, creativity and value — for your wardrobe and your home. Take a look at how fabulous fall is!
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project instructions
Chunky Knit Scarf
Big yarn, big buttons, BIG style! Knitting this cozy cowl-neck scarf with a thick, super-sized yarn makes it full and fresh. Embellishing it with oversized buttons makes it fun and fashionable. Whether you wear it workday chic or weekend casual, your style statement will be heard in a big way!
Skill Level 3: Experience necessary
Approximate Crafting Time: 3-4 hours
Patchwork Bucket Tote
The frays have it! This season's must-have bag features patches of wool suiting fabrics sewn together with the seams on the outside. For a touch of bohemian-chic flair, fray all the seam edges. Add big and bold curtain grommets to the top of the bag for style that's well suited for fall.
Skill Level 3: Experience necessary
Approximate Crafting Time: 6-8 hours
Wet Felted Scarf by Shannon Okey
Fiber artist, author and publisher Shannon Okey designed this beautiful scarf that's as much fun to make as it is to wear. The wet felting technique used to create it involves soapy water, bubble wrap and a bathtub or shower! This slightly unconventional method is what produces the swirling wisps of wool all throughout the exquisite design. With joy!
Skill Level 2: Some experience necessary
Approximate Crafting Time: 2 hours plus drying time
Scrollwork Felt Necklace
Long strips of soft felt take center stage on this trend-setting necklace. When stringing the felt strips onto the jewelry cord or wire, loop the strips into shapes that form a loved one's name or a scrollwork design. Choose colorful beads in an array of shapes and sizes to accent your new piece of wearable art.
Skill Level 3: Experience necessary
Approximate Crafting Time: 3-4 hours each
Jacket with Needle Felted Trim
Handcrafted details make this wool jacket one-of-a-kind, while a sophisticated silhouette ensures its prominent place in your wardrobe. Create the jacket from Simplicity® pattern 2504 then add a needle-felted design to the collar and scarf. For your design, think soft colors and rich textures.
Skill Level 3: Experience necessary
Approximate Crafting Time: 6-8 hours
Tiered & Ruffled Skirt
The popular pencil skirt has been given a marvelous makeover for fall! From Simplicity® pattern 2475, create a basic skirt then sew on tiers and ruffles. The modifications may be slight, but the difference is remarkably distinct. For style that stands out, pair this fabulous skirt with our wool jacket!
Skill Level 3: Experience necessary
Approximate Crafting Time: 6-8 hours
Headboard & Slipcovers
Create a headboard that can change with each season or whenever you need a fresh point of view! First, construct a basic wood headboard then cover it with batting and muslin. Next, sew fabric slipcovers to place over the headboard. Choose fabrics in fresh colors and prints to highlight your room's decor with style and flair.
Skill Level 3: Experience necessary
Approximate Crafting Time: 8 hours
Fabric Wall Art
Creative ingenuity at its very best! This sumptuous work of fabric art is no less than magnificent, as everyone who sees it is sure to agree. Multiple layers of various fabrics — sheer and heavyweight, new and remnant — form an eclectic and dimensional collage made even more appealing with interesting shapes and textures.
Skill Level 2: Some experience necessary
Approximate Crafting Time: 5-6 hours
Fall Tablescape
Impress guests with a tablescape designed in lavish autumn style! Place mats and napkins are elegantly detailed with subtle touches of fabric paint. Pumpkins, twigs, pine cones and gourds are given a glitzy makeover with a coat or two of shimmering metallic spray paint.
Skill Level 2: Some experience necessary
Approximate Crafting Time: 3 hours
Fabric Accent Rug
A rug made from fabric is a smart idea, especially if it's crafted with durable and easy-to-clean home decor fabrics like Crypton. Create an eye-catching patchwork design using fabric squares and rectangles in rich autumn colors. Make each piece slightly ridged for a touch of texture that adds plenty of flair to the design.
Skill Level 3: Experience necessary
Approximate Crafting Time: Weekend project
Fallen Leaves Duvet Cover
Give your bedroom a makeover any time of year with this lovely duvet cover. Green fabric leaves sewn onto a sumptuous silk duvet have a freshly fallen appearance that's quite charming. Fabric choices in spa colors of sage green, aqua and silvery gray evoke a sense of serenity that's naturally refreshing.
Skill Level 2: Some experience necessary
Approximate Crafting Time: 4 hours
Decorative Sheer Room Panels
An artistic way to personalize your living space! Whether these decorative sheer panels hang in front of a window or divide a room, they will add grand-scale style to your home. Painted trees, thistles and grasses on each panel create a cleverly dimensional nature scene when layered together.
Skill Level 3: Experience necessary
Approximate Crafting Time: Weekend project