Rotary Ruler holder from scraps, very pink!
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Originally Posted by wvdek
Great holder and brightens your sewing room.
I'm so glad so many liked the idea. For those who wanted to know how I made it:
Find a piece of fabric a bit less than twice the length of your ruler and a few inches wider (this will be covered completely so don't use anything nice, I used a piece of muslin). Then take one end and start sewing fabric to it, as if you were paper piecing. This tutorial explains the idea, I just went with the shapes of the scraps I had. P.S. I love looking at this blog, it rocks: http://www.filminthefridge.com/2009/...pieced-method/
Once I had enough scrap covered fabric to cover 2/3's or so up the ruler I started sewing scraps to the top of the back side of the foundation cloth, so that when it was folded, all you can see is the two covered bits. Then I sewed double fold bias tape to each short edge and folded the cloth, then sewed bias tape to the long edges, securing the sides at the same time. I put two rivets in the top so it could hang from some nails.
Cheers!
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