Fabric Weight Tutorial

Hello everyone!! Kymona here, and I’m still excited about Valentine’s Day. The entire month of February should be dedicated to love. It’s safe to assume all of us here have a love for sewing, right, so I hope your ready for this new project I have in store for you. Fabric weights!! Yes, they are the cutest thing I’ve seen in a while; I might be a bit bias since I made these.

Plus, it’s a great stash buster!

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Finished Product

Finished fabric weight size: 3.5 inches x 3.5 inches

Materials to Create a Fabric Weight

  • Fat Quater ( I used Hello Sweetheart by Echo Park)
  • Lightweight Fusible Interfacing
  • Straight Ruler
  • Pins/Clips
  • Rotary Cutter and Mat
  • White Thread
  • Scissor
  • Sewing Needle
  • Ribbon
  • Point Turner

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Supplies

Instructions to Sew a Fabric Weight

Step 1 – Cut the fabric

Cut (1) fabric quarter and (1) piece of fusible interfacing to 8 inches x 4 inches.

Fabric Weight Tutorial:Cut the fabric

Note: All seams allowances are 1/4 inch unless otherwise noted.

Step 2: Prepare the fabric for sewing

Fuse the lightweight fusible interfacing to the wrong side of the cut material.

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Preparing the fabric for sewing

Cut a piece of ribbon cut about 2 to 3 inches in length and fold in half, raw edges together. Place the folded ribbon 1 inch from the top of the 4-inch side — raw edge to raw edge.

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Preparing the fabric for sewing

Fold the fused fabric in half on the 8-inch side.

Pin/clip or hold in place.

Step 3: Sew the sides together

Attach the Patchwork foot #97D foot to your machine. Sew two sides together to form the fabric weights.

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Sew the sides together

Step 4: Iron the edge

Fold the unsewn edge a 1/4 of an inch and iron in place.

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Iron the edge

Step 5: Trim and turn the fabric

Trim the two sewn corners.

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Trim and turn the fabric
Turn and use a point turner to poke out the corner.

Iron flat.

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Trim and turn the fabric

Step 6: Fill with rice and create the triangle

Take the two corners and bring them together to form the fabric weight.

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Trim and turn the fabric

Fill the pouch up with rice. Leave about a 1/4 inch from the top.

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Full with rice and create the triangle
Pin or clip top edges together.

Fabric Weight Tutorial:Fabric Weight Tutorial: Trim and turn the fabric

Step 7: Hand stitch to close

Use a needle and thread to stitch the pouch close.

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Finished Product

 

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Finished Product

Nice and easy, right!! It’s such a great way to use all of those scrap pieces of fabric you have in your stash. Even if you don’t cut patterns, you can gift them to someone who does!

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Finished Product

Fabric weights are easy to make and use. Anyone who cut patterns would love to own a set of these.

Fabric Weight Tutorial: Finished Product

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