11 Cakes For Those Who Sew, Quilt, Knit or Crochet

Do you know someone who has a talent for one of these wonderful hobbies? These beautiful cakes would be a perfect way to surprise that person at a birthday party, or maybe even a bridal shower. I have to say that I can’t pick a single favorite. They are all so adorable! However, I have my eye on a few, not only for myself, but a handful of special people in my life.

How about you? Which is your favorite?

1- Crochet Lace Cake from Cakes Corriere

2- Vintage Sewing Cake from The Pretty Blog

3- Quilt Themed Cake from Hope’s Sweet Cakes

4- Seamstress Basket Cake from The Berry

5- Cat Cake Sewing Party from Sweet Designs

6- Dress Maker’s Cake from Cakes Décor

7- Knitting Cake from Knit Hacker

8- Spool and Buttons Cake from Hosting Essence

9- Crochet Cake from Cakes Décor

10- Needlework Cake from NYC Cake Girl

11- Sewing Machine Cake from Between Naps On The Porch

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A while back I made a little rainbow cross stitch pattern and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it, so I turned it into a patch. My idea was that it could be used on a jacket or backpack, or you could add a pin to the back and wear it temporarily on a shirt or elsewhere.

But what if you want to make your design more permanent? Is it possible to turn a piece of cross stitch into an iron-on design?

It turns out yes, it is, and Sirious Stitches has done it so I didn’t have to try to figure it out on my own.

The way they did it was by using HeatnBond, an iron-on adhesive that attaches fabrics without sewing. There was still sewing involved to finish the edges of the cross stitch fabric and make it look like a purchased patch. The post shows how to do this by hand or with your sewing machine. (I just did blanket stitch edging on mine, which doesn’t look like a “real” patch but is also a lot faster.)

Once you have the patch prepared it’s a pretty easy matter of using the fusible adhesive to the back of the patch so you can then iron it onto whatever jacket, pair of jeans, bag or whatever else you might want to add it to.

I guess I’m a little paranoid about the washability of cross stitch projects, though you could hand wash anything with an iron-on cross stitch patch as you might need to with a purchased iron-on patch, anyway. But this does look really cool and is a great option if you know you want to permanently add a cross stitch patch to a garment of bag.

Get the full tutorial over at Sirious Stitches. Would you add an iron-on cross stitch patch to something? I’d love to hear what you would use this technique for!

[Photo: Sirious Stitches]

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