Personalize your blooms with a Dritz® leather label and show mom the love!
Mother’s day is right around the corner – are you ready with some love? If your mom is a fan of simple blooms, here’s a way to make them extra special. Make a quick and easy vase cover to dress them up! Personalize the fabric cover with a Dritz® leather label, and proclaim your love – there are several sayings to choose from.
Dritz® supplies:
Other supplies:
- Cotton fabric that coordinates with your flowers
- Lightweight fusible interfacing (such as Fairfield™ Stabilize)
- Perle cotton or embroidery floss
- 1 set of Velcro® 2″ x 1/2″
- Omnigrid® rotary cutter, mat and ruler
- Mason jar or vase
- Flowers
Notes:
- WS = wrong side
- RS = right side
- RST = right sides together
- SA = seam allowance
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Gather your supplies. |
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Choose a leather label for your project. The sayings that are most appropriate for this particular project are one of a kind, made with love, and original. After all, we’re talking about mom, right?
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1) Measure the circumference of your vase and add 1-1/2″. We used a wide-mouth Ball jar that is 4-1/2″ tall and 10-1/4″ around. 2) Cut 2 pieces of fabric that are 3″ tall x vase circumference + 1-1/2″. We cut ours 3″ x 11-3/4″. 3) Cut fusible interfacing 1/2″ smaller than the fabric. Ours was 2-1/2″ x 11-1/4″. Center and apply interfacing to WS of one piece of fabric. |
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4) With perle cotton, hand stitch the label in the center of the fabric with interfacing. |
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5) Pin both pieces of fabric RST. Stitch all sides with a 1/4″ SA leaving a 1-1/2″ opening on a short end for turning. Be sure to backstitch at the beginning and end. 6) Trim corners, turn fabric RSO and press. |
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7) Edgestitch, making sure to backstitch at the beginning and end, and also to catch the opening. |
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8) Place cover around the jar and determine placement of Velcro®. |
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9) Stitch Velcro® in place. |
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10) Place cover on jar, fill with water and add your flowers! |
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Simple, but oh so thoughtful. You like? Hint: these are perfect for mom, but you can use the new Dritz® labels to make a fabric vase cover and dress up blooms any time you’re in a gift-giving mood! |
Thanks to maker Jennifer Mathis of Ellison Lane for this thoughtful project. Jennifer has contributed many popular projects to our blog.
By duchick May 12, 2017 - 7:42 pm
These vase covers are definitely unique and adorable with the leather labels! I now need to look for these Dritz labels so I can make a few.
By KB makes May 15, 2017 - 9:19 am
So glad you like the project! These labels are brand new and available now at fabric/craft retailers and online.