Joan from Lazy Girl Blog shares a tip for designing the outsides of handbags. To create an interesting, yet cohesive design she simply stacks the fabric, slices it into several pieces, and then swaps the pieces around. Read more at Lazy…
Lookie what she made: Garden wish flags!
Maya*made has started a new family tradition with these garden wish flags. Using fabric crayons and markers, the whole family worked together to create this set of flags to hang outside the garden plot. Whether it’s wishes for sunlight or raindrops, or…
Lookie what she made: Garden wish flags!
maya*made has started a new family tradition with these garden wish flags. Using fabric crayons and markers, the whole family worked together to create this set of flags to hang outside the garden plot. Whether it’s wishes for sunlight or … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a quilted cover for your Bible
Amy from Park City Girl shares a tutorial for making a quilted Bible cover. The handles make it easy to carry your Bible with you, and the quilted fabric cover protects your cherished book. Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: Sew a quilted cover for your Bible
Amy from Park City Girl shares a tutorial for making a quilted Bible cover. The handles make it easy to carry your Bible with you, and the quilted fabric cover protects your cherished book. Get the how-to.
Lookie what she made: Felt traffic cones for play car fun!
One More Moore shows the felt “car motels” that she made for her son. They’re felt versions of an orange traffic cone, but with a little door cut in them for the cars to park inside. How cute is that?? Read more…
Lookie what she made: Felt traffic cones for play car fun!
One More Moore shows the felt “car motels” that she made for her son. They’re felt versions of an orange traffic cone, but with a little door cut in them for the cars to park inside. How cute is that?? … Read More...
Tutorial: Water bottle sling for summer adventures
Whether it’s hiking, playing at the park, or just enjoying a stroll around the neighborhood, chances are you’ll want to bring a bottle of water with you. Make It and Love It shares a tutorial for making a water bottle … Read More...
Tutorial: Water bottle sling for summer adventures
Whether it’s hiking, playing at the park, or just enjoying a stroll around the neighborhood, chances are you’ll want to bring a bottle of water with you. Make It and Love It shares a tutorial for making a water bottle sling. …
Tutorial: Shoulder bag from a button-down shirt
Cut Out + Keep user Expired Sanity shows how to turn a button-down shirt into a shoulder bag. This looks especially cool if the shirt has a pocket patch on it. Go to the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Shoulder bag from a button-down shirt
Cut Out + Keep user Expired Sanity shows how to turn a button-down shirt into a shoulder bag. This looks especially cool if the shirt has a pocket patch on it. Go to the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Sew a catch stitch
Threads Magazine shows how to make a catch stitch, which is useful when you need to keep layers of fabric laying flat against each other. Because there are long stitches that are easily caught, you’d want to use this only when a…
Tutorial: Sew a sarubobo softie by hand
Just the other day, I posted about Mairuru’s sweet flying sarubobo softies. So imagine my utter glee when I saw today that she has posted tutorials for making the tiny sarubobos you see here. All of the stitching is by…
Tutorial: Sew a sarubobo softie by hand
Just the other day, I posted about Mairuru’s sweet flying sarubobo softies. So imagine my utter glee when I saw today that she has posted tutorials for making the tiny sarubobos you see here. All of the stitching is … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a ‘Bibpron’ for kids too big for baby bibs
Infarrantly Creative created this “bibpron” for her son who is too big (and thus too cool) for a baby bib, but who still makes messes when he eats. It feels more like an apron than a bib, so her son doesn’t lose…
Tutorial: Sew a ‘Bibpron’ for kids too big for baby bibs
Infarrantly Creative created this “bibpron” for her son who is too big (and thus too cool) for a baby bib, but who still makes messes when he eats. It feels more like an apron than a bib, so her son … Read More...
Tutorial: Alterations to move bust darts to shirt center and add shirring
Jennifer Stern of J. Stern Designs shows how to move bust darts to the center front of a shirt and then add shirring along the button placket. See how she does it.
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Tutorial: Indiana Jones style toy bullwhip
If you know any young adventurers who like to play Indiana Jones, they might need one of these soft fabric bullwhips. Pin and Paper shares a tutorial for making one. I don’t think I’d recommend this as an “inside toy,” but…
Tutorial: Indiana Jones style toy bullwhip
If you know any young adventurers who like to play Indiana Jones, they might need one of these soft fabric bullwhips. Pin and Paper shares a tutorial for making one. I don’t think I’d recommend this as an “inside toy,” … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew a ruffle-butt onesie
Char from Crap I’ve Made shares a tutorial over at U Create showing how to sew fabric ruffles to the butt of a store-bought onesie. It’s a simple project, but the finished project is over-the-top girlie cuteness. Go the the … Read More...