Ashlee from My So Called Crafty Life shares a fun project for using your smallest vintage fabric scraps. Cut them into strips to make a vintage fabric tassel key chain. It’s a quick, easy project. It uses your fabric, but … Read More...
Tutorial: Patchwork baby blanket
Surayya from Blissful Sewing shows how you can make a patchwork baby receiving blanket. The square patchwork is easy to sew and is suitable for any style of fabric. It’ll work with traditional baby fabrics, soft florals, bold graphics, retro … Read More...
Tutorial: Little girls t-shirt overlay bubble dress
Remona from The Stitching Scientist shows how you can make an easy t-shirt bubble dress for a little girl. By starting with a purchased t-shirt, all you have to do to make it a dress is add the bubble skirt. … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew accordion burlap pumpkin
Gail from Purple Hues and Me shares a tutorial for making this accordion burlap pumpkin. Though it’s made from fabric, you won’t need to sew a stitch. Instead, you’ll use Mod Podge
and glue to create the accordion layers of … Read More...
Free pattern: Womens peasant top
Melissa from Melly Sews and Blank Slate Patterns shares a free pattern for a womens peasant top. It’s an easy style of top to make. You can give it short sleeves, elbow length sleeves, or long sleeves. Not one to … Read More...
Tutorial: Bow and lace flats refashion
Bev from Flamingo Toes shows how you can refashion a pair of plain, inexpensive flats into these dressy shoes. It’s a quick and easy style upgrade for your shoes. You can create different looks by the shape of lace cutout … Read More...
Free pattern: Lizzy peplum jacket for little girls
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shares a free pattern for her Lizzy peplum jacket for little girls. It’s a lightweight jacket made from a knit fabric. The short gathered peplum is a pretty finish for the waist. It’s sporty but … Read More...
Free pattern: Flying Squirrel softie
How cute is this flying squirrel softie!! He was designed Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and she shares a free pattern at Wild Olive for making him. Made from fleece, he’s soft and huggable. And because … Read More...
Tutorial: Color Pop Zipper Pouch
Marni from Haberdashery Fun shares a tutorial showing how to make her Color Pop Zipper Pouch. Brightly colored bias tape and zippers pop against a black & white print. The zipper pouches are quick to make and oh, so cute. … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial: Up-cycled Keepsake Neck tie coffee cozy
As the weather turns cooler, I’m replacing my iced lattes with actual warm coffees. Sadie Seasongoods shares a tutorial showing how you can make a coffee cozy out of an old neck tie. It wraps around a take-out coffee to … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric knot necklace
Jess from Craftiness Is Not Optional shares a tutorial at the Liberty of London blog showing how you can use a bit of pretty fabric (Liberty fabric, perhaps) to make a unique piece of jewelry. The fabric becomes a beautiful … Read More...
Tutorial: Get rid of that annoying jeans waistband gap!
One of my jeans pet peeves is that annoying gap that shows up at the back of the waistband. It happens a lot for me because my hips are proportionally bigger than my waist. (The nicer way of looking at … Read More...
Free pattern: Adorable owl softies
Rachel from Adventures in Making shares a free pattern for making these adorable owl softies. They’re small softies – about the size of your hand – with big sweet eyes. They’re stuffed with polyfil and rice for weighting so they … Read More...
Tutorial: 1960s pillowcase style shift dress
This vintage 1960s pamphlet from Coats and Clark shows how you can make a shift dress. It’s made like a pillowcase dress, but in adult sizes and with a narrower fit than a typical child’s pillowcase dress. The Pattern Patter … Read More...
Tutorial: How to sew better interior bag pockets
Geta from Geta’s Quilting Studio says, “Unless it is just a grocery bag, every bag deserves at least one pocket.” I couldn’t agree more! There are many different ways to add pockets to the inside of a bag, but the … Read More...
Tutorial: Geometric stamped dinner napkins and invitations
Mark Montano shows how you can DIY a matching set of dinner party invitations and napkins stamped with a simple geometric design. Or, if dinner parties aren’t your thing he suggests giving a set of napkins as a gift. You … Read More...
Tutorial: Your child’s art made into a softie
Your child’s drawings are a window into his or her mind and imagination. What if you could make an actual softie out of one of their drawings? Aunt Peaches shares a tutorial at I Love To Create showing how you … Read More...
Free pattern: The Gobbler pencil eating pencil pouch
The Gobbler loves to eat him some pencils, nom nom nom… Wendi Gratz from Shiny Happy World has a free pattern for making this crazy monster pencil pouch. The zipper is his mouth, which opens wide so he can gobble … Read More...
Tutorial: Sparkle confetti tutu
Prudent Baby shows how you can make this sparkle confetti tutu. A poofy tulle tutu is fun enough on its own, but add sparkle confetti at the hem and it’s a party. It’s fun for dress-up, or it could also … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric wallet
Lindsey from Fort Worth Fabric Studio shows how you can a simple fabric wallet like this one. It has just the pockets you need to hold checkbook or folded money, credit cards and ID, and pocket change and other small … Read More...