Wilma from Bohomia shows how you can restyle a pair of plain flip flops into fashionable sandals. There’s no sewing required. All you need is the flip flops, some decorative ribbon, and a strong glue. Her blog is written in … Read More...
Tutorial: Easy removable camera strap slipcover
Brandy from Gluesticks guest blogs at Craftaholics Anonymous with a tutorial showing how to make a camera strap cover. It’s a quick, easy sewing project. She calls it a slipcover because it is removable. You can make it from a … Read More...
Tutorial: Lined vest with no raw edges showing
Lynette from Running With Scissors shares a tailor’s method for assembling a lined vest with no raw edges showing. There’s very little hand sewing required – just enough to whipstitch a turning hole closed – and it comes together quickly. … Read More...
Tutorial: Alter a sewing pattern for more room in the butt
Here’s a tutorial for those among us (myself included) who are blessed in the back. An “asset” as my grandmother used to say, though I don’t think she meant it as a pun. Justine from Sew Country Chick shows how … Read More...
Tutorial: Take-along felt board play set
Julia from Handcraftiness shares a tutorial for making a child’s take-along felt board play set. With two handles, it folds up and carries like a tote. But instead of being a bag, it opens up to reveal a felt background … Read More...
Tutorial: Cute pillowcase made easy
Jacinda from Prudent Baby shows how easy it is to sew up a cute pillowcase. Just choose two coordinating prints and follow their directions to make a colorful pillowcase a child is sure to love. She points out that Christmas … Read More...
Free pattern: Womens pajama shorts
Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shares a free pattern for making a womens pair of pajama shorts. They’re boxer style shorts, patterned after a favorite pair of boxer shorts she wore to pieces, but without the front … Read More...
Tutorial: Tote bag, wine bag, and key fob from 3 placemats
Karen from Sew Many Ways shows how she created this tote bag out of three placemats. Two of the placemats are the main bag body, and the edges of the third became the handles. From the left over fabric in … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric mail organizer
Lindsey from Fort Worth Fabric Studio shows how you can make a mail organizer to help tame your pile of envelopes and important papers. It hangs on your wall, with three pockets to hold bills, papers, and other small items … Read More...
Free pattern: The Perfect Baby Burp Cloth
Deby from So Sew Easy shares a free pattern for The Perfect Baby Burp Cloth. That’s what she calls her pattern, and given the description I think she’s right. It’s wider and shorter than a typical burp cloth, and shaped … Read More...
Tutorial: Gather fabric with a serger
Andrea from Four Square Walls shows how you can make gorgeous, tight gathers using your serger. No basting and pulling threads required, yay!!! Her tutorial tells what settings to use to achieve perfect gathers on your serger. If you write … Read More...
Free pattern: Ayza round yoke dress for women
Daniela from On The Cutting Floor has another free dress pattern to share with us! It’s The Ayza Dress, which she designed for the summer-fall transition. She suggests wearing it with a cardigan and tights when the weather cools. It … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew bow tie for your favorite pet
Look at how handsome this little guy is wearing a bright green bow tie around his neck? You can’t deny his cuteness – you must give him treats! You can make a bow tie for your own pet, with no … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a baby’s sailor romper
Ashley from Make It and Love It created this sweet little sailor romper for her son’s blessing. She shares a tutorial showing how she made it. She shows how to make a pattern by tracing around a romper that fits … Read More...
Free Sewing Pattern Tutorial: Ribbon and clear vinyl zippered pouch in 3 sizes
Caroline from Sew Can She shows how you can make these ribbon and clear vinyl zippered pouches. She includes a template to make them in three sizes – large (11″ x 6″), medium (9″ x 4″), and small (5″ x … Read More...
Video tutorial: Sew the Cerisy A-line reversible skirt
The Cerisy skirt is a popular free pattern by Rachael Gander from Imagine Gnats. It’s a knee-length A-line skirt with a knit waistband, that also happens to be reversible. It’s an easy skirt to make, but she makes it even … Read More...
Free Sewing pattern: Flouncy little apron
Sew4Home shares a free pattern for making their Flouncy Little Apron. It’s a full apron (as opposed to a half-apron), but in a shorter length than most full aprons. There are three tiers of ruffles at the bottom, and one … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew t-shirt to racerback tank DIY
Danielle from Stickelberry shows how you can refashion a basic t-shirt into a loose fit racerback tank, with no sewing required. The loose fit racerback tank has extra deep armholes and gathers at the center back that makes it great … Read More...
Tutorial: Fabric princess or prince dress-up crown
When you’re a little girl, all you really need to be a princess is a crown. Deb from Two Cheeky Monkeys shows how you can make a pretty fabric crown, perfect for any dress-up princess or prince. The sewing is … Read More...
Tutorial: 15 minute tank refashion
Here’s an easy tank top refashion. With 1/4 yard of apparel fabric and 15 minutes, you can a contrast bottom to the tank. It adds a fun pop of color and pattern to the hem, and it’s also a great … Read More...